Louis III of Sierra

    

Louis III 公榮 Robert I & IV
King of Sierra
Reign	September 18, 1945–September 9, 1991 (46 years)
Coronation	March 15, 1946
Predecessor	Louis II
Successor	Angelia I
Prime Minister	List of prime ministers Poncio Salinas (1945–1946) Charles Lyon (1946–1947) Franklin Tan (1947–1955) Henry Faulkner (1955–1959) Alfred von Schliefen (1959–1965) Earl Warren (1965–1969) Kovrov Stoyanovich (1969–1974) Walter Zhou (1974–1975) Kirk Siskind (1975–1983) Mitchell Ford (1983–1986) Ted Brundy (1986–1991)
Emperor of Tondo
Reign	September 18, 1945–June 6, 1946
Predecessor	Louis I
Successor	Monarchy abolished
Born	February 1, 1913 Porciúncula, Gold Coast
Died	September 9, 1991 (aged 78) Porciúncula, Gold Coast
Burial	September 27, 1991 King's Crypt at La Brea, Porciúncula
Queen Consort	Natalia of the Banat
Issue	Children Charles, Prince of Mojave George, Prince Elder of Sonora Elizabeth I
Names Stephen Christopher Robert Regnal name Louis III Posthumous name Louis III, the Late King and Protector of the Sierrans
Royal house	House of Columbia
Father	Louis II
Mother	Maylene of Michigan
Religion	New Anglicans

Monarchical styles of Louis III of Sierra
Reference style	His Imperial Majesty
Spoken style	Your Imperial Majesty
Alternative style	Sir

Louis III (Stephen Christopher Robert; February 1, 1913–September 9, 1991) was King of the Kingdom of Sierra and Emperor of Tondo who reigned from September 18, 1945 until his death in 1991. He was the longest reigning monarch in Sierra's history, whose reign lasted for 46 years that spanned nearly the entirety of the Cold War which began in the years after the end of the Great War and ended during the Cold War's last years. During his reign, he held the era name Gōng Róng (公榮) and the historical period during Louis' reign is referred to as the Gongrong period. His official name among Sierran Jacobites was Robert I & IV, with I referring to Jacobites' belief that Louis was the first legitimate monarch bearing the name Robert in England and Ireland and the fourth such monarch in Scotland. Although Lewis did not pursue the pretender titles to these countries, he possessed direct ancestry to James II, the last Stuart monarch recognized by Jacobites to have ruled England, Scotland, and Ireland. Lewis was also the last Sierran monarch to possess the title "Emperor-King". He was the last Emperor of Tondo before Tondo gained its independence in 1946 and restored its indigenous monarchy.

Louis was born in Mulholland University Medical Center in the city of Porciúncula to Crown Prince Lewis, Duke of Newark (later Louis II) and Maylene, Duchess of Newark, later Queen Consort Maylene. As the eldest son, Lewis spent his childhood and young adulthood as the heir apparent to the throne while his father reigned as king. Like his father, he was educated at the Saint Vibiana Priory School in Porciúncula, and then Santa Monica Boarding School in Santa Monica. He studied biology at the University of Sierra, Porciúncula before serving four years in the Sierran Royal Navy. After he was invested as the Duke of Newark in 1931, he pursued a more active role in Sierran politics by advancing his father's ideas and working intergovernmentally as a liaison within the Privy Council.

Louis acceded the throne as the fourth monarch of Sierra in 1945 during the post-war period when his father died from an automobile-related accident. During his reign, he presided over the continued development and maturation of the Sierran military-industrial complex in its rise as a superpower during the Cold War and transformative social, political, and cultural changes during the 1960s and 1970s. He played a proactive role as the head of state domestically and internationally, making frequent visits to Parliament to voice his regnal opinion and participating in foreign engagements abroad as a diplomat. Lewis collaborated extensively with his prime ministers and transformed the Privy Council into a central political apparatus that included the most senior officials in the civilian government and military. His involvement in partisan politics earned him the moniker as the "Meddling Monarch" by critics and political commentators as he further advanced the institution of the Sierran monarchy as an integral, invested force in Sierran politics. The extent of Louis' involvement has been speculated and debated throughout Sierran political discourse, particularly on his culpability surrounding The Disturbances, a period of unrest in the Styxie where political republicanism resurged in the region in direct opposition to Lewis and the monarchial state.

During and after his life, Louis was described as a polarizing figure who eschewed the traditional image of the Sierran monarchy. In contrast to his father who was viewed as passive, reserved, and jebbish, Louis was known for his charismatic and energetic style of leadership. As Crown Prince, he frequently sparred with critics and peers, whose personality was described as "problematic" by Prime Minister Poncio Salinas due to Louis' hot-temperedness and impulsive behavior. As king, he maintained a domineering presence at every level of the Royal Household who sought to further elevate the prestige and grandeur of the Sierran monarchy. His partisan-driven leadership also placed him at odds with republican-minded policymakers and fared poorly among the Democratic-Republican elite. Politically, he identified himself as a social conservative and a neoliberal, aligning himself more closely and explicitly along the Royalists who had traditionally supported the institution of the monarchy. In the midst of Cold War politics, Louis was an avowed anti-communist and was often represented as the ceremonial head of the capitalist Western Bloc in opposition to the Landintern and ICMMO.

Name

Louis III was christened as Stephen Christopher Robert. As a child, he was called Christopher or Chris, although as an adolescent and a young adult, Lewis personally preferred the use of the name Robert. Upon his ascension as King, he adopted the regnal name, Louis III in honor of his grandfather Louis I and his father, Louis II. The Sierran Hanzi era name, Gōng Róng (公榮) was chosen by the College of Arms. His era name is officially anglicized as Gongrong and is primarily used to calculate the Sierran era-based calendar. In Sierran Hanzi, the characters may be read as either "honorable glory" or "pride".

According to Sierran royal naming custom and protocol, the king was always referred to by his English regnal name, while his Chinese-based era name was used in official documents, including all internal communications involving the Sierran Royal Household and the Privy Council, formal edicts, and all acts passed by Parliament affixed with royal assent.

Among Sierran Jacobites, Louis III himself was known as Robert I & IV, in line with traditional Jacobite belief that the king and his predecessors within the House of Columbia are the rightful heirs to the British Crown. Lewis traces his bloodline directly to the usurped Stuart monarch James II via Lewis's great-great-great-grandmother Charlotte Stuart. He is affectionally remembered by Jacobites and sympathizers to the Jacobite cause today as the "Robbie King" or the "King Above the Highlands".

See also

• Monarchy of Sierra
• House of Columbia

Louis III of Sierra House of Columbia
Royal titles
Preceded by Louis II	Monarch of Sierra September 18, 1945–September 9, 1991	Succeeded by Elizabeth I
	Emperor of Tondo September 18, 1945–June 6, 1946
	Pretender to the British Throne September 18, 1945–September 9, 1991
	Protector of All Sierrans September 18, 1945–September 9, 1991
	Crown Prince of Mojave February 1, 1913–September 18, 1845
Regnal titles
Preceded by Louis I	Duke of Newark February 1, 1931–September 18, 1945	Succeeded by Elizabeth I
	Duke of Albany Jacobite peerage February 1, 1931–September 18, 1945
	Duke of York Jacobite peerage February 1, 1931–September 18, 1945