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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.

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.

Marvel comics

Books of William F. Buckley, Jr.

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.

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.

Books by Michael Moorcock

  • Gloriana of Albion, who was queen in Gloriana, or the Unfullfill'd Queen. She was based upon Elizabeth I

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

Books by Joan Aiken

  • James III of the United Kingdom

Lord Darcy novels

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.

The Time Ships

  • Egbert I of the United Kingdom
    • King in The Time Ships by Steven 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.

Books by Kingsley Amis

  • Stephen III of England
  • William IV of England

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; she was sixth in succession when publication began (and is now eleventh). 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; or the fascists may have chosen her, the (then) youngest of the royal family and thus most easily manipulated.
    • The film version, taking place in the 2030s, shows a painting of High Chancellor Adam Sutler's face on an Andy Warhol-style portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, a work of art titled "God Save the Queen." But the film makes no mention of a current monarch or of the monarchy's current status. Paper money in the film is shown to have Sutler's portrait, as opposed to that of the reigning monarch, suggesting the monarchy's abolition or its dimunition in importance in relation to the office of High Chanellor. Homes and businesses have portaits of Sutler instead of that of the monarch. The music to "God Save the King/Queen" is played when a Sutler impersonator is introduced on the TV show Dietrich's Half-Hour, but this may be a sign that the national anthem has been altered to serve the Chancellor, rather than that the monarchy has been maintained.

Whoops Apocalypse

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 .....

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.

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, obviously based on HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, takes the throne. He goes up against Prime Minister Francis Urquhart and is ultimately undone. His estranged wife and young son appear more loosely based on Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince William of Wales.

S.M. Stirling's Emberverse

In the apocalyptic series that begins with Dies the Fire, the so-called 'Change' modified physical laws on Earth out to the Van Allen Belts so that combustion and electricity cannot function (though the human central nervous system seems to be unchanged). In the resulting crisis, England undergoes riots and some of the Royal Family are evacuated to the Isle of Man. Queen Elizabeth II dies during the winter of 1998-99 and her son succeeds her as King Charles III. Years later, his son succeeds him as King William V.

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