Forum:KB:Seeking clarifications to the Alderaanian royal dynasties

((I hope this is the right forum to ask these questions)) When looking at the recent pre-Empire era of Alderaan, there was a dynastic crisis known as the Alderaan Ascendancy Contention between rival noble (or princely?) houses, primarily that of Organa and Antilles over who had proper claim to the position or title of Viceroy of Alderaan. It was ruled in favor of House Organa… but Breha Antilles becomes Queen.

This doesn’t make sense because the position of Viceroy… which comes from Vice Royal… is a deputy position, a position that is usually appointed by a king or queen to administer or represent them in a distant realm or dominion. Historically, the King of England who also held the title of Emperor of India appointed Viceroys to India to represent them there.

So, is the title for the ruler of Alderaan ‘viceroy’? And the spouse is a 'king-consort' or 'queen-consort'? Incidentally, the feminine form of Viceroy is Vicereine.

Because otherwise, if the delegation sent to mediate was to determine who the next ruler of Alderaan should be, then you would think that ( based on the title of Breha as ‘Queen of Alderaan’) that the delegation picked the Antilles family as rightful rulers by granting the title of ‘queen’ to Breha. Then, to ease relations between the two factions, they arranged for the marriage of Breha to Bail Organa, with Bail to also have rulership authority as 'Viceroy' (an odd pick for the spouse of a queen) Prince (Prince-Consort would be more common) and First Chairman (which sounds a lot like Prime Minister). Then, theoretically, the children between Breha and Bail would carry the Organa name (or Antilles-Organa), so in the end it would be the Organa family who would ultimately be the successors of the dispute.

As it seems now, the whole Alderaan Ascendancy Contention and rulership ofAlderaan seems awkward and lacking knowledge of royal titles and styles.

Can anyone point to any real proof that Bail wasn’t made King of Alderaan? This would make more sense than his wife would indeed be Queen. Sending Bail Organa as Senator also seems odd, too. But that is established cannon. I am not so certain about the sources here though, I do not have these books in front of me, but does anyone else? Does it actually say Bail Organa was made ‘Viceroy and First Chairman’ and not in fact king?