History Main / FounderoftheKingdom

* Germany had three.

** ''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler'' (the [[CanonDiscontinuity Third Reich]]).

** What's really funny is that by modern standards, King Arthur was not English but [[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Welsh]], or perhaps [[UsefulNotes/{{Cornwall}} Cornish]] - in any case, more properly described as [[UsefulNotes/BritainVersusTheUK British, i.e. Celtic, not English.]] His enemies are frequently identified in the British legends as ''Saeson'', or Saxons, or in other words, Englishmen (the word is derived from the Saxons' cousins, the Angles; Wales, Cornwall and a few other places were remnants of the Celtic British realms after the Anglo-Saxon conquest). The Welsh for their part tend to put more emphasis on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owain_Glynd%C5%B5r Owain Glyndwr]], who was more "OccupiersOutOfOurCountry" than Founder of the Nation, although Arthur is still quite important in Welsh legends.

* ''Series/The100'' has Becca Bromheda, the first Commander of the Grounders. Despite having occurred less than a century in the past, much about how she came to rule is shrouded in myth for the Grounders.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has enough of them to warrant a [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireFoundersOfTheKingdoms dedicated character page]].

Most likely to be TheUnifier as well as a [[TheConqueror conqueror]] or the leader of a [[TheMigration Migration]]. Or perhaps a RebelLeader.

Might likely also be a [[TheConqueror conqueror]] or the leader of a [[TheMigration Migration]]. Or perhaps a RebelLeader.

* ''Literature/ArciaChronicles'' features Vol, the legendary founder of the first human kingdom. In the time frame of the series, his original realm is long gone, but nearly all ruling dynasties of [[ConstructedWorld Kertiana]] trace their lineage to Vol in one way or another. Being a "Voling" (Vol's descendant) is a huge deal in matters of throne succession.

** [[GoodIsNotNice Shigekuni Yamamoto]] founded the shinigami training academy two thousand years ago. A thousand years after this, during the first war with the Quincies, he created the Gotei 13 and served as its captain-commander for the next thousand years. Initially, it was known as the Divisions, gaining its modern name some time later.
** [[KnightOfCerebus Yhwach]] is TheEmperor of the [[PuttingOnTheReich Vandenreich]] and the progenitor of the Quincies. His blood flows through the veins of all those with Quincy heritage and is therefore the source of both their power and their organisation.

** [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfNormandy William the Conqueror]] turned England from a Scandinavian to a western European country. It's also with him that the count of regnal numbers starts for the English monarchy,[[note]]He was William I, his son was William II, and so on; [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWessex Edward the Elder and Edward the Confessor]] (both Anglo-Saxon) preceeded UsefulNotes/EdwardTheFirst[[/note]] so many historians see him as a starting point for the crown in its current form.

** [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfNormandy William The Conqueror]] turned England from a Scandinavian to a western European country. It's also with him that the count of regnal numbers starts for the English monarchy (he was William I, his son was William II, and so on) so many historians see him as a starting point for the crown in its current form.

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** Jebediah Springfield fills this same kind of concept for Springfield town (heroic figure, founder of the place).
** Cousin-marrying Shelbyville Manhattan was similarly the founder of Springfield's rival city (Shelbyville... not Manhattan).

** [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfNormandy William The Conqueror]] turned England from a Scandinavian to a western European country.

* In ''ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy'': Jagged Fel is this to the Fel Empire.
* In ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' there are a few:

* ''FanFic/ABriefHistoryOfEquestria'':

* In the ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' universe, Frey is honored as the First King of Asgard. There were kings before him, but that was when the Asgardians were still mere mortals; Frey was the first ruler they had after ascending ''en mass'' to godhood upon the creation of Yggdrasil.

* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7893756/1/The_Chronicles_of_Utopia_Volume_II The Chronicles of Utopia Volume II]] the protagonist Prometheus founds a new Empire based on reason and enlightenment after deposing the Mad Overking who had previously ruled the land.

* Sheev Palpatine founded the Galactic Empire of ''Franchise/StarWars''.

* The ''Literature/ArciaChronicles'' feature Vol--a legendary founder of the first human kingdom. In the time frame of the series, his original realm is long gone, but nearly all ruling dynasties of [[ConstructedWorld Kertiana]] trace their lineage to Vol in one way or another. Being a "Voling" (Vol's descendant) is a huge deal in matters of throne succession.

