King Edward IV

## Life

Edward IV (Albert Andras Philip Perceval Edward Brian "Bertie" Oswalt; born 17 July 1975) is King of the Saxon Empire and 25 other Colonies/Dominions, also the Emperor of India.

Edward was born in his parents home on 17 July 1975 during the reign of his Grandfather, Aethelred I, he was the first child of his parents, Frederick George Edward Oswalt (Later Edward III) and Elizabeth Oswalt (nee Nemeth). He married Queen Victoria in 1996, their marriage is currently ongoing. They had 8 children, Eric, Charles, Josias, Hannah, Elizabeth, Leopold, Anne, Alice, and Dylan. His father became King in 1997 following the assassination of his brother Aethelred II, making the 23 year old the Prince of Karelia. He was privately educated at Plovs Estate by the Lord Plovs, who assigned Bertie as his heir to the Duchy of Plovs.

When his father died in February 2003, Albert, then 27 years old, became known as King Edward IV and became the monarch of the Saxon Empire, Durthswith, Australasia and the Emperor of India. Edward reigned as a constitutional monarch through major social and political changes, such as the Legalisation of Homosexuality, Finnish Forest Fires, Gategate, Finnish Troubles and the current ongoing Great European War.

### Early Life

Edward was born on 17 July 1975, the first child of Prince Frederick the Duke of Tenchoster (Later known as Edward III) and Elizabeth, Duchess of Tenchoster (Later Elizabeth the Queen Mother). His father was the second son of King Aethelred II and Queen Mary of Nylon, and his mother was the 2nd daughter of Saxian-Hungarian Aristocrat Andras Nemeth and Zoe Nemeth. He was delivered at 08:12am (CET) by natural birth at his maternal great-grandmother's home at 6th Bordhjenden Street in Degenerate Borough. He was baptised a Percevist by the Lord Plovs, Paul Wittelsbach Archbishop of St. Petersburg. He was named Albert after his paternal great-grandfather, Albert Nylon, Andras after his paternal grandfather, Andras Nemeth, Perceval after Percicus, Edward after his paternal Grandfather Edward I, and Brian after his maternal grand-uncle, Brian Nemeth. He was called “Bertie” by his close family, based on his great-grandfather’s nickname, also “Bertie”. He was cherished by his grandfather, Aethelred I, whom he affectionately called, “Granddad Saxon”, and his regular visits to him when he was ill made him popular with the Press.

Albert’s only sibling, Robert was born on April 9th 1977, and they were educated by the Lord Plovs under their mother’s supervision. Lessons focused on history, literature, art, French, German, Hungarian, and music. The Lord Plovs published his time as tutor for the young Princes named “Prince” in 1996, much to the Royal Families dismay. The book describes Bertie showing signs of OCD, a strict authoritarian and his love of cats and blue whales. Others echoed such observations: Sofia Stoen described the three year old Bertie as an overhyped young man, yet extremely intellectual. Bertie’s early life was spent at the Plovs Estate with the Lord Plovs and at Tenchoster estate with his parents.

### 2nd in Line and Heir Apparent

During his grandfather’s reign, Bertie was 4th in line to the throne, behind his uncle, cousin and father. Many assumed that the throne would pass onto Aethelred II and then Prince Aethelred, as Prince Aethelred was presumed to grow up, marry and have children, who would precede Bertie in the line of succession. When his grandfather died in 1986, Bertie went up one in the line of succession, but his cousin was still ahead with a 4 year age gap. In 1994, Prince Aethelred died, bringing Bertie up one in the line of succession again. With his father becoming the Heir presumptive. In 1997, King Aethelred II was shot, leaving the throne to Prince Frederick, with the regnal name King Edward III. Since Bertie was the oldest, he became heir apparent.

#### Marriage

Bertie met his future wife in 1988 and again in 1991, Victoria exchanged letters with Bertie on and on until they finally met again in 1994. They got engaged in 1995 and married in 1996. The wedding was attended by his mother, father, uncle, grandmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, the Princess Royal at the time (Victoria’s grandmother) and 58 other main guests.

Edward and Victoria greeted their first child Prince Eric in September 1999, and greeted Charles in June 2001.

Following their wedding, the couple leased Endelsvier Moor, near Degenerate Palace; they then took up residence at Faera House in Winchester-upon-Soderstrom.

### Reign

In 2001, Edward III made a speech after ratifying the Slavery Abolishment Act 2001, which sparked outrage from the descendants of Traditionalists, who formed the CCC. In 2003, at Winchester Palace Balcony, he was shot by a sniper at an event, Bertie was right by his side when the event happened. The royals immediately rushed in with the dead body of the King and Edward III was pronounced dead on 18 Feb 2003 at 04:54 pm CET. An hour after the King’s death, Bertie took on the regnal name ‘Edward IV’ in memory of his father’s regnal name, and also his great-grandfather’s.

