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Often, if a work wants to portray an old kingdom with entrenched rulers, they will have a leader who has a number,note called an ordinal, or regnal number after their name (e.g. King Bob IX). These are always written in Roman numerals and the large ones can actually be Truth in Television: France, for example, had 18 kings named Louis.note Louis XVII never actually ruled but royalists proclaimed him the 'rightful king' from 1793-95 and when his uncle reclaimed the throne in 1814 he took the name Louis XVIII in deference to this. Louis XIX reigned for a few hours in 1830, between his father's abdication and his own abdication in favour of his nephew, in an unsuccessful bid to stave off revolution and is usually not considered an actual monarch. A subtrope to Ancestral Name. Often a case of successive generations of Dead Guy Junior. See also Ridiculously Long-lived Family Name. |
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In the first Planet of the Apes sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, this is the case with the Mendez rulers of the mutant group in the buried remains of New York City. Mendez XXVI is the last one. | |
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Belgariad: In the novels, the ruler of Tolnedra is always referred to as Ran [House] [Number] of the [Number] [House] Dynasty (If a given Emperor died without male issue, a different noble house would start a new dynasty rather than passing the throne to a brother, nephew or cousin of the previous emperor, with the throne often returning to a house that had held the throne at some other point in history). Arguably subverted when General Varana of House Anadile was adopted as the son of Ran Borune XXIII and took the throne as Ran Borune XXIV instead of Ran Anadile I. They also seem to think that Polgara and Belgarath are hereditary names, and so the current one has an ordinal up in the hundreds—because the Tolnedrans can't wrap their minds around the fact that it's been the same two people all along. Every queen of Nyissa is named Salmissra, but they don't have numbers because the conceit is that it's always the same Salmissra. |
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Dune: The first book makes a good example. It's the year 10,191 of the Galactic Empire, and the current monarch is Shaddam IV, 81st Padishah Emperor. It's never explained within the original novel who exactly the previous three Shaddams were. The Dune Encyclopedia has a list of every Emperor along with the dates of their reigns. Shaddam IV's immediate predecessors were Fredhrick XIX, Corrin XXV and Elrood IX. Shaddam III reigned 4200 years before Shaddam IV, Shaddam II was some 3000 years before that, and Shaddam I reigned 2400 years before him. Shaddam IV was the 81st "Padishah" Emperor, but the 370th Emperor of the Known Universe. Number 1 was Alexander the Great, so it isn't supposed to be an accurate list. The final emperor is Leto II, though his namesake was just a duke. You see, his father Paul, son of Leto I, overthrew Shaddam IV. |
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood had King Friday XIII of the Land of Make-Believe. | |
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An interesting case in Homeworld with the Taiidani Emperor Riesstiu IV the Second. The reason for the weird name is that he's actually a clone of Emperor Riesstiu IV, who was so paranoid that he had all potential heirs killed and decreed that all future emperors would be his clones. Riesstiu I was an admiral, who seized power after the ancient Hiigarans laid waste to the Taiidani homeworld and declared himself emperor. | |
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Forward the Foundation: "Wanda Seldon" shows Agis XIV has taken the throne. Like many previous emperors, Agis XIV doesn't really want the job. He also mentions his namesake, Agis IV, under whose rule the Galactic Library became independent. | |
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The Rising of the Shield Hero has King Aultcray Melromarc XXXII, although that's only his regnal name. | |
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Played straight in the Gene Catlow fanfic The Basalt City Chronicles, in which Priest-Emperor Zaykar Kh'Naral is the 24th of that name. His grandfather was Rraghan Kh'Naral CDLXVII (The 467th). It's said that their dynasty reaches back into prehistoric times. | |
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Earth's Alien History: The Race contingent of the Andromeda colonists are led by 1st Emperor Ttolmass, but it's noted that he's not actually the first Race Emperor with that name — they decided to reset the regnal numbering when they reached the new galaxy, in order to avoid any potential confusion if they ever regain contact with the main Empire back in the Milky Way. | |
