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Nathan IV of Ghant (Nathan William Alan Wain; born 14 January 1988) is the current Emperor of Ghant, since 19 May 1997, succeeding his grandfather Alan I of Ghant. He is a member of and the head of the Imperial House, a member of House of Keld of the Gentry Dynasty. He is the 71st man to sit the Obsidian Throne. Nathan was born in Ghish, Ghant, the first of three children born to John, Crown Prince of Ghant and Caroline Zuria. His father died in 1994 as the result of a plane crash, resulting in his elevation to Crown Prince of Ghant at the age of six, becoming heir apparent. His grandfather, Emperor Alan attempted to prepare his grandson for rulership but died abruptly of a brain aneurysm in 1997, thereupon which Nathan acceded to the throne as Emperor Nathan IV at the age of nine. For the next nine years Nathan was under the regency of his uncle Prince Albert of Ghant, until the Emperor attained the age of majority in 2006 when he turned eighteen. Nathan has faced consistent republican movements in Ghant throughout his reign due to the unpopularity of his uncle’s regency government and due to his own personal controversies that have been brought to light by the press. He has been harshly criticized for his numerous affairs, children born out of wedlock and other indiscretions that are considered beneath the dignity of the Imperial Family. Despite this, a referendum to abolish the monarchy in favor of a republic was narrowly defeated in 2014, and the Emperor remains committed to democratic institutions and humanitarian causes both in Ghant and abroad, while his popularity is much greater in Northern Ghant than in the south. (See more...)