List of fictional monarchs of real countries explained
This is a list of fictional monarchs – characters who appear in fiction as the monarchs (kings, queens, emperors, empresses, etc.) of real-life countries. They are listed by country, then according to the production or story in which they appeared.
A
Albania
Hearts of Iron IV
- Sophie I
- The first female ruler in the HOI4 mod, Pax Britannica.
Australia
Queen of Oz
- Princess Georgiana of the fictional British royal family, played by Catherine Tate, becomes the monarch after her mother unexpectedly abdicates the Australian throne in favour of her scandalous daughter, hoping to send her as far away from London as possible and make her someone else's problem.[1] The series also features her brother Prince Frederick, the heir apparent to the British throne.
Austria-Hungary
Hearts of Iron IV
The Illusionist
- Crown Prince Leopold is the powerful and influential heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the 2006 film The Illusionist, although his father, the Emperor, is the actual reigning monarch.
A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein – The Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein and the hereditary King of Bohemia, he approaches Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson about the retrieval of letters and photographs confirming a liaison with Irene Adler in order to secure his engagement to Clotilde Lothma Von Saxe-Meiningen, a young Scandinavian princess. (The story fictionally assumes that Bohemia was ruled by its own Kings, rather than the actual situation of its being part of the domains of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor). There is also mentioned a "King of Scandinavia", a title which never existed in reality as the Scandinavian countries never united into a single realm, though Sweden and Norway were in personal union when the story was written.
B
Brazil
Hearts of Iron IV
Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein
- Emperor Dom Pedro III greets the protagonists as they return to Earth after a centuries-long galactic voyage, presenting them with a medal on behalf of the World Government.
The Peshawar Lancers by S. M. Stirling
- In the novel, Dom Pedro is mentioned as ruler of the Dominion of Braganza, the shadowy post-Fall successor to the Empire of Brazil ruled by a caudillo of the month.
Books by Harry Turtledove
- Dom Pedro IV: In the Southern Victory series, he is the Emperor of Brazil during the First Great War, leading the country into war on the side of Central Powers, cutting off supply lines between the Allied countries of Argentina and Britain and hastening the end of the war. Pedro IV's lineage and the status of slavery in Brazil are not addressed, whilst the continued existence of the Brazilian Empire may be an indirect consequence of Confederate independence.
- In Curious Notions of the Crosstime Traffic series, Imperial Germany is victorious in the 20th century's three world wars, becoming the dominant world power by 2096. This results in Germany restoring the monarchies of numerous countries including Brazil. The unnamed Emperor of Brazil is among the numerous monarchs who attend the Kaiser in Berlin in a glittering annual ceremony broadcast live worldwide.
Bulgaria
Hearts of Iron IV
In the Presence of Mine Enemies by Harry Turtledove
- During Horst Witzleben’s Seven O’Clock News, an unnamed Tsar of Bulgaria is reported as welcoming the Poglavnik of Croatia during a state visit. The unnamed Tsar is also one of many fascist puppet or sympathising heads of state to commiserate the death of the German Führer, Kurt Haldweim.
Year of the Rabbit
- Prince Hector, the heir to the Bulgarian throne, attends Balkan peace talks in London but is kidnapped whilst under the protection of Detective Inspector Eli Rabbit and his team. His sister, Princess Juliana, is revealed to be the perpetrator of the kidnapping, wanting the Bulgarian throne for herself. She is also an expert sharpshooter and a member of the secret organization, 'the Vision'.
C
Canada
Sam & Max Save the World
- Sybil Pandemick, a neighbour of Sam and Max known for regularly changing careers, briefly reigns as Queen of Canada after answering a job advertisement, continuing to work out of her office in New York City. After magician and Prismatology cult leader Hugh Bliss hypnotizes the world to provide nourishment (being, in fact, a sentient bacteria colony), Sybil agrees to purchase the United States for one hundred trillion Canadian dollars (which Sam uses to help take down Bliss). The United States is incorporated into Canada and is renamed 'Lower Manitoba'.
China and the Greater Chinese Empire
Curse of the Golden Flower
- Emperor Ping is the imperial ruler of the Tang dynasty and the father of Princes Wan, Jai and Yu, who is in the place of Puyuan and takes Princess Phoenix to be his Empress in the 2006 Chinese film Curse of the Golden Flower.
Mulan
- Emperor Han (portrayed by Jet Li) was a Chinese warlord who succeeded in becoming the first Emperor of China. However, his quest for immortality ultimately led to his being cursed and entombed. He was later resurrected but was defeated by Rick O'Connell and his son before he could extend his reach to enslave the Earth.
- In the story "Foreign Devils" by Walter Jon Williams, the Martians of H. G. Wells's War of The Worlds land in Qing China, destroy Beijing and cause widespread death and destruction throughout the country, but the Guangxu Emperor survives by fleeing to a faraway province. In the aftermath the Emperor – whose plans for reform were foiled in actual history – takes advantage of the chaos to stage a bloody coup and establish himself strongly in power. He then the uses the disarray of European powers, still recovering from the Martian invasion of their home territories, to shake off colonial tutlelage and make China a world power 50 years ahead of schedule. China in this history will remain a monarchy, there will be no Chinese Republic nor a Communist Chinese regime, and there will be many more new Emperors from among the progeny of the Guangxu Emperor.
Colombia
Hearts of Iron IV
- Bolivar III
- Featured in the HOI4 mod, Pax Britannica.
Croatia
Hearts of Iron IV
- Tomislav II
- In the HOI4 mod, The New Order: Last Days of Europe, he is the King of the Italian client state of Croatia. Aimone found himself as the head of a nation which he had no love for. He didn't speak a word of Croatian nor had he even ever been there, as he was picked simply because of his noble blood.
You Rang, M'Lord?
D
Denmark
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Prince & Me
- Haraald, the former King of Denmark in the film The Prince & Me and its sequel .
- Edvard III, Haraald's son, becomes the King of Denmark with Paige Morgan as his Queen.
E
Egypt
The Mummy
- Seti I (portrayed by Aharon Ipalé) was the Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt in 1290 BC until his death at the hands of his most faithful high priest, Imhotep, and his future wife, Anck-Su-Namun.
- Sammun-Mak was a powerful telepathic ten-year-old who ruled as Pharaoh after overthrowing the royal family. After his brain is placed in the body of Max (after Max's brain was stolen), Sammun-Mak uses the Devil's Toybox to create an alternate reality in which he is supreme ruler.
F
Finland
Hearts of Iron IV
King Ralph
- King Gustav (portrayed by Julian Glover)
- He and the Finnish royal family visit the United Kingdom shortly after King Ralph's accession to the British throne. The purpose of the visit is to arrange a royal marriage between Ralph and Princess Anna of Finland and to negotiate the purchasing of off-shore drilling equipment following the discovery of oil reserves in the Baltic Sea. The arranged marriage is called off after King Gustav is given photographs showing Ralph with Miranda, an exotic dancer.
France
Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore
- Napoleon VI
- He is mentioned as the Emperor of France reigning sometime around the 1930s with his scandalous personal life being gossiped about in American publications.
Hearts of Iron IV
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
The Peshawar Lancers by S. M. Stirling
- Napoleon VI is mentioned as the Emperor of France-outre-mer in an alternate 2025 where, in 1878, a meteor shower known as 'The Fall' rendered the Northern Hemisphere uninhabitable, forcing European metropolitan governments to evacuate to their colonies. France-outre-mer encompasses French North Africa and reclaimed French, Spanish and Portuguese coastal territories, with its capital based in Algiers. King-Emperor John II arranges the marriage of his daughter Sita to the heir to the throne of France-outre-mer, partly to establish an Anglo-French condominium over the Sultanate of Egypt and re-open the Suez Canal. Although the regnal name was claimed by Louis, Prince Napoléon, if he is based on a real person, the date would indicate this is either Charles, Prince Napoléon or Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon.
The Short Reign of Pippin IV by John Steinbeck
- Pippin Arnulf Héristal, a descendant of Charlemagne, is crowned as Pippin IV to provoke a rebellion.
Southern Victory Series by Harry Turtledove
- Charles XI
- After France's defeat during the First Great War, he becomes King of France between the late 1920s and 1930 after Action Française takes control of the country, ending the French Third Republic, and restores the monarchy. He serves as the King of France for fourteen years and leads his country into another war with the German Empire after the new Kaiser Wilhelm III refuses to return Alsace-Lorraine to France. He is later killed in 1944 when Germany destroys most of Paris with an atomic bomb. He might be the Legitimist (and Carlist) pretender Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, who used Charles XII as a claimed regnal name due to counting his brother as the real Charles XI (compare Louis XVII, who also never reigned). Turtledove clarified that Charles XI was not Charles Maurras, the founder and leader of Action Française.
- Louis XIX
- Following Charles XI's death, he is succeeded by Louis XIX. While he initially announced France's intention to continue to fight Germany, he ultimately accepts capitulation. There is no equivalent son of Alfonso Carlos, who died childless.
To Kill Napoleon, Whatever the Cost by Elizabeth Williams
The Two Georges by Richard Dreyfuss and Harry Turtledove
The Virgin & the Wheels by L. Sprague de Camp
Through Darkest Europe by Harry Turtledove
- Jean XXIII is mentioned as the King of France in an alternate reality where Islamic North Africa and the Middle East constituted the modern, liberal First World, and Europe was a backward hotspot of Christian fundamentalist terrorism. Reigning during the fifteenth century AH, his son the Dauphin is hospitalized during an Aquinist attack on the funeral of Grand Duke Cosimo III of Italy.
G
Georgia
Hearts of Iron IV
Germany
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives! by Richard Ned Lebow
- As a result of Archduke Franz Ferdinand never being assassinated, neither of the world wars occur. Germany remains a monarchy into the twenty-first century, with the unnamed Kaiser's niece Princess Elizabetha (named for Elizabeth II) being engaged to be married to Prince Harry.[2]
The Shape of Things to Come by H. G. Wells
- Prince Manfred of Bavaria is the leader of a worldwide rebellion against a nascent world government sometime during the late twentieth century.
Books by Harry Turtledove
- Wilhelm III (or Friedrich I of Germany and Friedrich Wilhelm V of Prussia)
- In the Southern Victory series, he refuses to return Alsace-Lorraine to the new Kingdom of France, which acts as the casus belli for the Second Great War in Europe, during the course of which he authorizes the atomic bombings of London, Norwich, Brighton, Paris and Petrograd.
- In Curious Notions, he leads Germany during an analogue of the Second World War in the late 1930s, resulting in Germany becoming the dominant power in Europe.
- Wilhelm IV: In Curious Notions, he leads Germany during the Third World War circa 1956, during which numerous cities across the United States were devastated in nuclear blasts (San Francisco only being spared due to a German nuclear bomber plane being shot down). A bronze statue of him is mentioned as being situated outside of the San Francisco City Hall.
Hearts of Iron IV
- Wilhelm III
- Wilhelm IV
- A possible puppet Emperor if the overlord is not socialist. Also a possible head of state in rare scenarios, which include a restoration by Max Bauer or him being a Reichpräsident like his father.
- Boris Vladimirovich (Friedrich Wilhelm V)
The Gate of Time by Philip José Farmer
- Wilhelm IV leads an expansionist, imperialist Germany in his timeline's version of the Second World War.
Greece
If It Had Happened Otherwise edited by J. C. Squire
Guatemala
Hearts of Iron IV
- Ubico I - in the HOI4 mod, Pax Britannica, Ubico became an absolutist emperor after overthrowing Guatemala's democratic government.
H
Hawaii
Days of Infamy by Harry Turtledove
- Stanley Owana Laanui and Cynthia Laanui – In the Days of Infamy series, set in an alternate timeline where Japan not only attacked Pearl Harbor but also fully occupied the Hawaiian Islands, Laanui (an obscure but fictional member of the former Hawaiian Royal Family) is installed as a puppet 'King of Hawaii'. He chooses Cynthia Laanui to be his consort.
Hearts of Iron IV
Hungary
Hearts of Iron IV
I
India
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- Prince Pondicherry wants to rule India in his own chocolate palace, rejecting Willy Wonka's warning to eat it all before it melts. But despite his insistence, the prince's chocolate palace later melts on the hot sunny day. His name derives from the city of Pondicherry.
The Jungle Book
Iran/Persia
Books by Harry Turtledove
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Iraq
Iznogoud
La Rosa di Bagdad (The Singing Princess)
- Caliph Oman III is a benevolent ruler of Baghdad whose 13-year-old niece Princess Zeila performs her lovely songs with music performed by snake charmer Amin.
The Thief and the Cobbler
- King Nod is the sleepy ruler of Baghdad (also known as the Golden City), the father of Princess Yum-Yum and father-in-law of Tack the Cobbler.
Italy
The Alteration by Kingsley Amis
- In the alternate 1976 depicted in the novel, amongst the numerous crowned heads of Europe attending the funeral of Stephen III of England is an unspecified King of Naples, the ascendency of the Catholic Church as a secular power preventing the unification of Italy. In real life Naples had been united with Sicily to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. In 1976 there were two pretenders: Charles (I) and Ferdinand (IV).
Books by Harry Turtledove
- Umberto III – In the alternate 2010 depicted in In the Presence of Mine Enemies, Italy (like Spain and Portugal) is an ally of the Greater German Reich and possesses its own empire but is compelled to carry out racial policies such as the extermination of Arabs in its territories. The Italian King is a figurehead but does hold influence in domestic politics. Possibly a version of Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice, where the naming of his father and grandfather after their grandfathers continued and established something similar to Denmark's swapping between Fredericks and Christians.
- Cosimo III – In the alternate timeline depicted in Through Darkest Europe, due to the adoption by Thomas Aquinas and Al-Ghazali of opposite positions regarding the compatibility of reason and religion than in real-life, Islamic North Africa and the Middle East are the "liberal, tolerant, and above all rich" First World whilst Christian Europe is an impoverished hotspot of Christian fundamentalist terrorism. By the alternate fifteenth century AH, Cosimo is the Grand Duke of Italy (except for Sicily, which is still under Maghrebi control) and is regarded as a strongman. He is killed by an Aquinist suicide bomber. The name was used by the House of Medici, which included several Grand Dukes of Tuscany among whom there was a Cosimo III.
- Lorenzo III – Grand Duke of Italy in Through Darkest Europe, he succeeded his father Cosimo III.
Hearts of Iron IV
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
J
Japan and the Greater Japanese Empire
Books by Harry Turtledove
- In In the Presence of Mine Enemies, set in an alternate timeline where the Axis Powers won the Second World War, an unnamed Emperor of Manchukuo (a subordinate ruler within the Japanese Greater East Asia Sphere of Co-Prosperity) is one of many heads of state who commiserate the death of the Führer, Kurt Haldweim. It might be Puyi or his brother Pujie.
- In Joe Steele, Japan surrenders to the Americans in the South and the Soviets in the North. The U.S. establishes the Constitutional Monarchy of Japan. However, with Emperor Hirohito being killed during an air raid towards the end of the war, Hirohito's 12-year-old son Akihito becomes the new emperor, although he is only a figure head, as it is General Dwight D. Eisenhower who really runs the country.
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
- Emperor Suzaku [ja], the Kiritsubo emperor's son and immediate successor
- Emperor Reizei [ja], Suzaku's successor and supposedly also a son of the Kiritsubo emperor but secretly a son of the protagonist, Hikaru Genji
The Peshawar Lancers by S. M. Stirling
- In this novel, Akihito is the Emperor of Dai-Nippon (Greater Japan) in 2025. Dai-Nippon, with its capital based in Peking, encompasses Japan, Mainland China, Korea, the Philippine Islands, most of Southeast Asia, Outer Manchuria, Taiwan, Sakhalin, and coastal colonies in Siberia and Alaska. Regarding the Fall as beneficial, Dai-Nippon rivals the Angrezi Raj.
Jordan
Hearts of Iron IV
L
Liechtenstein
Cabin Pressure
- King Maximilian – In the episode "Vaduz", the crew of MJN Air are hired to fly King Maximilian (played by Kieran Hodgson) to Fitton. Unbeknownst to them, however, is the fact that Maximilian is a young boy, the posthumous and only son of the previous King, preceded by six older sisters with the eldest, Princess Theresa (played by Matilda Ziegler) acting as Regent. Having become King at such a young age, Maxi constantly flouts his title and power for trivial reasons which his pilot, Captain Martin Crieff, says would not make him popular in the long-term (based on his own experiences). After Princess Theresa covers for Crieff for accidentally ordering too much fuel, the two begin dating.