* Kungas in the ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'' refounds the Kushan Empire, after spending his life soldiering.

* ''Literature/TheBible'':
** Saul is the first king (BrokenPedestal version) of Israel, but ruled centuries after the nation's founding by {{God}} using the prophet Moses (to separate the nation from Egypt) and the military commander Joshua (to conquer the land for the nation to occupy).
** Babylon was founded by a hunter named Nimrod.
** Most of the Middle Eastern powers who antagonized Israel were founded by Abraham's sons.
** Edom was founded by Jacob's brother Esau.

* While King Tikomen doesn't seem to have ruled a physical nation in Literature/ChildrenOfTheRedKing or it is long gone, he otherwise hits all the notes. His ten children each inherited one of his supernatural powers and went on to form the lion's share of the modern supernatural community.

* Gaius Primus from ''Literature/CodexAlera''.

** Subverted in ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'', when Pteppic meets up with the dreaded and revered founder of Djelibeybi, who fled persecution to establish a new empire in the valley of the Djel ... and discovers he's a grubby little con artist who'd fled ''prosecution'' for selling camels so old and decrepit, he'd had to equip them with plaster teeth.
** One-Sun-Mirror, the first Emperor of the Agatean Empire in ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', who may or may not be the preincarnation of Cohen the Barbarian.
** The unnamed Romulus and Remus [[{{Expy}} Expies]] who founded Ankh-Morpork. Also, arguably, Suffer-Not-Injustice Vimes, who killed the last king of Ankh-Morpork and ushered in a new age of, er, being oppressed by people who at least didn't claim the gods had given them the right to do it.

** {{Myth/Merlin}}, the Arthurian one, is the founder of the White Council, the general collection of the strongest mages in the world. He wrote down the Seven Laws of Magic, which must be followed or violators will be killed. He was the student of Odin. To this day he remains so honored the head of the Council now inherits the title of Merlin.

* [[Literature/LegendsOfDune Faykan Corrino I]] (born Faykan Butler) for the Old Empire of ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''. For non-government but still key entities, the Spacing Guild was founded by Norma Cenva, the first Navigator (who is still alive tends of thousands of years later), the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood was founded by Reverend Mother Raquella Berto-Anirul (an Atreides by blood), the Suk Medical School was founded by Dr. Mohandas Suk (Raquella's husband), and the Mentat School was founded by Headmaster Gilbertus Albans.

* Harald Finehair (or Fairhair of Hairfair, depending on your translation) for Norway in ''Literature/{{Heimskringla}}'', based on the real life first king of Norway.

* The Kingdom of Valdemar from the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, was founded by, you guessed it, some guy named Baron Valdemar, a refugee (along with a good chunk of his Barony) from the Eastern Empire. He founded the titular Heralds as well, as a way to avoid {{Sketchy Successor}}s: the Monarch must be a Herald, and only [[IncorruptiblePurePureness the worthy]] are Chosen.

* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia: Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'': Frank the cab driver becomes Narnia's first king, codifying that Narnia will only flourish when a Son of Adam or Daughter of Eve is on the throne.

* ''Literature/{{Murderess}}'' features King Roythebrune, who founded the human kingdom of Ciaró in the parallel world of Greywall’d. However, he’s only mentioned in [[ShowWithinAShow one narrative poem]] in the book.

* Queen Eleanor in ''Literature/SeptimusHeap''.

* The [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Dawnists]] view Dayless the Conqueror like this in ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror,'' complete with the over-the-top imagery and hero-worship. To everyone else, he's both TheDreaded and [[TheCaligula the gold standard for evil and misrule]].

* The [[TheRepublic Confederation]] in ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'' effectively has two. Governor [[RebelLeader John Adams]] was the first head of state of the independent Confederation, and is remembered as a great leader in war who is celebrated in various ways (for example, a supercarrier is named for him). However, [[ThePhilosopherKing William Kraft]] is widely considered the real founder of the nation. Kraft was one of Adams's lieutenants in the war for independence, then ruled for several decades after succeeding him,[[note]]With a brief interregnum in between when the since-execrated [[TurnCoat Governor Bowen]] presided, but no one speaks of that[[/note]] consolidated and secured the new state, and established [[GoodOldWays Retroculture]] as its national ideology. By the end of the story, he is the object of a veritable CultOfPersonality.

* Hazel-rah in ''Literature/WatershipDown''.

