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'''Rolande de Telois-Montgiscard, Duke of Bélesta''' (10 March 1823 – 16 May 1905), known as '''the Great Bélesta''' ({{wp|French|Gaullican}} ''Le Grand Bélesta''), and '''the Old Viceroy''' (Gaullican: ''l'ancien vice-roi'') was a Gaullican noble notable for serving as [[Gaullican Asteria Inferior|Viceroy of Astérie Inférieure]] for nearly six decades. He was born in [[Leonior]] in 1823, to [[Rolande IV, Duke of Bélesta]] and [[Princess Marie-Thérèse]], sister of [[Louis VII]], making him a first cousin of the future emperor [[Albert III]]. Upon his father's sudden death in 1841 he inherited his titles and the position of Viceroy of Gaullican Asteria Inferior, which had been de facto hereditary for the [[House of Telois-Montgiscard]] since 1651.

Unlike his predecessors Rolande took an active interest in his position as Viceroy, which had previously been a largely ceremonial rank. Under Louis VII the Gaullican colonies Asterias underwent serious reforms, with Louis and his ministers aiming to renovate the archaic governance largely unchanged since the early 17th century, and serious conflict had arisen, such as in Satucin with the [[Amicable War]]. He took part in the 1845 negotiations which ended the conflict, abolished slavery in Satucin, and established the [[Dominion of the Satucins]]. He served three consecutive terms as Governor-General from 1845 to 1871, and two more non-consecutive terms, from 1875 to 1877, and 1891 to 1895. 

Rolande is credited with taking a colony on the verge of collapse, and establishing the foundations for it to become Gaullica's most populous, industrialised, and economically prosperous dominion. He was an avid supporter of the idea of a ''[[Third Solaria]]'' in Satucin; that through ''[[Consortium imperii]]'' Gatôn would become the capital of a Gaullican-Solarian empire in the east to compliment Verlois and the empire in the west.