David III of Albion (Fidem Pacis)

King David III of Albion and II of Eriu and Norway (born 1928) is the current sovereign of those three countries, as well as of several others around the world that were formerly part of the Albic Empire. The son of King Harald III and V, he succeeded to the throne in 1954 after his father's early death from lung cancer. He preceded his elder sister Gisela in the line of succession, but afterwards changed the rules to allow for absolute primogeniture.

David was educated first by a series of private tutors and then attended Drefon School in Gadwfellwn until the age of 18. He matriculated at Unity College, Cambridge, in 1947 where he studied law, and afterwards was commissioned into the army as a second lieutenant. He ceased to play an active role in the armed forces upon his accession to the throne, but still retains a keen interest in military matters.

As king, David began his reign during the end of the Second Great War. He narrowly survived when Hafren Palace was hit by a French tactical nuclear missile in 1962, and his personal handling of the crisis and the restoration of order to Caerloyw won him praise from all sides. After the war, he oversaw several major constitutional changes such as the devolution of England and Friesland and the full legislative independence of Vinland and Eriu, and has payed many state visits abroad, but has largely remained out of domestic politics.

David met Francesca, Duchess of Misrata, a member of the African royal family, at university in 1948 and the couple married three years later. They have three children - Arthur, Prince of Friesland; Fatima, Princess Royal; and Alfred, Duke of Powys - and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.