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The Interdependency has been around for a thousand years, so this trope is definitely in effect for the emperoxs (the "x" is silent). The first novel starts with the death of Emperox Attavio VI and the ascension of his daughter, who takes the regnal name Grayland II. In the second book, we meet the virtual ghost of Tomas Reynauld Chenevert, formerly known as King Tomas XII of Ponthieu before he was overthrown. | |
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In Mirrors, Sheik would have been Queen Zelda IX of Hyrule if he hadn't transitioned. Instead, he becomes King Zelda I, with his reign name differing from the name he casually uses. | |
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The current Zelda in the Hyrule Warriors-inspired fanfic In Sotto Voce is Zelda Nohansan Harkinian Hyrule XV. In this case, it's justified because it is mandatory that all heirs to the Hyrulian throne be named "Zelda". | |
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Subverted in A Practical Guide to Evil. The Dread Emperors and Empresses of Praes never use their original names as regnal names, instead choosing various Names to Run Away from Really Fast like Maleficent, Terribilis, Treacherous or Triumphantnote May she never return. It is also very rare for the Tyrants to use an ordinal number, partly because rule of Praes isn't hereditary — Tyrants ascend the tower exclusively through Klingon Promotion. The only names known to have been re-used are the name of the empire's founder Maleficent and Terribilis (though it isn't known why Terribilis was re-used, it was the second Terribilis who is best-known and the first was a historical footnote). | |
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Red Queen: All kings of Norta are named "Tiberias Calore." The current one is the Sixth, and his eldest son is expected to ascend the throne as the Seventh. After he is assassinated, his younger son, Maven, ascends to the throne, instead, breaking the tradition. | |
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Parodied in The King and the Mockingbird with the titular King Charles V+III=VIII+VIII=XVI. It sets a good standard for the ridiculousness of his reign. | |
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Discworld: Pteppic in Pyramids is Pteppicymon XXVIII when he takes the throne (however briefly). That's a reference to the Real Life pharaohs of Egypt; the last pharaoh was Ptolemy XVI, Caesar's son by Cleopatra. But the Ptolemies ruled only in the Ptolemaic Dynasty, which lasted about 250 years (and not all the Ptolemaic pharaohs were named Ptolemy!); before the Ptolemies were more than thirty-five previous dynasties and interstitial rules, dating back no less than three thousand years. And that's an incomplete list. In Carpe Jugulum, when discussing the Lancrastian tradition that whatever the priest says in the naming ceremony is your name, Nanny Ogg mentions a past king called My God He's Heavy I. The inclusion of the ordinal implies the existence of at least King My God He's Heavy II. The King of Lancre for most of the series is King Verence II, but there's a bit of a subversion. While he was named after King Verence I by his mother, this was not because Verence I was his father, although the witches are happy to let everyone, including Verence himself, believe otherwise to get a good man on the throne. Kings of Ankh-Morpork, before the monarchy was abolished, include at least three Veltricks and four Cirones. |
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Saga Frontier 2: Gustave XIII at least until he was proven to have no aptitude in Anima, who also had a younger half brother named Gustave. | |
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The song "The Phony King of England" from Robin Hood (1973) mentioned a suggestion that Prince John is "too late to be known as John the First. He's sure to be known as John the Worst!" | |
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"Search by the Foundation": In the fifth chapter, "Stowaway", Arkady briefly mentions the historical Stannel V, emperor of the previous Galactic Empire. | |
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Tolkien's Legendarium: In The Lord of the Rings, the rulers of Gondor and Arnor and the dwarves of Durin's line followed this practice. The numbers don't get particularly high, at least on the family trees included in the appendices; only the Durins, which get to Durin VII and Last, get beyond III. Aragorn was Aragorn II as Chieftain of the North, but took a new name, Elessar, as king. None of the rulers of Gondor or Arnor were numbered beyond II. The Elves, in contrast, never reused names; there are several likely reasons for this, the most obvious being that they're immortal so it would be awkward. Yet seven of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor were named for Elves of the First Age (Denethor twice, Orodreth, Ecthelion twice, Egalmoth, Turgon); one may wonder what the Elves thought of that. |
