Kingdom of Redonda

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The Kingdom of Redonda is a micronational literary mythos centered on a tiny Caribbean island, famed for its whimsical tradition of appointing writers and artists to fanciful noble titles.

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Kingdom of Redonda canonical 1

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instanceOf cultural phenomenon
island
literary mythos
micronation
person
poet
writer
writer
writer
countryOfCitizenship Montserrat NERFINISHED
Spain
hasAssociatedActivity collecting and bestowing humorous noble titles
storytelling about royal succession disputes
hasCapital none
hasChild M. P. Shiel NERFINISHED
hasCulturalInfluenceOn British literary circles
Spanish literature
hasGenre literary hoax
micronationalism
hasLegendaryFounder Matthew Dowdy Shiell NERFINISHED
hasNotableFeature association with bohemian literary circles
multiple competing royal lineages
mythologized royal succession
whimsical nobility titles for writers and artists
hasNotableMonarch Bob Williamson NERFINISHED
Javier Marías NERFINISHED
John Gawsworth NERFINISHED
Jon Wynne-Tyson NERFINISHED
M. P. Shiel NERFINISHED
William Leonard Gates NERFINISHED
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasOriginPeriod 19th century
hasPractice creating fanciful dukedoms and titles
granting hereditary and life peerages to writers
hasPrimaryTheme fantasy
literature
satire
hasStatus symbolic monarchy
unrecognized by any sovereign state
hasTerritorialBasis Redonda NERFINISHED
inspiredBy romantic notions of island kingdoms
locatedIn Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED
notableWork The Purple Cloud NERFINISHED
occupation anthologist
editor
merchant
novelist
publisher

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Redonda hasFictionalTitle Kingdom of Redonda