Maichel I

Maichel (Maichel Hakon Fredriksen; 2 June 1901 - 6 February 1969; age 67) was the King of Grassland from the 2nd of May 1935 to his death in 1969.

Life
He was born on the 2nd of June 1901 in Grassland City. He lived in the Royal Palace in Grassland City until 1918, when the monarchy abdicated and the Royal Family moved to Oslo. His title of "Crown Prince" was stripped from him. This was a very unpopular move and after a civil war in Grassland, the Royal family were brought back into the country. He then regained his title of Crown Prince.

On the 2nd of May 1935 his father died and he automatically became King. He was coronated on the 17th of April 1936. During this time he introduced many popular policies.

On the 21st of November, 1941, the Grasslandic Fascist Party held a coup d'etat and took over the Grasslandic Parliament. He prepared a speech condemning the fascists, but they arrived at the Royal Palace and held him prisoner. All of his powers were revoked but he remained the King as a figurehead. His power was given to the dictator Gregor Vilhelms. Maichel expressed his distaste for the dictator, and in 1943, he was ordered to be executed, but he, along with several of his relatives, and some assistants escaped to the United Kingdom. He moved to Wembley, a suburb of London.

On the 15th of September, 1945, Allied forces landed in southern Grasslandic town of Jerwen. 9 months and 2 days later, his first son and heir to the throne, Maichel II, was born. In January 1945, the Grasslandic Empire surrendered and Grassland was occupied by the 4 great powers. France, the UK, and the US were all in favour for the reprisal of the monarchy, but progress was held back by the USSR, who staunchly rejected the prospect of a monarchist Grassland. In 1949, the USSR turned its zone into a country, and the other 3 combined their zones into one Grasslandic state. Maichel was created the King of this state, and he moved back in later that year. He was coronated for the second time in 1950.

His second reign as King introduced some new policies and acts. He helped disconnect West Grassland's road system from the Eastern road system, and personally chose where the West Grasslandic parliament would be. Beginning in the 1960's, his health worsened. He started to go blind and deaf, was diagnosed with diabates, and had trouble walking. By early 1969, he had stopped showing up in public and his son was the de facto King.

At 7:23 am on the 6th of February, a servant found him dead of a heart attack in his bed. His death was going to be announced at 12:00 pm, but rumors had spread by then due to the fact that the Grasslandic flag had been at half mast since his death. Tributed poured in from world leaders and former royal family members.

His funeral was held on the 10th and it was broadcasted live on television. He was buried in The Mausoleum on Bueisos, but he was reburied in 1990 in Grassland City. His son, Maichel II became King.