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Prelude to Foundation: The Mayor of Wye is somehow a hereditary title, and until he abdicated in favour of Rashelle, it was ruled by Mannix IV. | |
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The Parselmouth of Gryffindor's Goblin King is called Ragnuk VII. (Ragnuk I was a contemporary of the Hogwarts Founders, according to canon.) | |
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Tenchi Muyo: War on Geminar: One of the main leads, the young Queen Lashara, is officially titled Lashara Earth XXVIII. | |
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Variation in Codex Alera. The First Lord is Gaius Sextus and the deceased heir was Gaius Septimus, meaning the First Lord is Gaius the 6th and the deceased heir is Gaius the 7th. This becomes a plot point in determining the next heir to the crown Tavi is short for Octavian, aka Gaius the 8th. Word of God establishes that there have been many more Gaius-es than this would indicate — the counting restarts when there is a dynasty change, with one dynasty making it to Gaius Dodecandorus, or Gaius the 12th. | |
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In The World of Ice & Fire, House Durrandon's time as kings of the Stormlands had a tradition of naming the firstborn son of each king after the line's founder, Durran Godsgrief. The maesters producing the in-universe documents that make up The World of Ice and Fire find this particularly irritating, because the fragmentary nature of the records mean that they know a King Durran did this or that thing, but they're not sure which one, leading to annotations that they think the King Durran who did thus-and-so was the tenth of his name — not counting the original Durran Godsgrief, whose thousand-year reign they think might have been a collection of Durrans rolled into one by the process of myth-making. Basically, Stormlands history is very confusing up to Aegon's Conquest and the founding of House Baratheon. | |
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In the Worldwar series by Harry Turtledove, the Race is governed by a 50,000 year old imperial dynasty headed by the Ssumaz family. The current emperor is "37th Emperor Risson". | |
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Pathfinder: The City of Brass, capital city and trade center of the Plane of Fire, is ruled by Hakim Khalid Suleiman XXIII. Outsiders, such as Hakim, an efreeti, do not biologically age past a certain point, and may remain in power indefinitely, barring outside influence. The head of state of Andoran for most of First Edition is styled Supreme Elect Codwin I, despite being both the first of his name and a democratically elected president. His successor Andira Marusek drops the practice. The elderly Padishah Emperor of Kelesh is styled Kalish XXII. Empires in Golarion seem to last a lot longer than they do in Real Life, so this number of emperors named Kalish is not terribly surprising. Taldor seems to use the Roman practice of referring to its grand princes (emperors) by their family name: the incumbent at the start of the War for the Crown adventure path is Grand Prince Stavian III, but his daughter is Eutropia Stavian. |
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Dungeons & Dragons features Vlaakith CLVII, Lich Queen of the Githyanki in the Planescape setting, and through Planescape in pretty much every other setting as well. This Vlaakith, by virtue of being an ancient undead abomination, has also ruled for at least a thousand years, although time doesn't exactly work the same way on their home plane. The First Edition Dragonlance rulebook mentions that, due to Gully Dwarves' egotism and inability to count, it is not uncommon for them to have a succession of kings of the same name, each calling themselves "The First". There are many examples in the Forgotten Realms, but notably, the Kingdom of Many-Arrows, being a realm forged out of Orc tribes, went from Obould II to Obould XVII in the space of 70 years. |
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In Farscape, Rygel XVI is a diminutive Dominar-in-exile of the Hynerian Empire, ruler of 600 billion subjects. He was overthrown by his cousin Bishan (whose number is not given) and remained in exile for over 130 cycles. He finally regains his throne in the follow-up graphic novel. His greatest hero is his ancestor Rygel I. | |
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Assorted royal characters in the medieval fantasy Tales of the Branion Realm. Since the series spans four centuries, certain names get reused; Marsellus I and III are major characters in two different books, and princes named Marsellus feature in two more. Kassandras, Atreuses and Kathrines also appear frequently. | |
