# Name that fictional royal or aristocrat! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575 "2007-05-10T18:36:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/61 "2007-05-13T22:12:42Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Riborast was from _Bored Of The Rings_. [/QUOTE] Only it was a place, not a personal name. As in, “the High King at Ribroast.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/62 "2007-05-13T22:13:43Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Riborast was from _Bored Of The Rings_. [/QUOTE] Only it was a place, not a personal name. As in, “While there was still a High King at Ribroast [the Boggies of the Sty] remained nominally his subjects, and to the final battle with the Slumlord of Borax they sent some snipers, though who they sided with is not clear.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/63 "2007-05-13T23:56:38Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Only it was a place, not a personal name. As in, “While there was still a High King at Ribroast [the Boggies of the Sty] remained nominally his subjects, and to the final battle with the Slumlord of Borax they sent some snipers, though who they sided with is not clear.” [/QUOTE] Ummm…why didn’t you just use the “Edit Post” button? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/64 "2007-05-14T00:17:59Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Ummm…why didn’t you just use the “Edit Post” button? :dubious: [/QUOTE] I remember doing just that. I think there was some kinda glitch. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/65 "2007-05-14T02:58:59Z")
[QUOTE=mbh] Lady Chatterley’s husband. [/QUOTE] A baronet, Sir Clifford. Mine: Pteppicymon XXVII. Bonus points if you can rattle off the entire title without referring back to the book. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/66 "2007-05-14T03:43:51Z")
[QUOTE=Little Plastic Ninja] Mine: Pteppicymon XXVII. [/QUOTE] Former Pharaoh of Djelibeybi, Pratchett’s _Pyramids_. Can’t give you the full title without looking, though. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/67 "2007-05-14T13:36:57Z")
[QUOTE=mbh] … John Clay (heheheheh): If you mean John Clayton, then Viscount Greystoke in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ _Tarzan_ novels… [/QUOTE] Nope. Here’s a little hint: he claims to be an aristocrat, but is treated sarcastically by the person to whom he makes the claim. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/68 "2007-05-14T16:47:01Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Nope. Here’s a little hint: he claims to be an aristocrat, but is treated sarcastically by the person to whom he makes the claim. [/QUOTE] John Clay = also known as Spaulding, one-time antagonist of Sherlock Holmes in _The Red-Headed League_: [QUOTE=Sir Arthur Conan Doyle] “I beg that you will not touch me with your filthy hands,” remarked our prisoner as the handcuffs clattered upon his wrists. “You may not be aware that I have royal blood in my veins. Have the goodness, also, when you address me always to say ‘sir’ and ‘please.’ ” “All right,” said Jones with a stare and a snigger. “Well, would you please, sir, march upstairs, where we can get a cab to carry your Highness to the police-station?” [/QUOTE] Exactly how much of a geek am I? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/69 "2007-05-14T17:42:17Z")
Outstanding! You nailed it, **Kythereia**. Did you have to type in all that deathless Conan Doylesque prose, or are the stories online somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/70 "2007-05-14T18:37:25Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Outstanding! You nailed it, **Kythereia**. Did you have to type in all that deathless Conan Doylesque prose, or are the stories online somewhere? [/QUOTE] [Project Gutenberg is made of equal parts awesome and win](http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1661). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/71 "2007-05-14T21:25:02Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] John IV Fitz-Kenneth [/QUOTE] I don’t think anyone’s gonna get this one. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/72 "2007-05-14T22:31:54Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] I don’t think anyone’s gonna get this one. [/QUOTE] President, wasn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/73 "2007-05-14T22:34:44Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] **Emperor** of Melnibone. [/QUOTE] Not exactly. He starts as Prince - his father is Sadric. And he’s usurped by his brother. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/74 "2007-05-14T22:57:41Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Not exactly. He starts as Prince - his father is Sadric. And he’s usurped by his brother. [/QUOTE] I just checked the Elric Saga, and as of the beginning, Sadric has been “dead a year”. Elric is indeed referred to as the Emperor. (One can nitpick that it’s Melniboné, not Melnibone, but that’s another story.) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/75 "2007-05-14T23:25:48Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] President, wasn’t he? [/QUOTE] 🙂 President of Thiscountry, as recounted in Avram Davidson’s 1962 short story, “The Singular Events Which Occurred in the Hovel in the Alley off of Eye Street.” “It was the year that the dragons were so bad . . .” John IV does not actually appear as a character, but the story begins with his coronation, including the spectacle of the Veep riding his palomino back and forth, proclaiming, “Whosoever denies that John Fitz-Kenneth is rightful president of Thiscountry lies, and is an SOB.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575/76 "2007-05-14T23:50:44Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Jen Brozzek [/QUOTE] Sorry, I meant Jenn Brozek. Anybody? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-royal-or-aristocrat/403575.md?page=3)