* Literature/TheYoungAncients gives us Cordes, first king of Noram. Besides forming a vast empire and giving rise to the [[SuperpowerfulGenetics nobility]] he is famous for destroying a stealth bomber with his magical powers. A feat no one has since managed in his fantasy kingdom.

* Dylan Hunt in Series/{{Andromeda}} is the founder of the new Systems Commonwealth.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has Rassilon and Omega as the [[BlatantLies long dead]] founders of Time Lord society. It seems every second Time Lord artifact is the Something of Rassilon, or the Floggle-Toggle of Omega. The ExpandedUniverse adds another mysterious founder simply called [[NoNameGiven The Other]]. [[spoiler:Except not really, as they were were actully founded by a native Gallifreyan Shobogan [[BoldExplorer explorer]] and MadScientist known as Tecteun, who along with an immortal being — possibly the only one of her kind — a refugee from another universe that was found abandoned beneath a [[NegativeSpaceWedgie large vortex]] who subsequently became known as "[[MonsterProgenitor The Timeless Child]]". After discovering the genes that gave the child the ability to regenerate and [[ProfessorGuineaPig splicing them into herself]], Tecteun shared the secret with a few of her closest friends and used it to elevate them to the ruling elite of their species, creating the first Time Lords with her/himself as it's first [[EmperorScientist Lord President]] while "The Timeless Child", was indicated to have [[DarkandTroubledPast lived countless lives]] [[{{Unperson}} that have since been wiped from her memory]] before eventually becoming the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFirstDoctor First Doctor]] [[AndThatLittleGirlWasMe that we are all familiar with]]]].

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': 300 years before the series, Aegon I Targaryen - known as Aegon the Conqueror - and his sister-wives conquered and unified six of the Seven Kingdoms with the aid of dragons. Accepting and rewarding all who surrendered, they founded King's Landing and the Kingsguard, forged the Iron Throne, and are fondly remembered for the most part. Aegon's Landing even marks a YearZero in the chronology of Westeros.

* Kahless the Unforgettable for the [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingon Empire]].
** [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Jonathan Archer]] is regarded by future historians as the founder of the [[TheFederation United Federation of Planets]].

** The [[spoiler:shapeshifters]] who established [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine The Dominion]] are literally referred to as the Founders most of the time.

* In ''Northern Exposure'' the town of Cicely celebrates a Founders' Day in honor of its founders [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cicely]] and Gwendolyn.

* ''Series/{{The 100}}'' has Becca Bromheda, the first Commander of the Grounders. Despite having occurred less than a century in the past, much about how she came to rule is shrouded in myth for the Grounders.

* Galifar I for the Kingdom of Galifar in ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}''. Before him was Karrn the Conqueror, founder of Karrnath, the kingdom that Galifar nearly a millennium later would use as the base for his conquest of Khorvaire and founding of Galifar, and the only one of the Five Nations of Galifar to keep its pre-Galifar name[[note]]formally by means of putting a son [[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous named Karrn]] as governor of the region[[/note]].

* Cleon Zhunastu is founder of the Third Imperium in {{TabletopGame/Traveller}}.

* Sigmar from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', founder of the Empire.
** Gilles Le Bretton founded the kingdom of Brettonia.

* The Emperor from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.
** Lorgar from the same universe for the Chaos Legions. As well as Horus, to a much greater extent.
** Eldanesh, Lord of the Eldar.
** Commander Farsight, creator of the Farsight Enclaves.

* Zachary Comstock in VideoGame/BioShockInfinite, who built Columbia and is named Father Comstock as a religious ruler.

* Happens frequently in the ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings'' games, as some royal titles start the game unclaimed, and characters who meet the right prerequisites can claim them, creating the kingdoms. With the Carlemagne dlc for ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'', rulers of duke and king rank can create a custom kingdom or empire respectively, if powerful and prestigeous enough. These titles copy your primary titles, name and coat of arms and take on a similar color. This means that if you name your primary title after your ruler or his dynasty, your custom kingdom/empire will forever keep this name.

* King Calenhad Theirin for the kingdom of Ferelden in ''Franchise/DragonAge''.

** Archon Darinius for the Tevinter Imperium
** Ashkari Koslun for the Qunari

** Aradesh for the New California Republic of ''VideoGame/Fallout1'' and the town of Shady Sands that it developed from.

* In ''Videogame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'':

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'''s Zelda is likely the first Queen of Hyrule.

