Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 2, 2024  by Gog the Mild (talk) 18:36, 24 June 2024 (UTC)



Charles Edward (1884–1954) was at various times a British prince, the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in Germany, and a Nazi politician. Brought up in the United Kingdom the Prince was selected to succeed to the throne of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1899 because he was deemed young enough to be re-educated as a German. He married Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein and the couple had five children. The Duke was a conservative ruler with an interest in art and technology. During the First World War he supported the German Empire but was deposed during the German Revolution. During the 1920s, the former duke became a moral and financial supporter of violent far-right paramilitary groups, joining the Nazi Party in 1933. He was given multiple positions, including leader of the German Red Cross, and acted as an unofficial diplomat. After the war, he was interned for a period and given a minor conviction by a denazification court, dying of cancer in 1954. Support, as it's my article. Llewee (talk) 22:10, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Most recent similar article(s): I don't recall any other British prince who became a German Duke, but also no other British member of the royal family recently
 * Main editors: Llewee
 * Promoted: today
 * Reasons for nomination: fresh FA, editor's first - we could wait for his next birthday on 19 July 2025 or squeeze him in this year, but it seems no particularly celebrated birthday.
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:45, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, it's too late for July. - Dank (push to talk) 21:50, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * That's why I said 2025 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC)