King of Ruritania

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The King of Ruritania is the fictional monarch at the center of Anthony Hope’s adventure novel "The Prisoner of Zenda," whose kidnapping and impersonation drive the story’s plot.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
fictional monarch
literary character
appearsIn Rupert of Hentzau NERFINISHED
The Prisoner of Zenda NERFINISHED
associatedWithGenre Ruritanian romance
associatedWithTheme identity exchange
loyalty and duty
monarchical legitimacy
countryOfFictionalMonarchy Ruritania NERFINISHED
createdBy Anthony Hope NERFINISHED
firstAppearance The Prisoner of Zenda NERFINISHED
genreOfWorkAppearedIn adventure novel
romantic adventure
hasCulturalImpact inspired later fictional European monarchies
hasFictionalStatus nonexistent in real history
hasFictionalUniverse Ruritania universe NERFINISHED
hasTitle King
influenced later Ruritanian romance genre
languageOfWorkAppearedIn English
medium prose fiction
narrativeRole central figure of succession crisis
kidnapping victim
monarch whose identity is impersonated
plotDevice impersonation
kidnapping
publicationYearOfFirstAppearance 1894
settingOfRule Ruritania NERFINISHED
workSetIn fictional Central European kingdom

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Strelsau governedByInFiction King of Ruritania