List of fictional British monarchs
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This is a list of fictional British Monarchs- characters who appear in alternate histories and similar works of fiction as the monarch of England, Scotland, the United Kingdom and variants thereof. They are listed according to the production or story in which they appeared.
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[edit] Blackadder
- King Richard IV of England, played by Brian Blessed, who took power after his uncle, Richard III, was killed during the Battle of Bosworth Field rather than being killed (as it is alleged) by Richard III as a boy in the tower. He ruled during The Black Adder.
- Edmund I of England, played by Rowan Atkinson, ruled for just thirty seconds in the final episode of The Black Adder.
- 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.
- George IV of the United Kingdom, played by Rowan Atkinson, really Edmund Blackadder as the real prince George was killed around 1805 by the Duke of Wellington, who had mistaken him for Blackadder. Blackadder, was subsequently mistaken for the prince by his mad father and presumably went on to live what history records as the rest of Prince George's life.
- Edmund III of the United Kingdom, played by Rowan Atkinson, became king in Blackadder: Back & Forth after using a time machine to alter history.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Books of William F. Buckley, Jr.
- Caroline, Queen of England, ascended throne in 1951 according to the book Saving the Queen
[edit] King Ralph
- Wyndham Family, the ruling House of the United Kingdom in the film King Ralph, who are all killed 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.
- Cedric I of the United Kingdom, played by Peter O'Toole, took power after Ralph I abdicated the throne.
[edit] Anno Dracula series by Kim Newman
- Dracula, who defeats his adversaries, marries Queen Victoria, and seizes control of Britain in Anno Dracula. He becomes first Prince Consort, and subsequently Lord Protector.
- King Victor I, referred to in a sequel, The Bloody Red Baron. King Victor is the real life Prince Albert Victor.
[edit] Books by Michael Moorcock
- Gloriana of Albion, who was queen in Gloriana, or the Unfullfill'd Queen. She was based upon Elizabeth I
[edit] Short stories by Saki
- Hermann I The Irascible/The Wise (formerly Hermann XIV of Saxe-Drachsen-Wachtelstein), who was thirteenth in order of succession, became king after a plague killed the entire royal family
[edit] Books by Joan Aiken
- James III of the United Kingdom
- King in Joan Aiken's Black Hearts in Battersea
- Note: Not the Old Pretender but a descendant
[edit] Lord Darcy novels
- John VI of the Anglo-French Empire
- King in the Lord Darcy novels by Randall Garrett
[edit] Johnny English
- Pascal Sauvage I of the United Kingdom
- Played by John Malkovitch
- King in Johnny English
- Note: Never actually became king as Johnny English knocked him off the throne and was accidentally crowned king.
- Johnny English
- Played by Rowan Atkinson
- King in Johnny English
- Note: accidentally crowned king. Abdicating after one day in favour of Queen Elizabeth II English exchanges the throne for a knighthood.
[edit] Books by Kingsley Amis
- Stephen III of England
- King in The Alternation by Kingsley Amis
- William IV of England
- King in The Alternation by Kingsley Amis
- Son of Stephen III
[edit] V for Vendetta
- Queen Zara of the United Kingdom
- Queen in V for Vendetta (comic book)
- Reigns as a puppet under a fascist regime in 1997.
- Presumably Zara Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne. The graphic novel describes a nuclear war in the 1980s, which may have led to the deaths of all ahead of her in the line of succession.
[edit] Whoops Apocalypse
- Princess Wendy of England
- Princess in Whoops Apocalypse
- Parody of Princess Diana.
[edit] The Bed-Sitting Room
- Her Majesty Mrs. Ethel Shroake
- Queen in The Bed-Sitting Room
- Inherited the throne on being the closest surviving heir in a post-nuclear holocaust Britain
- The revised national anthem: God save Mrs Ethel Shroake, Long live Mrs Ethel Shroake, God save Mrs Ethel Shroake of 393a, High Street, Leytonstone .....
[edit] The 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.
[edit] See also
- Fiction regarding British Monarchy succession
- List of fictional British Prime Ministers
- List of fictional Australian politicians
- List of fictional governments
- List of fictional political parties
- List of fictional rulers
- List of fictional U.S. Presidential candidates
- List of fictional U.S. Presidents
- List of fictional U.S. Vice Presidents
- List of other fictional politicans
- President of Earth