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Pebble in the Sky: The first ruler of the Galactic Empire is named emperor Frankenn the First, and their rule forms the basis of the Galactic Era calendar. | |
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There are many examples in the Forgotten Realms, but notably, the Kingdom of Many-Arrows, being a realm forged out of Orc tribes, went from Obould II to Obould XVII in the space of 70 years. | |
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The founder of the Third Imperium in Traveller was Cleon Zhunastu I, apparently a Shout-Out to Foundation. His son was named Cleon II, but he abdicated the throne. Centuries later when his successor's dynasty died out the Imperial moot tracked down his distant descendant and named him Cleon III, unfortunately he turned out to be insane and was assassinated. Following emperors sometimes were numbered but due to changes in dynasty they rarely got to large numbers; the highest reached is Martin VI. Numbers are preserved between emperors and empresses - Paulo I's granddaughter was Paula II, and her great-great-great grandson was Paulo III. | |
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In The Lord of the Rings, the rulers of Gondor and Arnor and the dwarves of Durin's line followed this practice. The numbers don't get particularly high, at least on the family trees included in the appendices; only the Durins, which get to Durin VII and Last, get beyond III. Aragorn was Aragorn II as Chieftain of the North, but took a new name, Elessar, as king. None of the rulers of Gondor or Arnor were numbered beyond II. | |
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The main conflict of Demon's Souls started when King Allant XII woke up the Old One, which proceeded to unleash the Deep Fog over the Northern Kingdom of Boletaria, summoning powerful demons in the process. | |
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Final Fantasy IX: Princess (later Queen) Garnet bears the full name Garnet Til Alexandros XVII. Her mother is Brahne Raza Alexandros XVI, indicating the Alexandrian ordinal increases every generation. A lesser example from the same game, but the regent of Lindblum is Cid Fabool IX. |
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Final Fantasy XV: Lucis has made it to its 113th king, Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII, when the story starts. This is the number of the king, by the way, not the number of Regises the country has had. The crown prince, Noctis, is crowned Noctis Lucis Caelum CXIV. | |
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Girl Genius has Aaronev Wilhelm Sturmvoraus, also known as Aaronev VI, the Prince of Sturmhalten. It can only be presumed that if his son, Aaronev Tarvek Sturmvoraus (who is generally referred to by his middle name to distinguish him from his father), was allowed to remain in the city and became officially recognized as its ruler, he would be known as Aaronev VII. | |
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Journey to Chaos: Kasile is the seventh Queen of Ataidar to have this name. There have also been twelve queens named "Fran" and nine kings named "Steiner". | |
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Probably implied in Ruddigore. At the time of the play's setting, in the beginning of the 19th century, there are depending on how you look at it, either 22 or 23 "bad baronets" of Ruddigore. As the bulk of baronetcies were from the mid 1600s, it seems a bit short of time for there to have been that many of them. Likely, since they are cursed to die if they don't commit at least one evil act daily, they have a high turn-over rate. | |
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"The Merchant Princes": Stannell VI, a past emperor, is mentioned briefly by Onum Barr as one of the last good rulers. He had died fifty years before the present events. | |
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In Carpe Jugulum, when discussing the Lancrastian tradition that whatever the priest says in the naming ceremony is your name, Nanny Ogg mentions a past king called My God He's Heavy I. The inclusion of the ordinal implies the existence of at least King My God He's Heavy II. | |
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Dragon Ball Super: Broly has Frieza refer to Vegeta as Vegeta IV. The movie's accompanying novel confirms that, as many figured from Frieza's words, Vegeta's father, King Vegeta, is Vegeta III. | |
