Elcmar IV

Elcmar IV
King of Trellin and Emperor of Hysera
Reign	23 March 1739 – 15 August 1780
Coronation	16 and 28 April 1739, respectively
Predecessor	Lonaki III
Successor	Azara IV
King of the Isles of Velar
Reign	7 January 1769 – 15 August 1780
Coronation	24 December 1771
Predecessor	Tarien, Queen of the Isles of Velar
Successor	Azara IV
Born	4 November 1704 Palaegon, Trellin
Died	15 August 1780(1780-08-15) (aged 75) Martheqa
Spouse	Ícanta Evdar, Duchess of Emla (m. 1730, d. 1732) Tarien, Queen of the Isles of Velar (m. 1737, d. 1769)
Issue	Azara IV Pasianë, Princess of Vekri Ryarna, Duchess of Tkena Modriq, Duke of Lindros
Full name Elcmar Palægos
House	House Palægos
Father	Elcmar, Duke of Palaegon
Religion	Ladath Thaerinë and Roman Catholicism

Elcmar IV (4 November 1704 - 15 August 1780) was the son of Elcmar, Duke of Palaegon. He became King of Trellin and Emperor of Hysera on the death of his second cousin, Lonaki III, in 1739, founding House Palægos. He married Ícanta Evdar, Duchess of Emla in 1730, but she died in childbirth two years later. His remarriage, to Queen Tarien of Velar in 1737, led to him inheriting the throne of the Kingdom of the Isles of Velar after her death; this in turn sparked the War of the Velaran Succession, which ravaged the lands around the Sea of Velar from 1769—1771. He held all three titles until his death in 1780 and was succeeded by the only daughter of his first marriage, Azara IV.

Elcmar was a powerful personality and wished to see the Isles of Velar brought fully under Trellinese rule and in line with imperial laws. He could not come to terms with the sanctity of traditional privileges in Velaran culture. In 1773, he attempted to reintroduce capital punishment to Velar, but vigorous protests from all sections, including riots in Txir and Qaina, persuaded him to drop the matter.