Kingdom of Redonda

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The Kingdom of Redonda was a briefly independent kingdom. In 1865, Matthew Dowdy Shiell, who resided on the nearby island of Montserrat, proclaimed himself King of Redonda. The island of Redonda (uninhabited island in the Leeward Islands, West Indies; about 1 sq.mi.) is currently within the nation of Antigua and Barbuda.

Javier Marías

The Spanish writer Javier Marías, one of the current claimants of Redonda, operates a pet publishing house under the name of Reino de Redonda ("Kingdom of Redonda").

He has also created a literary prize with the same name. The reward is several thousand euros and a Redondan duchy.

He has also granted Redondan titles to several Spanish and foreign artists and writers, including Pedro Almodóvar (Duke of Trémula), Francis Ford Coppola (Duke of Megalopolis), Alice Munro (Duchess of Ontario), and Guillermo Cabrera-Infante (Duke of Tigres).^[1]

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