Monarchy of Demirelia

King of Demirelia
Provincial/State
Coat of arms of Demirelia
Incumbent
Patrick I since 30 June 2016
Details
Style	His Most Eminent Majesty
Heir apparent	Crown Prince Nicholas, the Prince of Volkania
First monarch	Stephen and Patrick I
Formation	15 December 2015 (as Empire)
Residence	Rosenkrantz Palace

The Monarchy of Demirelia is the institution that compromises the Monarch of the Kingdom of Demirelia and the entire Royal Family. The constitutional title that the monarchs holds - King for males and Queen for females. The current monarch of Demirelia is Patrick I since 30 June 2016.

Demirelia was established in October 2015 as a federal republic. The republic however would be dissolved in December that year and the state transformed into an empire. Following the federalisation of Abelden, where Demirelia joined as a federal state on 30 June, it has been a kingdom and has therefore since become one of the 6 federal monarchies.

Powers and duties

The monarch has:

• The power to appoint government officials
• The power to vest/appoint titles of nobility
• The power to hold the title His Most Eminent Majesty
• The power to call and dissolve the Landsting
• The power to declare general elections
• The power to veto government decisions
• The power to enact decrees

The monarch has more duties than this; listed here are important powers and duties of a monarch. As a federal monarch, the Monarch has also restrictions on legislating laws or enacting decrees that contradicts federal laws or decrees enacted by the Emperor.

List of Monarchs

No.	Name Full name lifespan	Portrait	Reign			House	Notes	Title
			Reign start	Reign end	Reign duration
1	Stephen Stephen Freayth born 1998		15 December 2015	30 June 2015	198 days	Freayth	Co-Emperor. Abdicated.	Emperor of Demirelia
2	Patrick I Patrick Renvik born 2002		15 December 2015	Present	2840 days	Renvik	Co-Emperor. Sole monarch from 30 June 2016.	Emperor of Demirelia until 30 June 2016 King of Demirelia from 30 June 2016

Succession

The House of Renvik is the ruling house of Demirelia operating under a system of absolute primogeniture. Previously, no formal succession was agreed during the Empire until Demirelia joined Abelden when the House of Renvik became the de facto ruling house. The heir to the Demirelian throne bears the titles Crown Prince and Prince of Volkania. The current line of succession was established by the Constitutional Charter of 2019, whereby the line of Demirelian inheritance was decided to begin with the King’s maternal grandmother, Lady Åse Naesheim.

• (2) Lady Åse, Duchess of Bessabia
  • (3) Lady Lise, Countess of Kronsborg
    
    • King Patrick I
    • (1) Crown Prince Nicholas, the Prince of Volkania

Styles

The Monarch is formally addressed as His Most Eminent Majesty, with the spoken form being 'Your Majesty'. Informally the Monarch is often simply referred to as 'The King'. The Monarch is informally addressed as either 'Sire' or 'Your Grace'.

Below is the full title of the Monarch per the Constitutional Charter of 2019:

His Most Eminent Majesty

by Anointed Power and Grace,

King of Demirelia and all her Lands and Territories,

Sovereign Lord and Defender of the People,

Duke of Renwick,

Lord of All the North

Several other tiles include:

Sovereign and Grand Master of the Royal Order of St. Swithun, Sovereign and Grand Master of the Order of Demirelia, Sovereign and Grand Master of the Illustrious Order of the Mountain

Standards

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  Royal Standard

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  Standard of the Prince of Volkania