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The Empire Novels: The Galactic Emperors, whose rule stretches back twelve thousand years, although not through the same dynasty. Pebble in the Sky: Stannell II is established as a short-lived emperor who was assassinated about fifty years ago (his immediate successor was Emperor Edard and the current monarch is unnamed). This name is taken from the earlier Foundation story, "The Merchant Princes", which mentions an Emperor Stannell VI, a distant successor. Pebble in the Sky: The first ruler of the Galactic Empire is named emperor Frankenn the First, and their rule forms the basis of the Galactic Era calendar. |
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"The Mule": According to the Encyclopedia Galactica entry, after the Great Sack, young Dagobert IX and his father, the Emperor of the Galactic Empire, retreated to Delicass and renamed it Neotrantor. His son, Prince Dagobert X, only knows the rule of twenty agricultural planets, instead of the entire galaxy. | |
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Foundation Series: "The Merchant Princes": Stannell VI, a past emperor, is mentioned briefly by Onum Barr as one of the last good rulers. He had died fifty years before the present events. "The General": The current Emperor, Cleon II, follows in memory of Cleon I, under whom the Empire reached its zenith. Cleon II likely surpassed his namesake, because Cleon I was not a forceful monarch and he preferred letting his First Ministers do the real governing, but Cleon II was a very active and powerful emperor. "The General": Ducem Barr mentions Emperor Daluben IV, who reigned during Hari Seldon's development of psychohistory. "The General": The narration introducing Cleon II mentions a previous Galactic Emperor; Stanel VI. "The General": Riose mentions the campaigns of Loris VI, which occurred two thousand years ago, when describing his Enclosure of Terminus. "The Mule": The current Mayor of the Foundation is Indbur the Third, because within the past century, the office of the Head of State has become dynastic. "The Mule": According to the Encyclopedia Galactica entry, after the Great Sack, young Dagobert IX and his father, the Emperor of the Galactic Empire, retreated to Delicass and renamed it Neotrantor. His son, Prince Dagobert X, only knows the rule of twenty agricultural planets, instead of the entire galaxy. "Search by the Foundation": In the fifth chapter, "Stowaway", Arkady briefly mentions the historical Stannel V, emperor of the previous Galactic Empire. Harry Turtledove's "Trantor Falls": Emperor Dagobert VIII must evacuate Trantor, referencing the appearance of Dagobert IX in "The Mule". Harry Turtledove's "Trantor Falls": Now that he has conquered Trantor, the warlord Gilmer calls himself Gilmer I, comparing himself to luminaries such as Dagobert VIII (whom he has just defeated), Cleon II (from "The General (Foundation)"), and Stannell VI (mentioned in "The Merchant Princes") Prelude to Foundation: Emperor Cleon I, current ruler of the Galactic Empire. He is the namesake to Emperor Cleon II, from "The General (Foundation)". Prelude to Foundation: Emperor Stanel VI is Cleon's immediate predecessor, having been mentioned before in "The General (Foundation)". Prelude to Foundation: The Mayor of Wye is somehow a hereditary title, and until he abdicated in favour of Rashelle, it was ruled by Mannix IV. Forward the Foundation: "Wanda Seldon" shows Agis XIV has taken the throne. Like many previous emperors, Agis XIV doesn't really want the job. He also mentions his namesake, Agis IV, under whose rule the Galactic Library became independent. David Brin's Foundations Triumph: This book names Klayus I as the emperor of the galaxy during Seldon's trial for treason (overlapping with "The Psychohistorians"). |
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Crusader Kings III: Being a dynastic game with multiple rulers after each other, there are often rulers with the same name (either proposed by the game or chosen by the player). They automatically get a roman numeral after their name, such as Henry the III. | |
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The Elder Scrolls: The series has Emperor Uriel Septim VII, the 21st and finalnote Though proclaimed by High Chancellor Ocato, Martin was never officially crowned Emperor Emperor of the Septim dynasty. Crosses over with Meaningful Name and Numerological Motif, as the Archangel Uriel is traditionally the seventh and last in Judeo-Christian tradition, while "Septim" comes from septem, Latin for "seventh". Other historical examples include the four Emperors named Pelagius Septim (of whom Pelagius III was the infamous "Mad Emperor") and, from the previous dynasty, the three Emperors named Reman Cyrodiil. |