Lithuania
Gunpowder Empire by Harry Turtledove
- King Kuzmickas
- In this alternate history, the Roman Empire never fell and remained strong and powerful to the end the 21st century and beyond, eventually gaining firearms and developing a technology roughly similar to our 17th century. Eventually, the rival Lietuvan Empire developed to its north and east (roughly similar to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth). The two evenly matched empires were in permanent cold war, sometimes turning hot. One such occasion was when King Kuzmickas of Lietuva mobilised his army and tried to conquer the city of Polisso, capital of the Roman province of Dacia. He placed the city under siege and came very close to capturing it, but in the end had to withdraw. The ceasefire was worked out by a young Roman emissary Ieremeo Soltero whose eloquence impressed the king.
Hearts of Iron IV
- Karl Gero of Urach (King Vytautas II)
- In the HOI4 mod, Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg, Vytautas is a German Catholic ruler whose Kingdom of Lithuania is an extremely and ethnically divided puppet state. He stands in the shadow of his popular father King Mindaugas II, is pretty much a puppet of his ministers and despised by Lithuanian nationalists.[3]
- Prince Eberhard of Urach (King Mindaugas III)
- Karl Gero's younger brother in the same mod.
M
Madagascar
Madagascar
- King Julien XII (also known as Uncle King Julien)
- He is a strict, lazy, paunchy and cowardly old ring-tailed lemur who was the previous ruler of the Lemur Kingdom in the island of Madagascar in the Netflix animated series All Hail King Julien. He has been told by Masikura the panther chameleon that he would get eaten by the foosa, although the prophecy did not say that all of him would be bit. So he left his island and abdicated the throne in favor of his nephew, who became King Julien XIII of Madagascar. However, the original King Julien became devious as he returned to the island and tried to reclaim the throne from his nephew. In the end, he decided to give up his evil plans and start a new and better life.
- King Julien XIII
- He is the Indian-accented ring-tailed lemur who has been a ruler of the Lemur Kingdom in Madagascar after his uncle's abdication, using mostly his delegation and charisma, and loves to throw a party with his subjects. In All Hail King Julien, Julien has been against not only his uncle but also his parents Princess Julienne and Prince Barty. He has his own royal advisor Maurice the aye-aye and befriends Mort the mouse lemur and four zoo animals, Alex the Lion, Marty The Zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria The Hippo, from New York City. Julien even has his position passed down to Stevie, the leaf-tailed gecko who forms part of his crown.
Manchuria
Hearts of Iron IV
- Aisin Gioro Pujie
- Puyi's brother and successor in the HOI4 mod, The New Order: Last Days of Europe.
Mexico
The Alteration by Kingsley Amis
- An unnamed Emperor of Mexico is mentioned in conversation between the castrati Mirabilis and Viaventosa. The nature of the Mexican Empire is unclear, as the Viceroyalty of New Spain also exists.
Hearts of Iron IV
- Agustin IV
- Featured in the HOI4 mod, Pax Britannica.
Southern Victory Series by Harry Turtledove
- Maximilian I
- With the War of Secession ending in a Confederate victory in 1862, France and Napoleon III is able to concentrate on intervention in Mexico, winning the war and installing Maximilian I to the throne shortly afterwards. He would serve as the Emperor of Mexico until at least 1880 and his dynasty he founded there would remain in power through the Second Great War, relying on France and the Confederacy for protection from the wrath of the United States. Maximilian's installation was a violation of the Monroe Doctrine. The French and Confederates prevented the U.S. from enforcing the doctrine, thus effectively shooting it between the eyes.
- Maximilian II
- He had served as the Emperor of Mexico since at least 1880. He maintained the close ties between his country and France. In 1881, with his nation desperate for money, Maximilian decided to sell the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to the Confederate States, which would cause the Second Mexican War with the United States. Maximilian I has no real-life equivalent since his marriage to Charlotte of Belgium was childless by the time of his death. He had adopted Agustín and Salvador Iturbide.
- Francisco José I
- Maximilian III
- He served as the Emperor of Mexico after Francisco Jose I. During his reign as emperor during the late 1910s and early 1920s, anti-Habsburg revolutionaries sought to remove him from the throne and sparked the Mexican Civil War in 1917. He served as the emperor until at least 1942 and saw the beginning of the Second Great War and Mexico join the Entente Powers once again.
- Francisco José II
- He served as the Emperor of Mexico after Maximilian III and was the emperor during the Second Great War. He reluctantly supplied troops to the Confederacy, who were used to both help attack the United States and later defend the Confederacy from US counter-attacks.
- After U.S. General Irving Morrell's major breakthrough at Pittsburgh came at the expense of poorly-equipped Mexican troops, Francisco Jose II refused to allow his men to participate in any more major battles against the United States. This would result in Mexico losing the Baja California peninsula to the United States. Confederate President Jake Featherston, after unsuccessfully attempting to change the Emperor's mind, finally acquiesced. Mexican troops were instead used to battle the black guerrilla fighters in the southern part of the Confederacy. Francisco José II was one of the few leaders of a Great Powers nation not forced to resign or abdicate after the alliance's defeat in the Second Great War.
by Robert A. Heinlein
- Among the many alternate timelines visited by the protagonists, there is one in which late 20th century Mexico is a monarchy, ruled by an unnamed king.
Mongolia and the Mongol Empire
Times Without Number by John Brunner
- King Mahendra the White Elephant
- In an alternative history equivalent of the year 1988, King Mahendra the white elephant is a decadent Indian usurper sitting the throne of a Mongol Empire ruling all Asia and all Europe. Under his rule, Christianity is suppressed. He has in his court a corps of female gladiators, adept at martial arts and archery, who "fight like Hashishin" and who speak a dialect of Chinese different from all those spoken in our reality.
Montenegro
Hearts of Iron IV
Morocco
Hearts of Iron IV
- Hassan II of Morocco
- Featured in the HOI4 mod, The New Order: Last Days of Europe, claims independence after the collapse of the Iberian Union.
N
Nigeria
The Simpsons
- The King of Nigeria (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson)
- In the Season 26 episode "The Princess Guide", the King of Nigeria makes a uranium deal with Mr. Burns as with his daughter Princess Kemi staying in Springfield. While he is doing so, Homer Simpson is made to watch over Kemi at the apartment but later ends up taking her to see Moe Szyslak. Though initially displeased with Kemi since he suspects her brother stole money from him, Moe befriends her and takes her on a journey across Springfield when Homer is arrested by Chief Wiggum shortly after her disappearance. However, Homer gets angry when he finds that Moe has taken his job to guide the princess. And when Kemi kisses Moe, the paparazzo takes a picture which is quickly viewed on the internet by the Nigerian King, leading him to decide not to sign the uranium deal with Burns. The King wants to punish Kemi for kissing Moe, but Homer urges him to let his daughter live her life as she wants, for which he accepts.
P
Peru
The Adventures of Tintin
The Emperor's New Groove
- Emperor Kuzco
- He is the young, selfish, and callous ruler of the Inca Empire who loves to dance to the groove every morning but has a sense of style and charm. Kuzco befriends a farmer and llama herder, Pacha, and eventually learns the meaning of friendship and generosity after he was transformed into a llama by his former advisor and self-proclaimed sorceress Yzma (who attempted to poison him to claim the throne for herself) and her muscular but somewhat dimwitted henchman Kronk Pepikrankenitz. His name is a reference to the ancient city of Cusco.
Poland
Hearts of Iron IV
Portugal
The Alteration by Kingsley Amis
- The unnamed King of Portugal is mentioned as being in attendance at the funeral of Stephen III of England in 1976. In 1976 the real life pretender was Duarte (II) Nuno, who died on Christmas Eve and was succeded by Duarte (III) Pio.
Curious Notions by Harry Turtledove
- In an alternate timeline, Imperial Germany became the dominant world power by 2096, following its victories in the 20th century's three world wars. As result, Germany restored the monarchies of various countries including Portugal. The King of Portugal is among the many monarchs annually attending the Kaiser in Berlin, in a glittering ceremony broadcast live worldwide.
Hearts of Iron IV
- Duarte II In the HOI4 mod, Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg, he is the King of Portugal and the Algarves, ruling since 2 July 1932. Duarte is suspected to maintain relations with opposition members and old-guard monarchists from the Paiva Couceiro era, with the greater aim to achieve a "National Restoration" and to remove the Integralists from power.
