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Forename IV
King of Somewhere
Image:ForenameYYYY.jpg
Photographic portrait by Rolf Harris, 2007
Reign	D Month YYYY - D Month YYYY
Coronation	D Month YYYY
Predecessor	Queen Thingy
Successor	Son II
Consort	Lady Newwife Maidenname (YYYY - YYYY) Princess Wife, Duchess of Nod (YYYY - YYYY)
Issue
Son II Princess Daughter, Title2 of Place2 Prince Son2 of Nod
Full name
Forename Midname Midname Midname Surname
Titles
HM The King HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duke of Nod HH Prince Forename of Nod Lord Forename Surname
Royal House	House of Pies
Royal anthem	Current of Love
Father	Daddy, Prince of Wales
Mother	Mummy, Dowager Princess of Wales
Born	D Month YYYY Residence, City
Baptised	D Month YYYY Residence, Region
Died	D Month YYYY Town, Region
Burial	D Month YYYY Region, Country
Occupation	Military; Ballet

Prince Forename, Title of Place (later Forename IV; formerly Prince Forename of Nod; born Lord Forename Surname; Forename Middle Names Surname; D Month YYYY - D Month YYYY) was a senior/junior member of the British Royal Family, a great-grandson of Queen Thingy. He was notable for, between YYYY and YYYY, doing something or other.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Dukedom of Nod 3 Marriage 4 Ascension 5 Later life 6 Titles, styles, honours and arms 6.1 Titles 6.2 Styles 6.3 Honours 6.3.1 Military 6.3.2 Honorary military appointments 6.4 Arms 7 Issue 8 Legacy 8.1 Trivia 8.2 Cultural references 9 See also 10 References

[edit] Early life

Lord Forename Surname was born, on D Month YYYY, at Residence, City. He was the second son and third child of Prince Daddy, Earl of Theshire, second son and fourth child of Prince Grandad, Duke of Nod and Princess Grandad, Duchess of Nod, and his second wife, Lady Mummy Hermaidenname. He was baptised, on D Month YYYY, in the baptism room at Residence, City, by Archbishop Bob Roberts. His godparents were a considerable list of wikilinked individuals.

Within months of his birth, he was created a Prince of the United Kingdom, and granted the style of Highness, becoming known as HH Prince Forename of Nod.

[edit] Dukedom of Nod

When, in a freak accident, at Somewhere, on D Month YYYY, his father and childless elder brother passed away within months of eachother, Prince Forename inherited his father's dukedom, and became HRH The Duke of Nod^[1].

[edit] Marriage

An interesting tale of how he met his wife, Lady Wife Maidenname, youngest daughter of Father Maidenname, 8th Baron of Oz and his wife, Mother Maidenname, Baroness of Oz. The couple wed, on D Month YYYY, at A Certain, Chapel

The Duchess of Nod, died in soon after the birth of their youngest child, Prince Son2 of Nod, who died himself within months of birth.

Soon after the marriage, in recognition of his status as heir-apparent, the Duke of Nod's great-grandmother created him Prince of Wales

[edit] Ascension

When, on D Month YYYY, Queen Thingy passed away at Buckingham Palace, the Prince of Wales ascended the throne, using the regnal name HM King Forename IV.

[edit] Later life

Forename IV died, on D Month YYYY, at Windsor Castle, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Son, Prince of Wales, who ruled as HM King Son II. He was buried, on D Month YYYY, at Chapel.

[edit] Titles, styles, honours and arms

Monarchical Styles of Forename IV of Somewhere
Reference style:	His Majesty
Spoken style:	Your Majesty
Alternative style:	Sire

[edit] Titles

• YYYY-YYYY: Lord Forename Surname
• YYYY-YYYY: His Highness Prince Forename of Nod
• YYYY-YYYY: His Royal Highness The Duke of Nod
• YYYY-YYYY: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
  • in Scotland: His Royal Highness Prince Forename, Duke of Rothesay
• YYYY-YYYY: His Majesty The King

[edit] Styles

From his father's ascension to the throne, on D Month YYYY, until his own accession, on D Month YYYY, Prince Forename held the style "His Royal Highness, Prince Forename, Prince of Wales, Duke of Rothesay, Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland."

His full style as king was "Forename IV, by the Grace of God, of Somewhere, King, Defender of the Faith"

[edit] Honours

British Honours

• KG: Knight of the Garter, YYYY
• GBE: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, YYYY

Foreign Honours

• Abbrev.: Knight of Whatever, YYYY

[edit] Military

• 2Lt, YYYY-YYYY: Second-Lieutenant, Whatever division
• Lt, YYYY-YYYY: Lieutenant, Whatever division

[edit] Honorary military appointments

• YYYY-YYYY: Colonel-in-Chief, of Whatever

[edit] Arms

Forename's arms were: Quarterly, I and IV Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or (for England); II Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules (for Scotland); III Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland).

[edit] Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
By Lady Wife Maidenname
Son II	D Month YYYY	D Month YYYY	married (1), YYYY, Princess Wife of Elsewhere; divorced YYYY; had issue (2), YYYY, Princess Wife of Elsewhere; no issue
Princess Daughter, Title2 of Place2	D Month YYYY	D Month YYYY	married, YYYY, Husband, Title2 of Place2; had issue
Prince Son2 of Nod	D Month YYYY	D Month YYYY	died in infancy
By Lady Newwife Maidenname
no issue

[edit] Legacy

Notes about Forename IV's legacy.

Including a list of places named after him.

[edit] Trivia

• Trivia point

[edit] Cultural references

• Cult reference

[edit] See also

• List of British monarchs
• List of places named after Queen Victoria

[edit] References

1. ^ This is a footnote

House of Pies Cadet Branch of the House of Pastry Born: D Month YYYY; Died: D Month YYYY
Preceded by: Queen Thingy	King of Somewhere YYYY-YYYY	Succeeded by: Son II
Preceded by: Prince Bigbro	Duke of Nod YYYY-YYYY	Merged in crown