Alfder I and the Royal Revolution

Alfder I (born Alfder Atte, 1439-1492) was the first king of Whitmount after the Royal Revolution in 1486, which helped establish the 400-year monarchy that ruled the island hereafter. Alfder, who was born into a family who was famous at that time for “wanting the power of the realm for their legacy” was a people person. Initially he had no interest in royalty, but after spending his formative years with Henry VII of England, whom he met when they were both earning their spurs in Deheubarth, he became fascinated by scandal and intrigue. Sometimes nicknamed Alfder the Sly, his spy network spread all the way to Reino de Toledo and Vilnia, and he had his hand in the pot of most royal marriages by the time he married Margaret of House Wettin (1469 in Meissen –1528 in Weimar); Margarete was a daughter of the Elector Ernest of Saxony (1441–1486) from his marriage to Elizabeth (1443–1484), a daughter of the Duke Albert III of Bavaria-Munich. Her brothers Frederick the Wise and John the Steadfast were Electors of Saxony; her sister Christina was Queen of Denmark. Through this marriage, he pressured the Germans into sending supplies to the royalist sympathisers in Whitmount, through the guise of helping Whitmount in the 20 Years War. After the Treaty of Elgin, many of the more powerful families in Whitmount felt that their power was going to be taken away from them due to democracy. One year later, the Shituthing was stormed and Tygo Nick Luuk was executed. Once crowned, Alfder instituted a harsh catholic autocracy, as shown here in this propaganda portrait of the time, depicting him as a learned and religious man (painted by celebrated Flemish artist Hemming Jansingh)