William Stonebridge

William I Stonebridge
His Majesty, by the Grace of God, King of Aswick, Shield of Winchester, Count of Tyrsis, and Protector of the Realm.
King of Aswick
Tenure	2010-Present
Born	November 15th, 1988 Winchester, Aswick
Spouse	Princess Nalaia of Trellin
Issue	Prince Alaric Stonebridge
House	House of Stonebridge
Father	King Marcus I Stonebridge
Mother	Queen Marie Stonebridge(Née Reich)

Allegiance	Aswick
Service/branch	Royal Aswickan Navy
Years of service	2006-2010
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	802 Naval Fighter Squadron, HMS Enterprise
Awards	Air Force Cross Navy Meritorious Unit Citation Combat Medal

William I Stonebridge is the current King of Aswick. Born as the second son, it was never expected of him to take the throne, but after an accident involving his father and older brother, he reluctantly became the King of Aswick.

Life

Early Life

William Stonebridge was born on the 15th of November, in the year 1988. He was the senior of twins. His father had just been crowned King of Aswick. The twins were baptized in Saint Arthur's Cathedral on the 20th of January. William's Godparents are the Duke and Duchess of Winchester, Richard and Jane Sharpe.

Military Service

After graduating from Secondary School, William attended the Royal Naval Academy. In two years he learned everything he had to, and then attended the Royal Air Force Flight Academy as a Midshipman. He learned to fly, and joined the crew of HMS Enterprise (Aswick) in September of 2008. The ship soon deployed, though. The Prince and his Squadron flew countless of sorties, dropping ordnance and fighting enemy air threats. For his actions, Sub-Lieutenant Stonebridge was meritoriously promoted to Lieutenant ahead of his peers and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Furthermore, his Squadron earned a Naval Meritorious Unit Citation.

Thrust into the role of King

On the 6th of June, 2010, King Marcus and Prince Rodney (Duke of Jamestown), were scheduled to arrive in the Caprican capital for a meeting with the President. Their plane never arrived, however. It had crashed somewhere over Caprica. Investigations later concluded that the plane had developed mechanical trouble that went unnoticed until it was too late.

Faced with the death of his father and his older brother, the Prince resigned his commission and reluctantly acceded to the throne.

Marriage

In 2011, the King of Aswick married the Trellinese Princess Nalaia. In a grand ceremony, the two were married in Saint Arthur's Cathedral. While the marriage was arranged obviously for political reasons, the pair learnt to love eachother in a relatively short time. In the autumn of 2014, it was announced that the Queen was pregnant. The child, named Alaric, was born on the 2nd of May, 2015. In 2016, they had a daughter named Madeline.

Titles and styles

King William has the following titles:

His Majesty, by the Grace of God, King William Stonebridge the first, King of Aswick, Shield of Winchester, Count of Tyrsis, Protector of the Realm, Lord High-Admiral.

• His Majesty the King of Aswick
  
• Shield of Winchester. A hereditary title conferred to the King of Aswick, due to the role of the Stonebridge family in the protection of the city shortly after its founding.
  
• Protector of the Realm. Originally, this title was "Protector of the Princedom", a title conferred on the Prince of Aswick while it was under Aquitaynian rule. After Aswick became independent once more, the newly installed Aswickan Parliament petitioned to have the title changed to its current form.
• Count of Tyrsis. The ancestral title of the Stonebridge family in Aquitayne. Revoked in 1923 by the Aquitaynian Crown, but returned in the forties.
• Lord High Admiral.

The sigil of House Stonebridge .

Awards and Decorations

	Air Force Cross	21 December 2009 for "Gallantry while flying, while not on active operations against the enemy"
	Combat Medal	15 November 2008 for "Active participation in ground, surface, or aerial combat"
Placeholder	Distinguished Flying Medal	15 November 2008 for "Exceptional valour whilst flying in active operations against the enemy"
Placeholder	Navy Meritorious Unit Award	5 July 2009 for "Valorous conduct and outstanding achievement in combat during the border incident of 2008"
Placeholder	Operational Service Medal for Scotia	With "2008" Clasp

Commission

Marcus the First, by the Grace of God King of the United Kingdom of Aswick and Scotia, and of His other Realms and Territories King, Shield of Winchester, Protector of the Realm, Lord High Admiral.

To our Trusty and Well Beloved William Stonebridge Greeting:

We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Royal Navy from the 18th day of May. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge your Duty as such in the Rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant or in such other Rank as We may from time to time hereafter be pleased to promote you to, of which a notification will be made in the Jamestown Gazette, and you are in such manner on such occasions as may be prescribed by Us to exercise and well discipline in their duties such officers, men and women as may be placed under your orders from time to time and use your best endeavours to keep them in good order and discipline.

And We do hereby Command them to Obey you as their superior Officer and you to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as from time to time you shall receive from Us, or any superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust hereby reposed in you.

Given at Our Court, at Saint James's the 6th day of May in the 30th Year of Our Reign

By His Majesty's Command