The Lord Commander of the Crownsguard

"You attack the Faith, you attack the Crown. Anyone who attacks the crown is unfit to serve as Lord Commander of the Crownsguard."
―Orlando Royne to Elton Hill.
The Lord Commander of the Crownsguard is the head of the Crownsguard, appointed by the king himself. In the case of a female sovereign (during the Events of the Six Realm War, the Queensguard rather than the Crownsguard), the title is Lord Commander of the Queensguard. 
The king usually appoints a new Lord Commander from one of the current serving members of the Crownsguard, though there may have been exceptional cases where a knight was instantly appointed to the Crownsguard as well as the position of Lord Commander, such can be said about Lord Osmund Spyre, Lord Commander of King Vardis' Crownsguard.
The Lord Commander wears an armor of black steel with Gold Enameling of a Crown in the center of the front armor plate to distinguish with the armors of the Crownsguard Knights.
== History ==
=== Origins ===
The position was founded, along with the Crownsguard itself, by Reginald Westernling, the ruling Crown Regent during King Tommen's Reign after two failed assassination attempts.
=== Office ===
The Lord Commander of the Crownsguard holds a seat on the king's Royal Council by virtue of his office. His role on the council is to give military advice on land-based warfare (separate from the Lord of Ships, who handles naval affairs). During the King Orlando Royne's Reign, the position was stripped of its Royal Council Seat.
The current Lord Commander of the Crownsguard is Ser Daemon Cole.
== Known Lord Commanders of the First Dynasty ==
Lord Commander 	Monarch 	Period
Ser Justus Linus 	Tommen I Royne 	182-83 CE
Ser Orston Grass 	Tommen I Royne 	185 CE
Ser Orston Grass 	Darius Royne 	185-86 CE
Ser Albus Marshall 	Darius Royne 	186-94 CE
Ser Joffery Largent	Darius Royne 	194-96 CE
Ser Erryk Fowler 	Orlando Royne 	197-99 CE
Ser Elton Hill 	Orlando Royne 	199 CE
Ser Doran Seaborn 	Orlando Royne 	199-201 CE
Lord Osmund Spyre 	Vardis I Talmar	201-7 CE
Ser Percival Blount	Vardis I Talmar	207 CE
Ser Daemon Cole 	Vardis I Talmar	207-11 CE
Ser Daemon Cole 	Anton Royne 	216-29 CE
Ser Aaron of Pyne 	Anton Royne 	212-16 CE
== Known Lord Commanders of the Second Dynasty ==
Lord Commander 	Monarch 	Period
Ser Daemon Cole	Harald Royne 	229-31 CE
Ser Daemon Cole	Charles II Royne	231-37 CE
Ser Daemon Cole	Anastasia Royne 	237-41 CE
Ser Daemon Cole	Alfonso Royne 	241-42 CE
== Lord Commanders to Rival Claimants ==
* Ser {Cassius Linus} (185-192 CE), First Lord Commander under King Jaehaerys Royne.
* Lord {Orlando Fowler} (192-94 CE), Second Lord Commander under King Jaehaerys Royne.
* Ser {Selerius Royne} (195-199 CE), Lord Commander to Queen Rhea Seaborn.