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A Song of Ice and Fire: The Kings of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men in Westeros do this, sometimes more formally as "the Nth of his name." Since the books are set at the beginning of a new dynasty that comes from a different naming culture than the founding dynasty, most of the kings we actually see are only the first of their name, but the previous Targaryen dynasty had racked up five Aegons, two Viseryses, two Jaeheryses, two Daerons, and two Aeryses, with a smattering of other names that never got recycled. The exiled Targaryens in Essos continue the tradition; Viserys styles himself as "Viserys III", while his nephew Aegon styles himself as "Aegon VI". Balon Greyjoy, whose dynasty dates back to ancient times (though they only rose to power following the Targaryen Conquest), is apparently the ninth of his name. There were also at least five King Theon Greyjoys at one point or another. While the exact number isn't known, the Starks have had a tradition of naming one son Brandon in every generation... going back 8,000 years to Brandon the Builder. Even if only one generation in five had a Bran in charge, and if the average reign was 20 years, that would make the current Bran Stark (who is, in theory, the King in the North after Robb died at the Red Wedding) the 80th of his name. There's also brief mention of two kings of the Reach: Garth XII and Mern IX of House Gardener. The latter was the final king of the Reach, at the time of Aegon's Conquest. In The World of Ice & Fire, House Durrandon's time as kings of the Stormlands had a tradition of naming the firstborn son of each king after the line's founder, Durran Godsgrief. The maesters producing the in-universe documents that make up The World of Ice and Fire find this particularly irritating, because the fragmentary nature of the records mean that they know a King Durran did this or that thing, but they're not sure which one, leading to annotations that they think the King Durran who did thus-and-so was the tenth of his name — not counting the original Durran Godsgrief, whose thousand-year reign they think might have been a collection of Durrans rolled into one by the process of myth-making. Basically, Stormlands history is very confusing up to Aegon's Conquest and the founding of House Baratheon. Ironically, Robert Baratheon is the first of his name, and so is, as far as we know, Robb Stark. |
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One Piece has a few monarchs who have numbered titled names, such as Riku Dold III, the King of Dressrosa, and Elizabello II, the King of Prodence. There are also some nobles who have similar titles, such as Outlook III (Sabo's father). In addition, there is also a Fishman pirate named Vander Decken IX, who claims to be a descendent of the legendary Captain of the Flying Dutchman. | |
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The ruler of Syldavia in the Tintin story King Ottokar's Sceptre was King Muskar XII. | |
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Pteppic in Pyramids is Pteppicymon XXVIII when he takes the throne (however briefly). That's a reference to the Real Life pharaohs of Egypt; the last pharaoh was Ptolemy XVI, Caesar's son by Cleopatra. But the Ptolemies ruled only in the Ptolemaic Dynasty, which lasted about 250 years (and not all the Ptolemaic pharaohs were named Ptolemy!); before the Ptolemies were more than thirty-five previous dynasties and interstitial rules, dating back no less than three thousand years. And that's an incomplete list. | |
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Foundation (2021): The current "genetic dynasty" ruling the Galactic Empire was created by Emperor Cleon I, who decided that from then on, only clones of himself would reign. The current triad of Brothers Dusk, Day, and Dawn at the start of the series are Emperors Cleon XI, XII, and XIII, though they're rarely ever referred to as such. In "The Mathematician's Ghost", this cycles with Brother Dusk being euthanized, the other two Brothers moving up a rank, and a new Brother Dawn, Cleon XIV, being born. Following the Time Skip at the start of Season 2, they're now up to Cleon XVI, XVII, and XVIII. | |
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Several non-royal families of this type include the Yakra and Yakra XIII, Toma and Toma XIII (with Chrono Cross, taking place 20 years after Trigger, also adding a Toma XIV), and finally Ozzie and Ozzie VIII. | |
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Final Fantasy: Final Fantasy IX: Princess (later Queen) Garnet bears the full name Garnet Til Alexandros XVII. Her mother is Brahne Raza Alexandros XVI, indicating the Alexandrian ordinal increases every generation. A lesser example from the same game, but the regent of Lindblum is Cid Fabool IX. Final Fantasy XV: Lucis has made it to its 113th king, Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII, when the story starts. This is the number of the king, by the way, not the number of Regises the country has had. The crown prince, Noctis, is crowned Noctis Lucis Caelum CXIV. |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has King Durin III and his son, Prince Durin IV. | |
