Template:Did you know nominations/Kerekorio Manu Rangi

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... that the death of child monarch Kerekorio Manu Rangi ended the ancient dynasty of Easter Island which, according to local belief, "went back to the gods themselves"?

Source: The World's News ("The Peruvians carried off as many as they could capture to work the guano deposits on the Chincha Islands. Maurata, the last king, died there. But Dr. Metraux says that when the missionaries arrived at Easter Island they found a shadowy kingship still in existence incarnated in the person of a 12-year-old boy. This lad was Gregorio ... Poor little Gregorio did not live very long ... He died, aged 12 ... With the death of Gregorio ended a direct line that, according to Polynesian belief, went back to the gods themselves.") / Island at the End of the World ("Manu Rangi, the island's final 'ariki mau, the last in the ancient line of East Polynesian royal first-born sons, succumbed.")

Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 289 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:38, 2 January 2025 (UTC).

Also could include the date in the hook: ALT1 ... that the death of child monarch Kerekorio Manu Rangi in 1867 ended the ancient dynasty of Easter Island which, according to local belief, "went back to the gods themselves"? BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:07, 3 January 2025 (UTC)