* ''VideoGame/NiNoKuniIIRevenantKingdom'' is about becoming one of these--after being ousted from his throne in a coup, the [[AChildShallLeadThem child king Evan]] decides that, rather than try to reclaim it, he'll start a new kingdom instead.

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* One of the ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' omakes introduces the warlord Ghengis Ht'rok-din, the founder of Mechanicsburg and the Heterodyne legacy. [[spoiler:The plot turns out to be an engineered StableTimeLoop to convince him to settle down and be the founder.]]

** Not a country, but Jebediah Springfield. It's not a nation, but he fills the same kind of concept (heroic figure, founder of the place).

* The founder of Scotland is probably Kenneth [=McAlpin=], who was the first king of the Scots and the Picts, the two peoples who inhabited the country in those days.
** That being said, Scotsmen tend to think of UsefulNotes/RobertTheBruce as being the ''real'' founder - or, perhaps, re-founder - of the country. (Historically, William Wallace was seen as the "John the Baptist" to Bruce; nowadays, i.e. since ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', people tend to think of them as the two co-founders of the nation.)

* UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan

* Germany had 3.

** ''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler'' (the [[CanonDiscontinuity Third Reich]])

* Hungary has two. Árpád, the 9th century prince who led the Magyar tribes as they founded the Hungarian kingdom, details of whose life are shrouded in myths (aside from being the ancestor of Hungary's first and longest-ruling dynasty); and St. Stephen (aka Szent István), the first Christian king of Hungary.
** There is also Béla IV, referred to as "the second founder of the state" due to his activities at rebuilding and fortifying the country after it was sacked by Mongols in 1241, as well as (temporarily) restoring royal authority after his father Andrew II was forced to make compromises with the barons in Hungary's oldest surviving constitutional document.

* Italy has the duo of Victor Emmanuel II and Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour. Victor Emmanuel II was King of Sardinia, the country that, under his reign, conquered most of the rest of the Italian peninsula and became the Kingdom of Italy, and the Count of Cavour was the MagnificentBastard that made it possible (and in fact in the long run Italy would have been much better had he not died right after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy).
** Italy also has Alcide De Gasperi, Enrico De Nicola and Umberto II. De Gasperi was the Acting Head of State in the few weeks between the proclamation of the Republic and the election of the first president, De Nicola was said first President of the Republic, and Umberto II, last king of Italy, deserves honorable mention for accepting the results of the constitutional referendum that deposed him and not using the many irregularities (there were allegations of frauds, it was known that both leftist extremists and fascists had made pressures on known monarchists, and the government had jumped the gun and proclaimed the Republic before the results were confirmed) to try and stay in power, and in fact personally prevented the start of a civil war between Republicans and Monarchists.

* The legendary twins Romulus, and to a lesser extent Remus, according to Roman legend, were this for Rome. Lucius Junius Brutus was also widely revered for founding the Republic by kicking out the last King.
** It's more of a historical hindsight thing (since at the time he was [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial adamant that he hadn't done anything]]), but nowadays, UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} is generally viewed in this light today for UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire.

* Lycurgus of Sparta, the UrExample of [[DrillSergeantNasty Drill Sergeants Nasty]]. Guess [[TheSpartanWay which trope]] he invented?
** Most Greek cities had their own founding myths. Theseus might count for Athens, but a more historical example was Solon the Lawgiver. One version [[UnreliableNarrator among Athenians]] was that Athens topped them all because it was ''never'' founded. It was there eternally.

* Comparable is Chandragupta Maurya, India's first true emperor, who united most of the Indian subcontinent under the Mauryan empire. This ended the era of the Mahajanapadas or city-states. Centuries later others would try to replicate his feat, such as Chandra Gupta I, who founded the Gupta dynasty, and Harsha Vardhana, but with limited success.

* In the Iberian Penisula:

* Harald Finehair (or Fairhair of Hairfair, depending on your translation) for Norway in ''Literature/{{Heimskringla}}''.

* Norway has Harald Fairhair, who according to the sagas conquered Norway after a woman named Gyda told him she would not marry him unless he did so. The reality is probably less romantic.