R
Romania
Hearts of Iron IV
- Prince Nicholas of Romania (King Nicolas I)
- In the HOI4 mod, Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg, he can be made king if the Legionaries win the power struggle and force Carol II to abdicate.
Russia and the Russian Empire
The Alteration by Kingsley Amis
- The novel is set in an alternate 1976. The Crown Prince of Muscovy is mentioned as being in attendance at the funeral of King Stephen III of England. Muscovy is mentioned as possessing a North American colony called New Muscovy.
Anastasia
And Having Writ... by Donald R. Bensen
- Nicholas II
- Nicholas II meets up with the four alien explorers Raf, Ari, Valmis and Dark at Tsarskoe Selo in 1909. After his son Alexei falls and strikes his head on a desk, the aliens and the Tsar discuss the czarevitch's haemophilia and after a finding out that his son lacks the protein in his blood and that he has the protein, agrees to a blood transfusion with the help of Dark's machine. His son is cured within three days and results in nationwide rejoicing at this news and Grigori Rasputin is thrown out the Palace by Imperial soldiers. Czar Nicholas is so boundlessly thankful for the aliens deed and arranges safe passage to Spain for the Explorers, who are still being pursued by American Marines. In addition, the Czar promises to seriously consider everything that Ari has told him about the possibility of a World War. However, with either World War I or the Russian Revolution occurring, Nicholas remained on the Russian throne until between 1918 and 1933.
- Alexei II
- With his haemophilia cured in 1909, Alexei grows up a healthy person. He succeed the Russian throne by 1933. During their 1933 tour of Earth, which the four alien explorers undertake just prior to their departure from Earth, they are received by Alexei, who is now the Czar of Russia. During the encounter, Raf describes him as a "strapping young lad."
Back in the USSA by Eugene Byrne and Kim Newman
Hearts of Iron IV
- Kirill Vladimirovich (Tsar Kirill I)
- Featured in the HOI4 mod, Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg.
- Vladimir Kirillovich (Tsar Vladimir III)
- Kirill's son and successor in the same mod.
- Dmitri Pavlovich (Tsar Dmitri III)
- Hailing from the Romanov Dynasty, Dimitri can restore his family to the throne as he declares himself the new Tsar.
- Pyotr Wrangel
- Wrangel can crown himself as Tsar Pyotr IV if he continues his military rule.
The Peshawar Lancers by S. M. Stirling
- Grand Duke Nikolai is the de facto tsar of the Russian Empire in 2025. By the alternate 2025 of the novel, the Empire is centered around Samarkand and has adopted regressive religious practices such as ritualistic cannibalism and worship of Chernobog.
Southern Victory Series by Harry Turtledove
- Nicholas II
- In 1914, when Austria-Hungary issued a number of ultimata to Serbia following the assassination of Franz Ferdinand by a Serb in Sarajevo, Nicholas II promised to support the Serbs should they refuse the ultimata. They did, and Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary, which had declared war on Serbia. The Great War followed. In 1917, Nicholas found himself facing a Red Revolution, followed by a protracted civil war, which resulted in Russia backing out of the Great War. Ultimately, Nicholas and his supporters triumphed, and Nicholas remained emperor for the remainder of the 1920s and died in the early 1930s. The destruction resulting from the wars left Russia in such a poor state that in 1929 she was forced to suspend payment of a loan to Austria-Hungary. This caused a chain effect that led in turn to the worldwide stock market crash of that year. Following his death, Nicholas was succeeded as Tsar by his younger brother, Michael II.
- Michael II
- The Grand Duke succeeds his older brother, Nicholas II, as the Tsar of Russia sometime in the early 1930s, reigning until the end of the Second Great War when he is forced to pursue an armistice with the Central Powers and to relinquish the throne after a German superbomb is dropped on Petrograd.
Triumph of a Tsar by Tamar Anolic
What Might Have Been
- Constantine I
- In the story What If Napoleon Triumphs in Russia by Adam Zamoyski, after the French Empire's victory over Russia and Alexander I's flight from Pskov to a remote monastery, Grand Duke Constantine was installed by Napoleon as Tsar on 15 August 1813. Tsar Constantine I was considered a weak leader, being forced to relinquish the Baltic territories, return Finland to Sweden and to send Russian troops to help France fight in Spain. Constantine faced a peasant's revolt led by a false pretender claiming to be Alexander I but was ultimately assassinated in 1827, replaced by his younger brother Nicholas.[4] The real Constantine renounced his rights to marry morganatically and Nicholas succeeded outright after the Russian interregnum of 1825 caused by the renounciation not being made public before Alexander's death and causing the Decembrist revolt.
by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
- Vladimir Jr.
- In the comic book series, all mammals with a Y chromosome with the exception of amateur escape artist Yorick Brown and his Capuchin monkey, Ampersand died in an unexplained cataclysm on 17 July 2002. Vladimir Jr., the son of Russian astronauts Ciba Weber and Vladimir conceived on the International Space Station, is the only other living male on Earth, having been born after the cataclysm. In the final issue Alas (#60), set six decades after the main tenure of the series, it is revealed that Vladimir became the Czar of Russia, by which time a cis-male population is re-established, albeit limited to thousands worldwide and consisting of clones of Yorick and men who died in the cataclysm.
S
Spain
Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore
Times Without Number by John Brunner
- Philip IX
- In an alternative timeline where the Spanish Armada successfully invaded England in 1588, the 'Western Empire' (the successor to the Spanish Empire) encompasses France, England, the Spanish Netherlands, South America and Central America with a loose protectorate over a Mohawk-controlled North America; however, the Iberian Peninsula was turned into a 'New Khalifate' by Islamic invaders, forcing the relocation of the center of the Spanish Empire to Londres. In one of the book's episodes, the King and the entire Royal Family are killed by female warriors, masters of Martial arts, which were unwisely brought in from an Alternate History timeline; however, the book's time-traveling protagonist manages to change history and avert the disaster.
The Two Georges by Harry Turtledove and Richard Dreyfuss
- In an alternate reality where American Revolution never occurred and British America remained within the British Empire, a personal union comprising the French and Spanish empires called the Holy Alliance is the British Empire's main rival; the Holy Alliance is dominated by its French half, ruled by François IV.
Hearts of Iron IV
- Jaime I
- Alfonso XIII's successor in the HOI4 mod, Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg.
- Juan III
- Jamie I's younger brother in the same mod. He is also featured in another HOI4 mod, The New Order: Last Days of Europe, where the collapse of the Iberian Union can have the House of Bourbon restored.
- Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma (Javier I)
- Xavier can become the king of Spain if the Carlists won the Spanish civil war.
Sweden
What Might Have Been
Young Royals
T
Thailand/Siam
The King and I
Turkey and the Ottoman Empire
The Alteration by Kingsley Amis
- An unnamed Sultan-Calif of Turkey is mentioned with the Ottoman Empire surviving well into the 20th century and still controlling vast amounts of territory including the Balkans. The real life pretender in 1976 was Mehmed (VII) Abdulaziz.
Hearts of Iron IV
- Abdulmejid II In the HOI4 mod, Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg, he is the 37th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, succeeding Sultan Mehmed VI Vahideddin in 1926. Abdülmejid is known as being relatively uninterested in politics and more fascinated with the fine art. Because of that, he mostly acts as a purely constitutional monarch.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- The Nazi expedition searching for the Holy Grail is shown to have been equipped by an unnamed Sultan of Hatay, in exchange for a Rolls-Royce Phantom II. The fictionalized Hatay monarchy is stated as being a "Republic" in the film.
The Ottoman Republic
- Osman VII – The Ottoman Empire (known as the Ottoman Republic in the film) remains intact into the 21st century as a result of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk falling into a coma when he was seven years old and the Turkish War of Independence never happening as a result. Osman VII is little more than a figurehead and a source of ridicule by foreign dignitaries.
The Peshawar Lancers by S. M. Stirling
- Al-Hussein is the ruler of the Caliphate of Damascus and the Caliph of Islam in the post-Fall world. The Caliphate is an Arab empire encompassing the former Ottoman Empire, the Balkans and Persia, born out of Arab revolts against the Ottoman Empire in the immediate aftermath of the Fall. It is the main rival of France-outre-mer and is the chief obstacle to the formation of an Anglo-French condominium over the Sultanate of Egypt.
