Sauslind Kingdom The Sauslind Kingdom is featured in the Japanese light novel series
Bibliophile Princess by Yui. It is ruled by the Ashelard family. • Christopher "Chris" Selkirk Ashelard • He is the
crown prince and soon-to-be king of the Sausland Kingdom who takes Lady Elianna Bernstein for his fiancée, but only because of the added perk of gaining access to his royal library. His uncle, Theodore Warren Ashelard, is a
curator of the Royal Archives.
Kingdom of Sauville The Kingdom of Sauville is a small French-speaking country in the Japanese anime series,
Gosick. • Rubert de Gilet • He is the king of Sauville from the year 1897 who personally witnesses the supernatural powers of the alchemist, Leviathan. Despite his fears about his powers, he leads the kingdom with Leviathan's guidance. He is also married to the beautiful French lady, Coco Rose, at the time they became the king and queen. But in 1900, Rubert attempts to kill Coco upon his discovery on her
mulatto son and kills her maid who switched places with the queen. During
World War I, when Sauville is attacked by enemy forces and its capital Saubrème is looted, King Rubert orders the repatriation of non-Sauvillean citizens to their respective countries.
Principality of Selgina The Principality of Selgina is a mountainous country situated in the
Himalayas which appears in the Japanese
kaiju film,
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. • Princess Maas Doulina Salno (portrayed by
Akiko Wakabayashi) • Salno is a rightful monarch of the Principality of Selgina whose uncle wants to kill her so that he may rule. She is sent to
Japan where she becomes possessed by a
Venusian alien, claiming to be a prophetess who predicts about the alien-dragon
King Ghidorah, while suffering an amnesia after jumping off an exploding plane. Naoko Shindo, the reporter, takes Salno to a hotel for an interview and saves her from Malmess, the assassin sent by Salno's uncle. Shindo, Salno and the twin Shobijin fairies then evacuate when
Godzilla and
Rodan are converging on the city and battling throughout the countryside. After being shot in the head by Malmess, Princess Salno remembers her true identity and blames him as a traitor right before he falls to his death.
Kingdom of Shintaro The Kingdom of Shintaro is a nation on top of the mountain in animated series
Ninjago Season 13,
Master of the Mountain. • King Vangelis/The Skull Sorcerer (voiced by Deven Mack) • He is the villainous monarch of the Kingdom of Shintaro who acquires his power from an ancient skull, called the Skull of Hazza D'ur, which can resurrect the undead Awakened Warriors. He takes control of the Dungeons of Shintaro hidden beneath his kingdom and enslaves the tribes of the elf-like Geckles and the brutish troll-like Munce to mine Vengestone for Princess Harumi of Ninjago and the Crystal King. But one of the ninjas, Cole, defeats Vangelis using the Spinjitzu Burst and he himself is arrested and dethrone by his daughter Vania. • Princess Vania (voiced by Sabrina Pitre) • She is the princess and heir of the Kingdom of Shintaro. She takes an instant liking to Cole and aids the ninja, led by
Lloyd Garmadon, upon the discovery of mines beneath the kingdom. When her father Vangelis is defeated, Vania becomes the queen of Shintaro and pledges her alliance to Cole and the ninja, while being a lover to the former.
Island of Sodor The
Island of Sodor is a main setting in the book series
The Railway Series by
Rev. W. Awdry and
Christopher Awdry, and its
adaptations in other media. Kingdom existed from 1099 to 1263. • Sigmund, the elected first king who reigned from 1099 to 1116. • The last king was Andreas, who died in the
Battle of Largs in 1263, along with his heir apparent, Prince Peter. Afterwards, the island became a Regency, and the last Regent, Sir Arnold de Normanby, was made Earl of Sodor by
King Henry IV. The surname was later altered to Norramby. In 1753, the Earldom was extinguished by attainder; but in 1873, after popular petition,
Queen Victoria graciously restored the title to the rightful pretender, John Arnold Norramby. The Earls were active on the Council of the
Duchy of Lancaster, and, as there is no
Duke of Lancaster, the Earls were popularly, albeit nominally, called Dukes of Sodor. They were: • John Arnold Norramby, 1st Duke of Sodor, reigned 1873 to 1894. • Henry John Norramby, 2nd Duke of Sodor, reigned 1894 to 1915. • Charles Henry Norramby, 3rd Duke of Sodor, reigned 1915 to 1941, and served in the
First World War (also known as the Great War). • Robert Charles Norramby, 4th Duke of Sodor, reigned 1941 to 1943,
killed in action in the
Second World War. •
Richard Robert Norramby, 5th Duke of Sodor, reigned since 1943, succeeded in his third year. Both the 4th and 5th Dukes are mentioned in
Duke the Lost Engine, while the 5th comes into
Very Old Engines, where he opens the loop line of the Skarloey Railway. There is also King Godred, ruler of Sodor during
Middle Ages whose crown was stolen by thieves, mentioned in the animated special
Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway.
Principality of Soleanna The Principality of Soleanna (also known as the City of Water) is a sovereign island country in the video game,
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). It is inspired by
Venice, Italy. • The Duke of Soleanna (voiced by
David Wills) • The original ruler of the Principality of Soleanna, he was a chief scientist who during
Shadow and Silver's time travel led his technicians a research program, called "Solaris Project", to manipulate time with the country's omnipotent sun god, Solaris, for the betterment of mankind as well as resurrection of his dead wife, the Duchess of Soleanna. But after the scientific accident, the wounded Duke handed over the Scepter of Darkness to Shadow to seal
Mephiles the Dark, Solaris's conscious mind, and then used a Chaos Emerald to seal
Iblis, Solaris's destructive power, within the soul of his daughter Elise right before he died. • Princess Elise III (voiced by
Lacey Chabert) • The only daughter of the Duke and Duchess, she is a sole ruler of the Principality of Soleanna, in spite of her young age, as she resides in the new castle when the old one at Kingdom Valley slowly falls into disrepair. However, Elise gets abducted by
Doctor Eggman in an attempt to harness Iblis to help conquer the world, but she is rescued by
Sonic multiple times (see
princess and dragon). In
Legion, after Varian is killed on the Broken Shore, Anduin permanently assumes the throne as Stormwind's next king. He travels to the Broken Shore where he meets with Genn Greymane and Velen. There, he finds his father's sword and, after being told by his vision to do "what a king must do", declares he is ready to lead his kingdom against the Burning Legion. He has also taken a position as a leader of the Alliance.
Sylvania Sylvania is featured in the French play
Le Prince Consort and its film adaptation
The Love Parade. • Queen Louise (portrayed by
Jeanette MacDonald) • She is the regnant of Sylvania in her own right who has been royally fed-up with her people's preoccupation with whom she would marry. She later marries Count Alfred Renard, the military attaché to the Sylvanian Embassy in
Paris who promises to be her obedient consort, despite his qualms. ==T==