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Magic: The Gathering: New Argive has a King Darien XLVIII. | |
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The minor character King Bushwick the Thirty-Third (or "Thoity-Thoid") of Rocky and Bullwinkle seems to invoke this, but then it is revealed that he is the island's first king, who is called that because he lives on Bushwick and 33rd. | |
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Averted in Deltora Quest, in which there does not seem to have been more than one monarch with the same name in the country's history. Although the series does end by revealing that Lief and Jasmine named their one of their sons after his father, he is either a second or third son (his brother is named after Jasmine's father, in an aversion of Dead Guy Junior) and likely won't become king. | |
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Witching Hour: In this Historical AU set in Medieval times, Doomsvillia is ruled by King Membrane XXIII. | |
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Parodied in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series, which has King Tehol the Only of Lether, who turned out so competent at ruling that people grew unhappy with how great life had become and they chased him out the gates, just so they could go back to being miserable again. | |
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has King Zora XVI ruling Zora's Domain; Twilight Princess is set about a century later and refers to a recently deceased King Zora, who presumably had an even higher number. | |
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In the Legend of Zelda manga, the current Princess Zelda is Zelda XVII. In the sequel based on Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Link must revive Zelda I from her millennia-long coma. | |
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Game of Thrones: King Robert Baratheon, the First of His Name, actually. Most prospective kings also use this style, even if they are the first of their name. "First of His Name" is even the title of Season 4's fifth episode. Its prequel, House of the Dragon, has people use "King [insert name], [insert number] of His Name", such as King Viserys I and Aegon II. |
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King Julien XIII, self-proclaimed ruler of the lemurs in Madagascar. The spinoff series All Hail King Julien introduces his Evil Uncle, King Julien XII. A history book gives a bit of information on Kings Julien I and II, while all other Juliens are mentioned in passing with titles rather than numbers. | |
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Emperors of Arkon in the Perry Rhodan universe use this in conjunction with their family name. So, Atlan da Gonozal => Emperor Gonozal VIII (there were seven emperors of that family before him, including his father) or Gaumarol da Bostich => Emperor Bostich I. | |
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Titus Groan is the 77th Earl of Gormenghast. | |
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Its prequel, House of the Dragon, has people use "King [insert name], [insert number] of His Name", such as King Viserys I and Aegon II. | |
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Chrono Trigger has a rather non-orthodox example. Several families of minor characters (only one being royal) from 600 AD have their 1000 AD descendants marked with the same name as their ancestor but with a suffixed Roman numeral. This illustrates that yes, their families survived and produced descendants for all those 400 years. Several non-royal families of this type include the Yakra and Yakra XIII, Toma and Toma XIII (with Chrono Cross, taking place 20 years after Trigger, also adding a Toma XIV), and finally Ozzie and Ozzie VIII. The Guardian royal family is a special case. The game gives us King Guardia XXI, who rules his eponymous nation in the year 600 AD, and his descendant four centuries hence, King Guardia XXXIII. It seems to be a title, or at least regnal name that can be used in conjunction with an unstated real name, since King Guardia XXI's wife Queen Leene signs her name as "Queen Guardia XXI, Leene" in a letter during a sidequest (the rest of the game only calls her Queen Leene). This also indicates that spouses of Guardian monarchs also get to share the monarch's regnal number upon marriage. |
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Doctor Who: In "The Beast Below", the mysterious Liz 10 that the Doctor meets is actually Queen Elizabeth X of the United Kingdom. She refers to several of her predecessors as "Liz 1", "Liz 2" and "Henry 12". | |