Curious Notions by Harry Turtledove
- In an alternate timeline, Imperial Germany became the dominant world power by 2096, following its victories in the 20th century's three world wars. The Ottoman Empire, having been Germany's loyal ally, survived to the end of the 21st century when the book's plot takes place, and probably beyond – though clearly subservient to Germany; the Germans prop up its government as they do with numerous other monarchies throughout the world. The Ottoman Sultan is among the many monarchs annually attending the Kaiser in Berlin, in a glittering ceremony broadcast live worldwide.
U
The United Kingdom, England, Scotland and Ireland
2525
- King George VII – Whilst a downsized British royal family (a couple living in a two bedroom flat in Tooting) recall the gradual decline of their family and the United Kingdom, they recall George VII seceding Earl's Court to Australia as one of the many secessions which broke up the country.
A Certain Magical Index
- Queen Elizard – Debuted in the 17th light novel volume of the series. She is nearly deposed by her daughter, Princess Carissa, in a coup d'état with the Knights of England but managed to escape. She later used a magical artifact to help weaken her rebellious daughter and empower all of the peoples of the United Kingdom in the final battle against her in Buckingham Palace.
Arthur C. Clarke stories
Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's Destiny by Sir Julius Vogel
- Emperor Albert is the ruler of the Federated British Empire. He falls in love with and marries the Imperial Prime Minister Hilda Fitzherbert and becomes ruler of the former United States after a war sparked by his refusal to marry the President's daughter. Emperor Albert and Empress Hilda's views on royal primogeniture are ironically reversed by their views of their daughter and son.
Anno Dracula series by Kim Newman
Another Case of Milton Jones
- Milton I, King of Middle England, played by Milton Jones. After accidentally leading a cavalry division over Tower Bridge (a treasonable offence) and fleeing London, Milton Jones briefly becomes King of Middle England due to his command over grammar and pronunciation in his former capacity as a royal speech therapist. He is captured after an uneventful war between the United Kingdom and Middle England and sentenced to death for treason, but is pardoned by the Queen after he cures Prince Herbert of his working class speech patterns by using rocket salad.
The Avengers
- Queen Anne II
- In The Avengers episode "Esprit de Corps", a Jacobitist coup against the British Government attempts to install Cathy Gale as Queen.
Back in the USSA by Eugene Byrne and Kim Newman
Blackadder
- Richard IV of England (and XII of Scotland), a fictionalized version of Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (one of the Princes in the Tower), played by Brian Blessed. He reigned from 1485 to 1498, succeeding his 'kind and thoughtful' uncle, Richard III. However, Henry Tudor erased Richard IV's reign, the Yorkist victory during the Wars of the Roses and Richard III's true nature from history after his belated succession to the throne. The regnal number for Scotland would be I in real-life, and this is also the Jacobite name for Rupprecht of Bavaria.
- Edmund the Blackadder, Richard IV's second son and the Duke of Edinburgh. He began a campaign to become King after being told by three witches that he would so (having been mistaken for Henry Tudor). After being mortally wounded from torture, he rules as King for thirty seconds after the entire court accidentally drank poisoned wine (which the Blackadder also drank).
- Prince Ludwig the Indestructible, played by Hugh Laurie, killed Queen Elizabeth I and her court, which included Lord Blackadder, Lord Melchett, Lord Percy and Nursie, and disguised himself as the Queen, presumably continuing until the Queen's official death.
- When Edmund Blackadder Esq. and George, the Prince Regent swap identities in order to get the latter out of a duel with the Duke of Wellington, Blackadder is saved by a cigarillo case presented by Wellington as a gift and the Prince Regent is shot by Wellington for impertinence when he reveals the ruse. The Prince Regent dies (although he first believed that he himself was saved by a cigarillo case but realized that he left it on the dresser) and Blackadder goes on to reign as George IV after George III mistakes him for his son.
- Edmund III of the United Kingdom, played by Rowan Atkinson, became king in after using a time machine to alter history. He is married to Queen Marian of Sherwood and has installed Baldrick as a puppet prime minister after dissolving Parliament.
Books by William F. Buckley Jr.
Books by Joan Aiken
- James III of the United Kingdom (part of a House of Stuart dynasty which was not overthrown)
- Richard IV of the United Kingdom
- King in The Cuckoo Tree and Dido and Pa,[5] Son of James III – he also appears as David Prince of Wales in The Whispering Mountain[6]
Books by Kingsley Amis
- Stephen II
- Son of Arthur, Prince of Wales (d. 1502) and Katherine of Aragon.
- His existence led his uncle Henry the Abominable to try to usurp the throne, but was foiled in the War of the English Succession.
- Presumably, Stephen III and William V are his descendants.
- Thereafter, King in The Alteration by Kingsley Amis.
- Stephen III of England
- King in The Alteration by Kingsley Amis. Having died before the start of the novel, it opens with his state funeral at the St George Basilica at Coverley, the ecclesiastical capital of England (superseding the secular capital in London) and the sight of the Holy Victory in the War of the English Succession.
- He was presumably married to Winifred, mentioned as being the Queen Mother.
- William V of England
- King in The Alteration by Kingsley Amis
- Son of Stephen III
- Henry IX of England
- Elizabeth Tudor of England
- Queen in Galliard by Keith Roberts (a pastiche of his novel Pavane), a novel-within-a-novel depicted in The Alteration by Kingsley Amis.
- In Galliard, she is kidnapped and indoctrinated with Schismatic theology.
- Unclear if she is Elizabeth I of England or a namesake.
Books by A. Bertram Chandler
- The coronation of James XIV of the Jacobite Kingdom of Waverley is mentioned in one of Chandler's stories, described as a ceremony of great pomp and broadcast throughout the human-settled galaxy.
Books by Peter Dickinson
- Victor I, the historic Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, survives the influenza pandemic in 1892 and goes on to marry his prospective bride Mary of Teck (as detailed in the preamble of King and Joker).
- Victor II, the grandson of Victor I and Queen Mary, ascended to the throne at the age of 10 in 1938 (his father, the Prince of Wales, having drowned in a yachting accident a year previously). Despite being a qualified physician, the British government prevents him from practicing medicine over fears of lawsuits. He is secretly married bigamously to Isabella, the Queen Consort and her secretary, Anona Fellowes, the latter being Princess Louise's birth mother.
Books by Michael Moorcock
Books by Harry Turtledove
- Henry IX of the United Kingdom is the reigning monarch in In the Presence of Mine Enemies, an alternate history wherein the Axis won World War II. While the king has very little direct power (the Nazis having annexed the UK), he is able to affect the politics of his country, namely voicing his support for greater democracy within the Greater German Reich, which is the policy position of the leadership of the governing British Union of Fascists including Prime Minister Charles Lynton. His lineage is never addressed, but he might be Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. The book mentions the Union of South Africa as an independent ally of the Reich which continues to practice Apartheid although it is unclear whether Henry IX is also the King of South Africa.
- Charles III of the United Kingdom in The Two Georges, coauthored with Richard Dreyfus. While the character is described as being quite physically similar to the then-real-life Prince of Wales, the fictional Charles III is actually descended from Edward VIII. After the novel's protagonists, Thomas Bushell and Samuel Stanley of the Royal American Mounted Police, save King Charles from two assassination attempts by the nativist, separatist terrorist organization, the Sons of Liberty, he knights them as Members of the Order of the Two Georges for their services.
- Edward VIII was able to retain his throne for much longer in both The Two Georges and the Southern Victory Series.
- Edward IX is mentioned in The Two Georges as having reigned sometime in the 1970s, probably being the son of Edward VIII and the father or brother of Charles III.
Books by John Whitbourn
John Whitbourn had written several books set in a 'Catholic universe'.
- Mary, Queen of Scots became Mary II of England following the death of Elizabeth I due to smallpox in 1562.
- James I and VI
- Charles I 'the Victor', who won the English Civil War against Parliament.
- James 'the True' (possibly James II or James (III))
- Charles III, whose reign during the nineteen century saw the prevention of a United Kingdom encompassing the whole of the British Isles through two Anglo-Scottish War.
- Joseph the Wizard
- Peter the Brave
- Charles IV, King of England and Wales, Protector of Cornwall and Scilly.
Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore
- William V is mentioned in passing as being king sometime during the first half of the twentieth century.
Carolus Rex series by Andre Norton and Rosemary Edghill
Cars 2
Chrestomanci series of books by Diana Wynne Jones
- In Charmed Life, Cat Chant tells Janet Chant that the king is Charles VII.