* Happens frequently in the ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings'' games, as some royal titles start the game unclaimed, and characters who meet the right prerequisites can claim them, creating the kingdoms. With the Carlemagne dlc, rulers of duke and king rank can create a custom kingdom or empire respectively, if powerful and prestigeous enough. These titles copy your primary titles, name and coat of arms and take on a similar color. This means that if you name your primary title after your ruler or his dynasty, your custom kingdom/empire will forever keep this name.

** Lord Indoril Nerevar is treated as this by the [[OurElvesAreBetter Dunmer (Dark Elf)]] people as the great unificator of Morrowind. The [[PhysicalGod Tribunal]] rule in his name (even though [[TheRashomon they very likely may be]] responsible for his death) and he is revered as a saint in the Tribunal Temple. (His prophesied {{Reincarnation}} is a major plot point in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]''). The ''other'' person to be treated as a founder of the kingdom by the Dunmer is Veloth, the religious reformer who led the dissidents that became the Chimer and would become the Dunmer to Morrowind, and laid the foundation for their original society (and the faith that still underpins it, though modified by the Tribunal's primacy). Fittingly, Veloth and Nerevar are the ''only'' two saints of the Temple to share the status of Greater Saint with the Tribunal themselves.

* Manga/{{Bleach}} provides both a [[BigGood heroic]] and [[BigBad villainous]] example.

** [[KnightOFCerebus Yhwach]] is TheEmperor of the [[PuttingOnTheReich Vandenreich]] and the progenitor of the Quincies. His blood flows through the veins of all those with Quincy heritage and is therefore the source of both their power and their organisation.

* Cornelius Coot is the founder of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck's hometown of Duckburg. In one story [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]] and the Maharajah of Howduyustan compete at erecting ever-bigger statues to his memory.

* Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan. Whether Jimmu was a person or a mythological figure is uncertain. The first emperor of Japan whose reign can be verified and assigned real dates is the 29th on the official list, Emperor Kinmei. 16th century warlord Oda Nobunaga is widely seen as the man who laid the foundations for the Edo period, a time where Japan would enjoy nearly three centuries of peace and cultural and economic growth at the expense of technological develpoment and foreign relations.

* Sweden has 3 examples, of which traditionally focuses on Gustav Vasa; what with the date of his coronation (6 June 1523) being the date of the Swedish National Day. Historians and now civilians thanks to a [[Literature/ArnTheKnightTemplar extremely popular book-series]] remindning people that Sweden existed during the Medieval times, Birger Jarl has been gaining ground as the founder of Sweden.

** Birger Magnusson of Bjälbo (1210-1266), who served as Jarl (think Prime Minister) for first his brother-in-law King Erik and [[RegentForLife then his own son King Valdermar.]] His reforms and legislations turned Sweden from a loose collection of feuding clans into a Fedual Monarchy ruled by law. Known foremost as Birger Jarl since they had to retire the title as it had become too attached to his person.

** Pelagius of Asturias founded the [[UsefulNotes/SpanishReconquista Kingdom of Asturias]] which evolve into many succeeding Christian states that would later become Portugal and Spain.

** Afonso the Conqueror founded [[UsefulNotes/{{Portugal}} who at this point was just a county (known as the ''Condado Portucalense'') that became independent from their Spanish neighbors.

* Manga/{{Bleach}} provides both a heroic and villainous example.
** Shigekuni Yamamoto founded the shinigami training academy two thousand years ago. A thousand years after this, during the first war with the Quincies, he created the Gotei 13 and served as its captain-commander for the next thousand years. Initially, it was known as the Divisions, gaining its modern name some time later.
** Yhwach is TheEmperor of the Vandenreich and the progenitor of the Quincies. His blood flows through the veins of all those with Quincy heritage and is therefore the source of both their power and their organisation.

** What's really funny is that by modern standards, King Arthur was not English but [[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Welsh]], or perhaps [[UsefulNotes/{{Cornwall}} Cornish]] - in any case, more properly described as [[UsefulNotes/BritainVsTheUK British, i.e. Celtic, not English.]] His enemies are frequently identified in the British legends as ''Saeson'', or Saxons, or in other words, Englishmen (the word is derived from the Saxons' cousins, the Angles; Wales, Cornwall and a few other places were remnants of the Celtic British realms after the Anglo-Saxon conquest). The Welsh for their part tend to put more emphasis on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owain_Glynd%C5%B5r Owain Glyndwr]], who was more "OccupiersOutOfOurCountry" than Founder of the Nation, although Arthur is still quite important in Welsh legends.

