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Keep. References add up to enough to pass GNG. The coverage of his wedding in 1966 by
Pathé News, a British newsreel company, was the equivalent of coverage by network television news today. The book references are way more than passing mentions, and the subject doesn't have to be the primary topic of a book for it to be a valid reference. Being a German aristocrat is not by itself enough to establish notability, but an aristocrat who attracts consistent media attention can be notable. Interestingly, the German Wikipedia doesn't have an article on him, but the French and Dutch ones do. Someone who reads German might be able to find additional references. Eastmain (
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contribs)19:15, 29 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Delete. The wedding might be notable as a news event, but all the other citations are books about other people (Queen Sophia or the Nazi Hesses) or directories.
Celia Homeford (
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09:23, 4 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Delete The only item that get somehow significant coverage was his marriage. Therefore this is a case for
WP:ONEEVENT and this only got attention because of the attending guests, not the couple itself. So, no notability. --
Theoreticalmawi (
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15:05, 8 July 2024 (UTC)reply
I wonder how you come to "serveral" book notices? 2 of the 4 books (with one listed double) are simple name directories, one is covering his father (with one trivial mention, that his father choosed the name "Adolf" for him to honor Adolf Hitler). I was not able to get access to the fourth book but given the sourced information and the title of the book, his coverage there is not substantial either. So, there is at maximum one book, which is very clearly about a differnt person. How can this add up to "significant coverage"? --
Theoreticalmawi (
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08:06, 9 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep: Meets at least
WP:Basic. The fact that the wedding was attended by notable people is an indication of societal notability which also attracted media attention. And being cited in multiple books is an indication of notability even if he is not the subject of those books.
Ednabrenze (
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06:10, 10 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep. Besides the basic, significant coverage, deleting an article about a controversial first cousin of the current King of the UK reduces our coverage. I also support keeping based on my own usual standards for royalty (see my user page).
Bearian (
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01:22, 12 July 2024 (UTC)reply
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