Haldor VII

Haldor VII
King of the Delkorans
Reign	1974-present
Coronation	12 December 1974
Predecessor	Charlotte III
Heir Apparent	Crown Princess Astrid
Chancellors	See list Geirbjørn Feldengaard Lars af Vellarand Ulrik Andersen Emma Jørgensen Kol Vossgaard Harald Møller Adric Azengaard
Born	(1945-06-07) 7 June 1945 Baerendir, Cybria, Kingdom of Delkora
Consort	Queen Elsa
Issue	Crown Princess Astrid Princess Ellinor Prince Boromir Prince Valmar
Full name Haldor Isildur Edric Gunnar Valdenharm
House	Valdenharm
Father	Heinrik
Mother	Charlotte III
Religion	Vallyar

Haldor VII is the King of the Delkorans, reigning since 12 December 1974. He is the son of Queen Charlotte III and King Consort Heinrik.

Youth and education

Haldor was born in 1945 to Queen Charlotte III and King Consort Heinrik at the royal family's summer retreat of Konjurhus in Baerendir, Cybria. After being home-schooled for his primary and lower secondary education, he was enrolled into the prestigious Torenrath Academy, a private boarding school in northern Banderhus, later graduating near the top of his class. He was subsequently accepted into Gothendral University, where he began studying political science and history. In 1962, while studying at Gothendral, Haldor met his future wife, Elsa Borgrensen, and the two later married in 1967.

After graduating from university in 1965, he spent two years at the Royal Air Force Academy, followed by a year of active duty service in the Royal Air Force as a pilot, flying a number of patrol and reconnaissance missions. After completing his military service, Haldor returned to Gothendral University, obtaining a masters degree and later a PhD in political philosophy in 1976. That year, he published a dissertation on the Warden Way and its origins in Syaran political culture.

Following the abdication of his mother in 1974 due to poor health, Haldor was coronated, ascending to the throne as King Haldor VII.

Reign

Early on, Haldor developed a reputation as a modern and progressive king, breaking with many of the traditional conventions associated with the role. Notably, at his first state opening of parliament in 1975, he set a new precedent by opting to wear a suit and tie rather than the crown and robe that monarchs had traditionally worn to the ceremony, a move that prompted controversy and backlash from conservatives. Years later, rather than home-schooling their children and then enrolling them in an elite private academy as had been the norm for Delkoran royalty, he and Elsa opted to enroll them into the Norenstal Public School System, where they received the same education as their non-royal peers. At the 1987 state opening of parliament, he broke somewhat with convention by explicitly calling on the Federal Parliament to do more to address the issue of climate change in his royal address, leading many Conservative MPs to accuse him of overstepping his role as a constitutional monarch, although he stopped short of calling for specific policies.

Major events that have occurred during his reign have included the implementation of the final phases of the New Kingdom Program during the chancellorship of Geirbjørn Feldengaard in the late 1970's, the 2012 Norenstal Subway Bombings, the Nalayan Civil War, and the 2017 Arzell Crisis.

Titles

Full title: His Royal Majesty King Haldor VII, King of the Delkorans, Protector of the Realm, and Lord Grand Master of the Vallyar Order

Issue

Crown Princess Astrid, Duchess of the Cybrians (b. 1974)
Princess Ellinor, Duchess of the Banderhus (b. 1979)
Prince Boromir, Duke of the Vassens (b. 1982)
Prince Valmar, Duke of the Førelskovians (b. 1982)