** Alfred himself was not the first king of a united England, as in all the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, but rather his grandson Æthelstan. But he surely laid the groundwork for it.

** What's really funny is that by modern standards, King Arthur was not English but [[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Welsh]]. Also, his enemies are frequently identified in the Welsh legends as ''Saeson'', or Saxons, or in other words, Englishmen (the word is derived from the Saxons' cousins, the Angles). The Welsh for their part tend to put more emphasis on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owain_Glynd%C5%B5r Owain Glyndwr]], who was more "OccupiersOutOfOurCountry" than Founder of the Nation, although Arthur is still quite important in Welsh legends.
** And according to [[Literature/HistoriaRegumBritanniae medieval pseudohistory/legend]] Arthur was not even the first king of [[UsefulNotes/BritainVsTheUK Britain]], instead that's Brutus of Troy who supposedly lent his name to Britain. Arthur is just the most famous legendary British king (and he wasn't even called a king at first).

** And according to [[Literature/HistoriaRegumBritanniae medieval pseudohistory/legend]] Arthur was not even the first king of Britain, instead that's Brutus of Troy, a refugee from the Trojan War who lent his name to Britain. Arthur is just the most famous legendary British king.

* England is an interesting case. The very real UsefulNotes/AlfredTheGreat tends to get the credit as the historical founder of a kingdom of England, but has been comprehensively overshadowed by King Arthur, who may go one beyond being ShroudedInMyth by just being, well, mythical. Alfred has been written about by historians; Arthur has been the central character of more poems, novels and Hollywood films than you can shake a stick at.
** What's really funny is that by modern standards, King Arthur was not English but [[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Welsh]]. Also, his enemies are frequently identified in the Welsh legends as ''Saeson'', or Saxons, or in other words, Englishmen. The Welsh for their part tend to put more emphasis on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owain_Glynd%C5%B5r Owain Glyndwr]], who was more "OccupiersOutOfOurCountry" than Founder of the Nation, although Arthur is still quite important in Welsh legends.

* ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'' is a CampaignComic covering ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''. Although that movie doesn't state how old Arendelle is, in [[http://elsaletyoufinish.tumblr.com/post/87419793983/kobv-frozen-0001 the first strip of the comic]] it's made clear that Mary and Adriana founded the kingdom with their {{player character}}s. After they die in a TotalPartyKill, those two play their characters' daughters, Elsa and Anna.

* Harald Bluetooth not only united Denmark, he also made it Christian and Conquered Norway, as he famously put it on a Runestone in Jellinge, Denmark.

* Hungary has two. Arpad, the 9th century prince who led the Magyar tribes as they founded the Hungarian kingdom, details of whose life are shrouded in myths (aside from being the ancestor of Hungary's first and longest-ruling dynasty); and St. Stephen (aka Szent Istvan), the first Christian king of Hungary.
** There is also Bela IV, referred to as "the second founder of the state" due to his activities at rebuilding and fortifying the country after it was sacked by Mongols in 1241, as well as (temporarily) restoring royal authority after his father Andrew II was forced to make compromises with the barons in Hungary's oldest surviving constitutional document.

* UsefulNotes/SaudiArabia had UsefulNotes/AbdulAzizIbnSaud, who successfully united the Arab tribes of Najd and Hejaz in 1926. His descendants still rule the country today.

* Sweden has 3 examples, of which traditionaly focuses on Gustav Vasa; what with the date of his coronation (6 June 1523) being the date of the Swedish National Day. Historians and now civilians thanks to a [[Literature/ArnTheKnightTemplar extremely popular book-series]] remindning people that Sweden existed during the Medieval times, Birger Jarl has been gaining ground as the founder of Sweden.

** ** He is sometimes seen as a precursor for [[UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion the European Union]] (as the last political entity that unified Western Europe). The union of the founding member States of the EU (West Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy) correspond roughly to the Carolingian Empire. Incidentely, the European Commission is housed in the Charlemagne Building.

** Subverted in ''Discworld/{{Pyramids}}'', when Pteppic meets up with the dreaded and revered founder of Djelibeybi, who fled persecution to establish a new empire in the valley of the Djel ... and discovers he's a grubby little con artist who'd fled ''prosecution'' for selling camels so old and decrepit, he'd had to equip them with plaster teeth.
** One-Sun-Mirror, the first Emperor of the Agatean Empire in ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'', who may or may not be the preincarnation of Cohen the Barbarian.