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
- Charles zi Britannia (voiced by Norio Wakamoto)
- The 98th Emperor of the Holy Britannia Empire and father of the main character, Lelouch Lamperouge. He installs his children in important positions in the Empire to see their true abilities. He views equality as an evil that must be dispelled and encourages social battle to maintain evolution within the society. As such, he publicly supports inequality and calls for competition and fighting so as to create progress.
- Lelouch vi Britannia (voiced by Jun Fukuyama)
- The 99th Emperor of the Holy Britannia Empire, as well as the titular character of series. When Lelouch ascended to the throne during, he quickly abolished many policies that grew during the Charles' reign. These include the abolishment of aristocratic system, financial conglomerates, and the liberation of colonies. This led to discontent, and thus, agents and loyalist to Emperor Lelouch routinely goes and put down dissidents.
Columbia & Britannia by Adam Chamberlain and Brian A. Dixon
- George V, the fictional second-eldest son of Queen Victoria instead of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
- Edward VII is the eldest son of George V, analogous with Edward VIII. His relationship with his Québécois mistress Cynthia Grey and the resulting scandals almost result in him being forced to abdicate the throne. He retains the throne through a compromise stating that he and Grey should neither marry nor produce any children, the latter clause being broken by the births of their two (untitled) sons. Reigning from 1913 to 1918, he died heirless from acute pancreatitis.
- George VI is the second eldest son of George V and the brother of Edward VII, analogous with the real-life George VI. He reigned from 1918 to 1953, overseeing Britain's effort in the War of Wars (1933–1943).
- Elizabeth II is the eldest daughter of George VI, analogous with the real-life Elizabeth II. Reigning from 1953 to 1963, she was assassinated by an American separatist whilst visiting New York City during a walkabout.
- George VII is the only child of Elizabeth II. After his mother's assassination, he becomes King at the age of five; Princess Margaret, Elizabeth II's sister, acts as Regent to George VII until his coronation on his eighteenth birthday in 1976. A withdrawn and private figure, his public popularity is maintained due to sympathy regarding the conditions of his succession. He reigned from 1963.
Doctor Who
- Queen Liz 10 – Played by Sophie Okenedo, Elizabeth X is the ruler of the Starship UK in "The Beast Below", referring to herself and her predecessors by their abbreviated name and number.
- Henry XII – Mentioned by Liz 10 as having the Doctor as a drinking buddy in The Beast Below.
- The Night and the Doctor mini-series episode "Bad Night" features an unspecified Queen and Prince of Wales, the former appearing in the form of a goldfish and the latter speaking to the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond over the TARDIS telephone. The Doctor attempts to have the Queen restored to her human form but the hostage (in the form of a fly) he was hoping to exchange in order to achieve this is accidentally killed after Amy swatted it with a newspaper and the goldfish he picked up is not in fact the transmogrified Queen. The Commonwealth of Nations was mentioned as a contemporary institution.
The Emberverse series by S. M. Stirling
In the apocalyptic series that begins with Dies the Fire, some of the British Royal Family are evacuated to the Isle of Wight.[8]
- Queen Elizabeth II
- The Queen fled to the Isle of Wight with the rest of the British Royal Family on the third day after The Change occurred. However, she died shortly there after in December 1998.
- King Charles III the Mad
- The real-life Charles III (the Prince of Wales at time of publication). He ascended the British throne following the death of his mother Elizabeth II in December 1998, Charles led the remnants of Britain through the early years after the Change. His knowledge of organic farming (which he had been experimenting with since the early 1980s) helped the survivors with their food problems. He later married an Icelandic refugee, who was popularly blamed for manipulating him. In his later years he went insane and refused to have new elections for parliament and instead ruled by royal decree, which eventually caused a rift between him and Nigel. After about a decade on the throne, he officially died in 2008 of a stroke but it was a common rumor that he was killed by his wife who wanted to assume power for herself and her infant son.
- King William V the Great
- The real-life Prince of Wales. He became the King of Great Britain and Emperor of the West following the death of his father and after defeating a coup by his stepmother. After the Change occurred in 1998, William went to serve in the military. Nigel saved his life in a battle with pirates during this service. He personally led a "crusade" against Moorish pirates off the Canary Islands and on his return was crowned Emperor of the West. Under his leadership the British Empire was reborn. He tried unsuccessfully to convince Nigel to return to Britain by promising him wealth, land, and title. He would serve as king from 2008 until his death in a fox-hunting accident in 2039.
- Charles IV
- Fictional son of William V. Served as King of Great Britain and Emperor of the West from 2039 until his death in 2066.
- Elizabeth III
- Daughter of Charles IV. Served as the Queen of Great Britain and Empress of the West from 2066 to 2098.
Futurama
The Gate of Worlds by Robert Silverberg
- James the Valiant – the Black Death, much worse than in our history, so weakened Europe that the entire continent was conquered by the Ottoman Empire. In the 20th century, the freedom fighter James made use of a period of Ottoman instability, led a successful rebellion, liberated England after five centuries of Turkish rule and inaugurated a new Royal Dynasty. English people were happy and proud of James the Valiant's achievement – though the independent England was an impoverished country, of little account in the wider world.
The Great Mouse Detective
- Queen Mousetoria (voiced by Eve Brenner) is the mouse queen of England who has been nearly deposed by the evil Professor Ratigan but is rescued by Basil of Baker Street and Dr. Dawson.
- Professor Padraic Ratigan (voiced by Vincent Price) attempts to conquer England as a "supreme ruler of all Mousedom" with his toy robot that mimics the real Queen declaring it.
Headlong by Emlyn Williams
- John II: The actor Jack Green (born John Albert Sandring), who is grandson of Prince Albert Victor via a secret morganatic marriage and made king after the royal family is killed in a dirigible accident during George V's Silver Jubilee in 1935. After delivering his first Christmas Speech, in which he called on the Government to undertake radical action to reduce unemployment and thus overstepped his role as a constitutional monarch, he is forced to abdicate.
- William V: Originally William Millingham, is the private secretary of John II, and as the descendant of Queen Charlotte of Wurttemberg, becomes the new king after John's abdication.
- John III: The son of William V and Anne, the Queen Consort. John III is his suggested regnal name, being only the ten-year-old Prince of Wales in the story.
Hearts of Iron IV
- Edward VIII
- In the HOI4 mod, The New Order: Last Days of Europe, he was restored after the Axis Victory and reigns the reduced Kingdom of England. He is also featured in the HOI4 mod, Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg.
- Elizabeth II
- In the same mod, she is the leader of the British Government in exile residing in Canada (represented in the British Isles by Her Majesty's Most Loyal Resistance) and recognized by the monarchies within the Organization of Free Nations.
- Edward IX
- Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (Henry IX)
- In the HOI4 mod, Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg, he can be crowned King over his older brother, Albert, if their eldest brother Edward VIII abdicates.
- George VI
- Carl-Eduard of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Charles III)
- A German puppet king if the German Empire restores the monarchy in the British Isles.
Henry IX
- In the 2017 TV series Henry IX, King Henry IX of the United Kingdom is played by Charles Edwards. After his older brother, John, died in a horse riding accident, Henry became heir apparent to the British throne, becoming King in 1992. After nearly twenty-five years on the throne, he experiences a midlife crisis (owing to his lack of agency both in becoming and being King, his unhappy marriage and a monotonous series of trivial public engagements) and intends to abdicate during his Silver Jubilee. Queen Katarina (played by Sally Phillips) stymies his plan by clandestinely leaking it to the press, wishing to remain Queen. After Alastair, the Prince of Wales, comes out as gay and creates a succession crisis (since no one other than the homophobic Duke of Cumberland would willingly become monarch), Henry IX retains the throne. However, almost immediately, his secret relationship with the royal florist is uncovered by the tabloid press.
Her Majesty's American by Steve White
- Maurice I: The only son of William III and Mary II, he becomes king at the age of thirteen in 1702, born one year after the Glorious Revolution. His birth and reign ensures that British monarchs would concurrently hold the title of Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic.
- William V: His reign saw the outbreak of the First American Rebellion in 1775 with rapprochement bringing about the creation of the Viceroyalty of North America in 1781.
- Maurice II: Mentioned as being king sometime during the early-nineteenth century.