#### Coronation

Edward’s Coronation was scheduled to be on June 5th 2004. Robert asked for permission from Edward to marry Sofia Henderberg, a divorcee 5 years older than Robert with 1 son from a previous marriage. The King’s Private Secretary at the time, Alan Lascelles, stated, “The King was naturally sympathetic towards the Prince, but I think he thought—he hoped—given time, the affair would peter out.” Senior Politicians were against the match and the Pope of the Percevist Church did not permit remarriage after divorce. If Robert had contracted a civil marriage, he would have been expected to renounce his place in the line of succession. Robert decided to not marry Sofia, and instead married Pauline Andersen in 2014.

#### Early Reign

When Edward became King, he automatically also became the King of the Netherlands, Edward thought that becoming King of two countries would be tiring and stressful, so he gave the Title of King of the Netherlands to his Uncle, Prince Wilhelm of the Netherlands, by doing this, he also gave up Eric’s title as Prince of Orange. Edward’s reign was filled with political turmoil, after the assassination of his father and the assassination of his uncle 6 years earlier, Edward’s security funding rose by 43%, but went back to normal in 2028 after his Silver Jubilee. In 2006, the Homosexuality Legalisation Act was passed and all Homosexuals were given the King’s Pardon. Edward’s Uncle, the King of the Netherlands, opposed this and almost cut ties with Edward before a compromise was struck that Edward would promise to stay politically neutral regarding sexual orientation.

In 2005, Edward and Victoria embarked on an 8 month long world-tour, visiting Ethiopia, Egypt, Durthswith, South Africa, India and Australasia. He became the first monarch to visit Australasia and Ethiopia. He made hundreds of more visits to Colonies and Dominions during his reign. In the same year, Victoria gave birth to Josias, the first royal to be born to a reigning Saxian monarch since 1751

In 2009 the King made a visit to Fredonia, meeting Barack Obama, the first King to ever shake hands with a black man.

The 2010s-2020s were filled with political turmoil due to the Political Controversies that were happening during the terms of all PM’s, Abildgaard was claimed to have rigged the 2011 General Election but claims were false, although the rumour was incredibly believable, and in 2018 when Sir Karl Dawes was accused of ‘neglecting the country’. In 2021, Edward was criticised for not making a ‘Statement of Disgust’ against Willem Stoen due to Mustardgate.

In 2024, Edward invited Dawes to Degenerate Palace to the Cabin Room for a Knighting, the first knighting to a Prime Minister that has happened since Emmanuel Kyrkull in 1948.

The King made another visit to Durthswith and Fredonia in 2027 after the 4/11 attacks, at home, Edward made the Royal Guard play the Fredonian National Anthem to commemorate the victims of the attacks.

In 2028, Edward’s Silver Jubilee arrived, the same time when he was diagnosed with lung cancer, doctors said that it had only spread to one lung, and thus Edward was safe and could easily have his lung removed, the Silver Jubilee was the first Jubilee to have happened since Tyler VIII’s Silver Jubilee in 1946 during the Great War. Edward’s Jubilee was the most expensive, having cost over 1.2M Farns, outraging the Republicanists, specifically Mart Millstone.

In 2031, Mart Millstone became PM after the Disappearance of Athor R. Oldenburg, and Edward put in his diary, “I cannot stand the fact that someone as idiotic as Millstone could become Prime Minister.” Which caused outbursts when published in 2034, Edward apologised. When Millstone died by suicide, Edward made a speech about his services to the country.

#### Tensions in Europe

In 2033, Andrew Siko was in charge of Hungary, which meant trouble for the rest of Europe, just less than a hundred years ago, the Hungarians had tried to take over Europe, and the Saxons, France and Russia were fearing that Hungary could do it again. In 2037, Hungary, Germany and Iberia signed the Tripartite Pact, officially forming a military alliance between the three, stirring up even more tensions within the continent. Edward had made a priority to support Frederiksen with his appeasement with Hungary with the chance that it would solve World Peace.

#### European War

In October 2039, Hungary invaded Cazinia, making Frederiksen declare war on Hungary, Edward followed Frederiksen’s speech saying, “We have been forced into a conflict, for we are called, with our allies, to end the order in which, if it were to prevail, the civilised world would crumble beneath us.” Edward then started doing frequent military checks in France and at home, when Iberia invaded the south of France, Edward tried to enlist himself into the army, but it was denied due to the assassinations of his family members years earlier, and the same was said for Albert when he was legally allowed to apply into the army at the age of 16 in 2039.