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In The Worm Ouroboros, all the Kings of Witchland have been named Gorice, with the novel opening with the death of Gorice XI and ascension of Gorice XII. This is implied to be because all of them are actually the same Familial Body Snatcher. | |
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The Elric Saga: Elric of Melnibone is the eighth monarch to bear that name, and the 428th Emperor of Melnibone. His father was Sadric LXXXVI. Melnibone did last over ten thousand years, after all. |
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"The General": Riose mentions the campaigns of Loris VI, which occurred two thousand years ago, when describing his Enclosure of Terminus. | |
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Erfworld has King Saline the Fourth (IV). Think about it. | |
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The Chronicles of Narnia has Prince Caspian, from the book of the same name, who ascends the Telmarine/Narnian throne as King Caspian X. We know his father was King Caspian IX, while the rest of the Caspians are never mentioned. | |
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In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Edelgard's father, the ruler of the Adrestian Empire, is Emperor Ionius IX. No other rulers are shown with Roman numerals after their names, including Edelgard herself. | |
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Dragon Quest: In the Dragon Quest NES manual, the King of Tantegel is named King Lorik XVI, descendant of Lorik I from Dragon Quest III. | |
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One Strong Bad Email from Homestar Runner had Strong Bad mention that there were actually twelve King of Towns. And for some reason, the fourth King of Town was an onion. He was the most popular one. | |
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The Left Hand of Darkness has Argaven XV of Karhide, latest of a dynasty that has lasted 700 years or so. There were a lot of kings before them, though. | |
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Fantastic Four: The Emperor of the Skrulls is Dorek VII. His grandson, Hulkling, is Dorek VIII. | |
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At one point in Heretic Pride, Obi-Wan and Anakin act as bodyguards for the pompous King Marlontan, whose very long list of formal titles includes referring to him as "Seventh of that Line," indicating that there have been six King Marlontans at some point prior to him. | |
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In Tales of the Abyss, we find out when his full title is used that Peony is Emperor Peony IX. His father was Emperor Karl VI, and there's a statue of a different Emperor Karl in Keterburg. | |
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Kingdom of Loathing has King Ralph XI. Who constantly gets imprismed. By a magical, indestructible sausage that somehow keeps coming back. | |
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The First Edition Dragonlance rulebook mentions that, due to Gully Dwarves' egotism and inability to count, it is not uncommon for them to have a succession of kings of the same name, each calling themselves "The First". | |
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Averted with the actor David H. Lawrence XVII. He is not the seventeenth David H. Lawrence in his family... he is the seventeenth David H. Lawrence to be registered on IMDb. Matt Smith, who plays the Eleventh Doctor, managed to get the title of Matt Smith XI on IMDb as well. A similar numbering was also used in some armies to distinguish officers of the same name within one unit (or, ca. 1800, officers of the rank of colonel and above within the entire Russian army), or even privates within a regiment. |
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In Babylon 5, when Londo Mollari becomes Emperor of the Centauri Republic (as prophesied by Emperor Turhan's wife early on), he becomes "Emperor Mollari II"; evidently, Centauri Emperors are known by the names of their Houses (which, fittingly for the Romanesque Centauri, follows Roman practice), and House Mollari had previously provided one Emperor. | |
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Space 1889: Seldon’s empire lasted for millennia and the last of the line was Seldon LXIX (that’s 69th). | |
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Fighting Fantasy gives us King Salamon LVII of the city-state of Salamonis. | |
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Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has this as a borderline Running Gag when you scan busts of Bryyo's ancient rulers found all over the planet... until you reach "The last emperor of Bryyo." | |
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