- William VII: Adopts the titles Emperor of North America and Emperor of India following the Second American Rebellion and the Great Mutiny respectively.
- Elizabeth IV: The namesake of a Regal Lines interstellar passenger liner.[9]
House of Cards
- In the British political satire To Play the King, the second book (and TV series) in the House of Cards trilogy by Michael Dobbs, an unnamed King takes the throne. Critical of the Conservative government's social policies, he goes up against the utterly ruthless and unscrupulous Prime Minister Francis Urquhart as an unofficial leader of the opposition but is ultimately undone and forced to abdicate. The novel diverges in many ways from the TV series and carries the suggestion that after abdicating the ex-King would go into politics and seek to be elected Prime Minister. At the end of To Play The King, the King's son is crowned and during The Final Cut is depicted performing monarchical duties.
Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
- William XXIII of the Kingdom of Windsor-in-Exile
- Also called "Sad King Billy"
- King on Asquith, a planet traditionally held by his kingdom
- Sells Asquith in order to settle on the planet Hyperion, where he intends to revive fine art, taking Martin Silenus with him.
If: A Jacobite Fantasy by Charles Petrie
- James III of England and VIII of Scotland – The Jacobite rising of 1745, led by Charles Edward Stuart, succeeded in restoring the House of Stuart to the British throne. In February 1746, his father arrived in London to officially take the throne. In 1752, he granted clemency to the Hanoverian rebels. By 1926, the House of Hanover's usurpation of the throne was viewed as "an interlude in the national life, but it was one that will not have been without its purpose if it is regarded as a lesson upon the consequences of rebellion."
- Charles III of England and Scotland: James III's eldest son. Charles III allied himself with Frederick II of Prussia and, together, they "towered over the other rulers of Europe like colossi" from 1766 until Frederick's death in 1786. During his reign, the colonies in British North America rebelled against Great Britain but a diplomatic solution was reached. Charles III was credited with saving the situation by his witty remark to George Washington, who went on to become one of Britain's greatest generals, and his colleagues: "Gentlemen, we have one thing in common: my family have no more cause to like the House of Commons than you have."
- Henry IX of England and I of Scotland: James III's second son. As Duke of York, his patronage helped ensure the flourishing of literature and art in Britain and this policy continued after he came to the throne as Henry IX. After the French Revolution drove the deposed Electors of Hanover into exile in 1789, he gave them a "generous pension."
- James IV of England and IX of Scotland, presumably a son fictional son of Henry IX and I.
- James V of England and X of Scotland.
- James VI of England and XI of Scotland was the reigning monarch in 1926.
In the Cage Where Your Saviours Hide by Malcolm Mackay
- In an alternate reality where the Darien scheme was successful, Scotland remained an independent country with its own colony of Caledonia in Central America. Kenneth IV was mentioned as the King of Scotland in 1905, conducting a royal visit to Caledonia during mounting calls for independence.[10]
Infinite Worlds
In the GURPS role-playing game Infinite Worlds, in the year 1120, the White Ship carrying William the Aetheling, the heir of Henry I of England, did not hit a rock in the English Channel. William survived the voyage and eventually assumed the throne – becoming known as King William III of England. Neither the Empress Matilda nor Stephen of Blois had any claim on the throne. William's descendants constituted more than seven centuries of English monarchs, with the House of Plantagenet retaining unbroken power. Ultimately the "Anglo-French Empire" became a world-spanning power, achieving an Industrial Revolution much earlier. However, in 1902 unknown parties detonated a nuclear device, destroying the royal family.
Johnny English
- King Pascal I of the United Kingdom: Played by John Malkovich, Sauvage is a French private prison entrepreneur who engineered his accession to the British throne in order to convert the entire United Kingdom into a giant prison facility.
- Johnny English: Played by Rowan Atkinson, he was accidentally crowned king. Abdicating after one day in favour of Queen Elizabeth II, English exchanged the throne for a knighthood.
King Ralph
- Wyndham Family, the ruling House of the United Kingdom in the film, who are all electrocuted to death in a photography accident.
- Ralph I of the United Kingdom, played by John Goodman, was an American lounge singer who came to the throne following the Wyndham family's demise. One of the Wyndham princes had an affair with an American woman, which resulted in the birth of a son, who was Ralph's father.
- Cedric I of the United Kingdom, played by Peter O'Toole, took power after Ralph I abdicated the throne.
The Last Man by Mary Shelley
- Adrian, Earl of Windsor: In a post-apocalyptic 21st century, Britain is a republic with a Lord Protector as head of state where Adrian, the son of the last king and heir to the British throne, embraces republican principles.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- Nan Bollen
- Gloriana I
- Jacob I
- Gloriana II
Long Live The King by John Rowe
- Queen Victoria II, the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom during the 1980s, and married to Prince Arthur. She is forced to abdicate as a result of leukaemia and consequent chemotherapy. She might be a stand-in for the real-life Elizabeth II, as both Edward VIII and George VI are mentioned as past monarchs.
- King Richard IV, first son of Victoria II, and married to Queen Fiona Warwick. He became king after Victoria II abdicated, but was assassinated not long after along with his consort and parents by the Provisional IRA.
- King George VII, second son of Victoria II, and married to Anne Kitchener. His first son is Prince David Arthur Rupert George, nicknamed Prince DARG.
Lord Darcy novels by Randall Garrett
- John IV of the Anglo-French Empire
- Arthur I
- In the history of the same timeline Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, Richard I's nephew, got to be King and proved one of the greatest Kings of English history. His reign came to be considered a Golden Age, to the extent that later generations popular imagination confused him with King Arthur of heroic myth. A major achievement of Arthur's time was the beginning of systematic research and codification of magic, which would later become a central aspect of human civilization.
Marvel Comics
- King Britain of Britain, though technically he rules the whole of Europe. He is king in the Earth X setting, and an alternate future version of Captain Britain.
Minions
- King Bob the Minion
- In 2015 animated film Minions, Bob the Minion briefly takes over the crown from Queen Elizabeth II in 1968 after accidentally crashing into the Sword in the Stone and pulling it free. He later abdicates the throne in favor of supervillain Scarlet.
- Scarlet Overkill
- She takes over the throne from Bob the Minion. After her defeat at the end of the film, Elizabeth II reclaims the throne.
The Moon Maid and Moon Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Published in the early 1920s, The Moon Maid and The Moon Men envisioned a twentieth century in which "The Great War" would have gone on uninterrupted, though with varying intensity, from 1914 and until 1967 – ending with the total victory of the Anglo-Saxon Powers, Britain and the US, and the complete defeat and surrender of all other powers. Britain and the US thereupon become co-rulers of the planet, London and Washington being the twin planetary capitals and the US President and British Monarch acting as co-rulers, and with the British-American domination of the world imposed by the International Peace Fleet, made up of airships. In the first decades of the 21st century, the world basks in peace, there seems no enemy and no threat anywhere, and pressure grows for complete disarmament and scrapping of the International Peace Fleet. It is the (unnamed) King of Britain who strongly resists this pressure, and due to him half of the Fleet and of the world's armament industries are retained. This is not enough to resist the invasion fleet of the wild Kalkars from the Moon, led by the renegade Earthman Orthis, which suddenly descends on the world in 2050, capturing London and Washington and ranging the world at will. But by the British King's foresight there was still a remnant of the Fleet in existence, which kills the renegade Orthis – facilitating humanity's eventual liberation from Kalkar domination, though only centuries later.
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
- Auberon Quin in The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G. K. Chesterton. In this book the ruler of the United Kingdom is selected randomly from the "official class", which one character describes as "the sane and enduring democracy ... founded on the fact that all men are equally idiotic".
Nation by Terry Pratchett
- After influenza kills the entire British royal family, Governor Fanshaw is the heir to the throne and is sought out in the South Pacific. His daughter Ermentrude Fanshaw ("Daphne") is his heir and succeeds him on the throne and becomes queen.
Old Harry's Game
- Derek I
- Deceased historian Edith Barrington (played by Annette Crosbie) is forced to write a biography of Satan as part of a deal to no longer be billeted with her ex-son-in-law Thomas Crimp, the most vile human ever to have lived. Whilst conducting research for the biography, Edith becomes frustrated with the many revelations that official recorded histories were wildly incorrect. One example is the existence of Derek I, a Tudor monarch forgotten by history. Satan's assistant Scumspawn (played by Robert Duncan) recalls the monarch as 'the mad, black, Catholic lesbian', personally believing that she was undone by her Catholicism.
