I borrowed Ponderosa's wiki-style factbook guide, and made a wiki-style factbook template for a monarch. It seems some people are posting templates here, so I'll do the same.
Here's the example for one of my puppets:
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=799220A couple of pointers:
TITLE means you add your monarchs title, such as King, Queen, Sheik, Emperor, etc.
NAME is the name of your monarch. This seems obvious, but there are some places where it can get confusing. TITLE NAME OF COUNTRY, to give an example from my country, would read Queen (Title) Dagmar (name) of the Kyrjasmark (country), not the name of the country.
Heir PRESUMPTIVE OR APPARENT: An heir presumptive is an heir that will only inherent the throne if another person with a stronger claim is not born. An heir apparent on the other hand, will inherent the throne regardless of any other births.
It is recommended, but not essential, that the marriage section be placed where it occurs in your monarch's life. So, if they get crowned before they are married, then place it after the "reign" section. Don't forget to re-order and re-number the information in the contents box if you do!
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[floatright][box][center][b]TITLE NAME of COUNTRY[/b]
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[b]NAME[/b]
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[b]TITLE[/b][/center]
[b]Reign:[/b]
[b]Predecessor:[/b]
[b]Heir (APPARENT OR PRESUMPTIVE):[/b]
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[b]Born[/b]
[b]Spouse[/b]
[b]Issue[/b]
[b]Full name[/b]
[b]House[/b]
[b]Father[/b]
[b]Mother[/b]
[b]Religion[/b]
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[size=200][b]TITLE NAME OF COUNTRY[/size][/b]
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His/Her Royal Highness TITLE NAME is the sovereign monarch and head of state of the PRETITLE of COUNTRY. She ascended to the throne following the death of PREVIOUS MONARCH
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF FAMILY
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF REIGN
[floatleft][box][center]Contents[/center]
[url=INSERT-FACTBOOK-URL#Erly]1 Early Life[/url]
[url=INSERT-FACTBOOK-URL#Edu]2 Education[/url]
[url=INSERT-FACTBOOK-URL#Mar]3 Marriage[/url]
[url=INSERT-FACTBOOK-URL#Rgn]4 Reign[/url]
[url=INSERT-FACTBOOK-URL#Cor]4.1 Coronation[/url]
[url=INSERT-FACTBOOK-URL#Rol]4.2 Role[/url]
[url=INSERT-FACTBOOK-URL#Tsha]5 Titles, style, honours and arms[/url]
[url=INSERT-FACTBOOK-URL#Titl]5.1 Title and style[/url]
[url=INSERT-FACTBOOK-URL#Arm]5.2 Arms[/url]
[url=INSERT-FACTBOOK-URL#Hon]5.3 Honours[/url]
[url=INSERT-FACTBOOK-URL#Anc]6 Ancestry[/url]
[url=INSERT-FACTBOOK-URL#Iss]6.1 Issue[/url]
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[b][u][size=150][anchor=Erly]Early Life[/anchor][/b][/u][/size]
NAME was born on the BIRTHDATE, at BIRTHPLACE. DESCRIBE UPBRINGING.
[b][u][size=150][anchor=Edu]Education[/anchor][/b][/u][/size]
DESCRIBE EDUCATION
[b][u][size=150][anchor=Mar]Marriage[/anchor][/b][/u][/size]
[b][u][size=150][anchor=Rgn]Reign[/anchor][/b][/u][/size]
DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN REIGN
[b][u][anchor=Cor]Coronation[/anchor][/b][/u]
DESCRIBE CORONATION
[b][u][anchor=Rol]Role[/anchor][/b][/u]
DESCRIBE ROLE IN THE NATION
[b][u][anchor=Tsha]Titles, styles, honours and arms[/anchor][/b][/u]
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF TITLES AND HONOURS
[b][u][anchor=Titl]Title and style[/anchor][/b][/u]
NAME'S full style and title is "FULL STYLE"
The TITLE's short title, which is in common use, is "TITLE NAME." When in conversation with the TITLE, the correct form of address is "ADDRESS"
[b][u][anchor=Arm]Arms[/anchor][/b][/u]
[align=center][box]NSERT COAT OF ARMS
[b]Coat of Arms[/b][/box]
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[b][u][anchor=Hon]Honours[/anchor][/b][/u]
DESCRIBE HONOURS
[nation=short]NATION AWARDING HONOUR[/nation] - HONOUR TITLE
[nation=short]NATION AWARDING HONOUR[/nation] - HONOUR TITLE
[nation=short]NATION AWARDING HONOUR[/nation] - HONOUR TITLE
[nation=short]NATION AWARDING HONOUR[/nation] - HONOUR TITLE
[nation=short]NATION AWARDING HONOUR[/nation] - HONOUR TITLE
[b][u][size=150][anchor=Anc]Ancestry[/anchor][/b][/u][/size]
DESCRIBE ANCESTRY
[b][u][anchor=Iss]Issue[/anchor][/b][/u]
LIST CHILDREN
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Template by [nation=Kyrjasmark]
Layout based on a template by [nation=Ponderosa]
Template may be found [url=http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=256878]here[/url].[/size]