Hilda IV

Full name
	Hilda Rosamond Gantz Luther IV
Regnal name
	Hilda Luther IV

Hilda IV
Hilda IV
Empress of Berush and Head of the Holy Realms
	Empress Hilda in 2038
Empress of Berush
Reign	7 December 2027 - 19 October 2039
Coronation	30 January 2028
Predecessor	Dietmar VIII
Successor	Dietmar Luther IX
Born	Gertrude Rosamond Gantz Luther; 22 August 1971; (87); Wooder's Burrow
Spouse	Berthold Forst (m. 1998)
Issue	Dietmar Luther IX; Conradine Luther;
Full name
Full name
	Hilda Rosamond Gantz Luther IV
Regnal name
	Hilda Luther IV
House	Luther
Father	Dietmar VIII
Mother	Anselma Luther
Religion	Saletrism

Hilda IV (Gertrude Rosamond Gantz; born 22 August 1971) was Empress of Berush and Head of the Holy Realms from 7 December 2027 until her abdication in 2039.

Hilda was born at Wooder's Burrow in 1971, during the reign of her paternal grandmother, Empress Hilda III, as the second child of Dietmar VIII and Anselma Luther. She was the third in line to the succession to the Berushian Throne, after her father and elder brother. Hilda is related to royalty throughout much of the local countries, as well as nobles. During her father's reign, she was largely excluded from political and and foreign affairs, and as such she became a symbol of the leisured, pompous elite, throwing extravegent noble parties. She married Berthold Forst, Duke of Saxbury in 1998, and together they had two children, Gerlach and Conradine.

Following the unexpected death of her father in 2027, Hilda immediately ascended to the throne. Hilda's reign as Empress saw a rise in fascism, communism, and militarism, all of which radically changed the political climate of Berush and her duchies. The empress played a role in the modernization of the Berushian navy, as well as advancements in the air force. She fostered good relations between Heldervin and Berush, and earned the popular nickname, "Mother Monarch", though relations between Partin and Berush remained chilly, in fact worsening. Following her abdication in 2039, her first child, then known as Gerlach (and now known as Dietmar), ascended to the throne.

Early Life

Hilda was born on 22 August 1971 in Wooder's Burrow. She was the second child of Anselma and Dietmar VIII Luther. She was named Gertrude Rosamond Gantz Luther at Wooder's Burrow. She was affectionally called "Gertune" by close family, as a result of a common mispronounciation she performed.