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== Comic Books ==

 

 

 

 

** Cleon II in ''Foundation in Empire'', who took his name in memory of Cleon I, under whom the Empire reached its zenith. In contrast with the aforementioned examples, Cleon II likely surpassed his namesake, as 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.

* Titus Groan is the 77th Earl of [[Gormenghast]].

** In the short story ''Winter's King'' all the kings of Karhide who aren't called Argaven are called Emran. King Argaven XVII {{spoiler|commits to taking back the throne}} when she finds out that the corrupt Emran, {{spoiler|Argaven's child who is now older than her because Argaven has been off-planet and been affected by time dilation}}, has chosen an heir with neither of the traditional names. {{spoiler|'"The kings of Karhide are called Emran," said Argaven, "and Argaven."'}}

* [[Cordwainer Smith]]'s ''Norstrilia'' had Roderick [[Mc Ban]] CLI.

* In the Worldwar/Colonization 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".

* 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 {{spoiler|Tavi is short for Octavian, aka Gaius the 8th.}}

* [[Rafik Schami]]'s fictional city of Morgana is technically a democracy with an elected president but practically always ruled by a member of the family Hadahek (a very large and costantly feuding family). At first, the presidents were numbered (President Hadahek LIII) but people soon got fed up with the increasing numbers, and added adjectives intead (President Hadahek the Brave) until they ran out of adjectives. Currently they name their presidents according to their hobbies (President Hadahek the Toy-Collector)

* In the ''[[Belgariad]]'' 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.

* The Kings of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' 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, and two Aeryses.

 

== Live Action TV ==

* Liz-Ten in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is actually Queen Elizabeth X of Starship UK.

 

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' has King Ralph [[Running Gag|XI]]. Who ''constantly'' gets imprismed. By a magical, indestructible {{spoiler|sausage}} that somehow keeps coming back.

* ''[[Metroid]] Prime 3'' has this as a borderline [[Running Gag]] when you scan busts of Bryyo's ancient rulers found all over the planet... until you reach '[[After the End|The last emperor of Bryyo]]'.

* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' games have Emperor Uriel Septim VII, the last Emperor of the Septim Dynasty. (Not counting Martin, whose reign lasted the length of ''Oblivion's'' main quest.)

** Note that [[Numerological Motif|the Archangel Uriel is traditionally the seventh and last, and Septim being Latin for "seventh"]].

 

 

== Western Animation ==

* The minor character King Bushnik the Thirty-Third 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 33rd St.

 

 

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