The Palace
- King James III
- King Richard IV
- Son of James III, played by Rupert Evans.
- Prior to his coronation, his sister Princess Eleanor (played by Sophie Winkleman) attempted unsuccessfully to discredit him in order to claim the throne for herself, being exiled from court after questioning Richard's paternity.
Passport to Pimlico
- Sébastien de Charolais
- The descendant of Charles the Bold, the presumed last Duke of Burgundy, he is installed as the Duke of a revived Burgundy in post-Second World War Pimlico. After becoming a market for off-the-ration goods and being subsequently blockaded (albeit unsuccessfully), Burgundy is readmitted into the United Kingdom.
Pavane by Keith Roberts
- Charles the Good
- In an alternate reality where the assassination of Elizabeth I results in the suppression of Protestantism and the ascendancy of the Catholic Church as a European and world power by the twentieth century, Charles the Good is the King of England and the nominal ruler of the New World. In the story Corfe Gate, a regional rebellion led by Lady Eleanor breaks out during his reign.
The Peshawar Lancers by S. M. Stirling
- Victoria II reigned from 1921 to 1942. Presumably the eldest surviving child of George V, she was hedonistic, intelligent and sexually liberal with most of what defined her reign being whitewashed out of history books. She died unmarried and without issue.
- Albert I, the cousin of Victoria II and a former professor of Indo-European languages, reigned from 1942 to 1989.
- Elizabeth II, reigned from 1989 to 2005. She is known as the 'Whig Empress' for pushing for the right for women to study at universities.
- King-Emperor John II is the ruler of the British Empire (Angrezi Raj) in an alternate history set in 2025. He was the second son of Elizabeth II, his older brother Edward having predeceased him. He was killed when the Imperial air yacht Garuda was hijacked and heavily damaged by the captain, a radical Afrikaner nationalist, in collaboration with the Russian Empire.
- Charles III, the son of John II. Reigned from 2025 onwards.
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
- Henry VIII Tudor was the previous king of England whose obesity hastened his death after the war.
- Edward VI Tudor is the young prince of Wales who trades places with Thomas Canty, the young pauper, before he is proclaimed to be the new and rightful king of England.
The Puppet Masters
The world is invaded by space parasites, capable of attaching themselves to the body of a human being and completely controlling him or her. The President of the US implements a policy of ordering all Americans to walk naked, as the only way of ensuring they are not controlled by the invaders. The (unnamed) King of Britain wants to follow suit, but is prevented by the strong objections of the Archbishop of Canterbury, leaving Britain in danger of being taken over.
Revolting People
- Samuel I
- While in route to a ball to convince George III to liberalize the governance of the Thirteen Colonies and thus avert the American Revolution, Baltimore shopkeeper Samuel Oliphant (played by Jay Tarses) dreams that he has been appointed the King of Great Britain by popular demand, Ireland and the British Empire 'especially America', acting as an absolutist despot. Samuel's dream ends when his firebrand daughter Mary leads a revolution against him.
The Royals
- King Simon Henstridge, played by Vincent Regan, dies in Season 1.
- Prince Cyrus Henstridge, Duke of York, played by Jake Maskall, briefly succeeded Simon after his son, Robert, is thought to have been killed in a plane crash and his twin children Prince Liam and Princess Eleanor were deemed illegitimate.
- King Robert Henstridge, played by Max Brown, succeeded his father after revealing himself to be alive.
Sliders
- In the parallel universe featured in the Sliders episode "The Prince of Wails" in which Great Britain won the American Revolutionary War, King Thomas was the reigning monarch of the British Empire until he was killed during the war with France in 1995.
- Harold III (the uncrowned 'Prince of the Americas' and 'heir to the British throne') succeeded his father Thomas in 1995. He had been targeted in a plot involving a smear campaign and an assassination attempt by the Sheriff of San Francisco (that reality's Maximilian Arturo) to seize the Crown for himself. After being briefly kidnapped by the revolutionary Oakland Raiders, he is made aware of the Sheriff's deception and the true condition of the British States of America. He joins forces with the Raiders and the Sliders to denounce the Sheriff and introduce democracy via the implementation of a 'Second Magna Carta' (a version of the United States Constitution written from memory by the Sliders).
The Tales of Alvin Maker by Orson Scott Card
- As a result of the continued existence of the Commonwealth of England, the exiled House of Stuart establishes the Crown Colonies, a monarchy on the American Eastern seaboard co-existing with a New England Republic and a smaller United States.
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
- Egbert I of the United Kingdom
- King in The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter, a sequel to The Time Machine by H. G. Wells.
- Note: The novel's protagonist, visiting an alternate version of the Great War, is surprised to discover that the King is "a skinny chap called Egbert", apparently a distant cousin of the Royal Family who was the most senior survivor of massive German bombing raids early in the conflict.
Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1
- Lord William the Last is an arrogant monarch in 14th century Great Britain that is encountered by the protagonists when they travel through time. He tries to marry Queen Metapha and burn Rock and the crew of the Surprise at the stake.
The Virgin & the Wheels
- David I of the United Kingdom and North America
- King in The Virgin & The Wheels by L. Sprague de Camp.
- His birthday celebrated in New York City, all streets festooned with Union Jacks. New Yorkers regard him fondly as "Our King" and see nothing strange about being under British rule into the mid-20th century. The day's paper told of "His Majesty's visit to a soap factory, where he showed a keen interest in the technical details" and of the launch of the cruise ship Queen Victoria.
V for Vendetta
- Queen Zara of the United Kingdom
- Queen in V for Vendetta.
- Following a nuclear war in the 1980s, the crown falls to Zara, a 16-year-old queen who serves as a puppet monarch for Adam Susan and his fascist Norsefire party.
Yellow Dog by Martin Amis
- Henry IX
- Richard IV, mentioned as being the father of Henry IX
The United States
American Royals by Katharine McGee
- George I, the historic George Washington who was made the first king, rather than the first president.
- King Jeff, who replaced male-preference primogeniture with absolute primogeniture.
- George IV
- Queen Beatrice, one of the main characters of the novels.[12]
Assassin's Creed
In an alternate timeline accidentally created by Clark Kent, Lois Lane and H. G. Wells in the episode "Soul Mates", Tempus was the King of America in 1996.
Sliders
- In the parallel universe featured in the Sliders episode "The Prince of Tides" in which the United States became a constitutional monarchy, Thomas Jefferson was crowned as the first King of the United States in 1789. His direct descendants continued to reign more than two centuries later. The reigning monarch King Thomas and his sons Benjamin and Tyler were killed in a house fire in 1997, which was later determined to be arson.
Star-Spangled Crown by Charles A. Coulombe
- King James IV of the United States
- Born Hans-Josef II of Lichtenburg
- Conferred authority in the wake of a military coup whose leaders reconstitute the United States as a constitutional monarchy.
- Formally "James IV, King of the United States and of their Possessions, Grand Duke of Lichtenberg"[13]
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Vietnam
Hearts of Iron IV
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Brand new Catherine Tate comedy Queen of Oz commissioned for BBC One and BBC iPlayer . 2022-12-07 . BBC.
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18140055-archduke-franz-ferdinand-lives Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives!: A World without World War I
- Web site: Why Kariserreich is the ultimate Hearts of Iron 4 mod. Borsilli. Timothy. Wargamer. 19 May 2020. 1 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200730011814/https://www.wargamer.com/articles/kaiserreich-hearts-of-iron-4-mod/. 30 July 2020.
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1021816.What_Might_Have_Been What Might Have Been: Imaginary History from Twelve Leading Historians
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/916666.Dido_and_Pa Dido and Pa
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/262742.The_Whispering_Mountain The Whispering Mountain
- https://www.goodreads.com/series/75222-carolus-rex Carolus Rex series
- Web site: Appendix A: Britain post-Change . 2008-09-24 . S. M. Stirling . 11 January 2006 . smstirling.com.
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38531437-her-majesty-s-american Her Majesty's American
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37798654-in-the-cage-where-your-saviours-hide In the Cage Where Your Saviours Hide
- https://www.goodreads.com/series/43050-lord-darcy Lord Darcy series
- https://www.goodreads.com/series/252759-american-royals American Royals series
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31863520-star-spangled-crown Star-Spangled Crown: A Simple Guide to the American Monarchy
