Historical "Kings"

• Matthew Dowdy Shiell, 1865 - 1880
• Matthew Phipps Shiell1, 1880 - 1947 (styled as King Felipe)
• John Gawsworth2, 1947 - 1967 (styled as King Juan I)
• Arthur John Roberts, 1967 - 1989 (styled as King Juan II)

British "King" in Norfolk, England

• William Leonard Gates, 1989 - 2008 (styled as King Leo)

American "King" in Antigua, W.I.

• Robert Williamson, styled as King Robert or King Bob the Bald and his wife Queen Elizabeth (and their "royal yacht") in Antigua

Spanish "King" in Madrid

• Javier Marías

EFE
riter Javier Marías, one of the current claimants of Redonda, tells the story of his "coronation" in Negra espalda del tiempo (published in English as Dark Back of Time). He operates a pet publishing house under the name of Reino de Redonda ("Kingdom of Redonda"), and has created a literary prize with the same name. The reward is several thousand euros and a Redondan duchy.





Several Spanish and foreign artists and writers have been granted Redondan "titles" by Javier Marías, including Pedro Almodóvar (Duke of Trémula), Francis Ford Coppola (Duke of Megalópolis), Alice Munro (Duchess of Ontario), J. M. Coetzee (Duke of Deshonra), Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Duke of Corso), Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Duke of Tigres), A. S. Byatt (Duchess of Morpho Eugenia), and António Lobo Antunes (Duke of Cocodrilos

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