The lone daughter of an old, aristocratic family, Hilde von Mariendorf (Japanese: ヒルデガルド・フォン・マリーンドルフ) was instrumental in garnering support for Reinhard von Lohengramm's imperial ambitions from the more liberal members of the nobility--mostly lower nobles. Eventually, she became very close to Reinhard, and the two were married. Upon Lohengramm's death, Hilde succeeded him as the Kaiserin.
Early Life
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Lohengramm's Secratary
Upon the death of Kaiser Friedrich IV, Hildegard von Mariendorf counseled her father, Franz von Mariendorf who at that point intended on supporting Prince Otto von Braunschweig, to instead through the Mariendorf familty's support behind the ambitous Reinhard von Lohengramm. Her father immediately consented, and Hilde then arranged a meeting with Reinhard. In exchange for promises that her family's financial holdings would remain intact, Hilde gave her support to Reinhard. Hilde than began meeting with reformers--typically members of the lower nobility--to raise support for Reinhard. When civil war broke out, Reinhard, who had taken a liking to Hilde at their first meeting, hired her as his personal secretary and advisor. Throughout the civil war, Hilde spent most of her time solidifying Reinhard's political power on Odin and laying the groundwork for the reforms that would begin when Reinhard seized the throne.
After the end of the civil war, Reinhard von Lohengramm had the Imperial Regent, Klaus von Lichtenlade, arrested, and assumed the title of Imperial Prime Minister. He refused to declare himself Kaiser, as doing so would be killing the five-year-old Kaiser Erwin Joseph II. With most of the high-nobles killed in the civil war, Reinhard and Hilde immediately began reforming the social and political structure of the Empire. Corruption was rooted out, and the populace was given unprecedented liberty. Though Reinhard failed to deliver the democracy the reformers had hoped for, they were very pleased with his reign and did not dissent even as he dissolved the aristocracy.
When Reinhard began making preparations for an invasion of the Free Planets Alliance, Hilde advised him not to. It was, she believed, more important for him to focus on cementing his rule. Reinhard countered by saying that people needed an enemy to unite. Hilde agreed, but where Reinhard saw this enemy primarily as the Free Planets Alliance, Hilde thought the old aristocracy filled that role.
Marriage
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Legacy as Kaiserin
Little is known of Hilde von Mariendorf's reign as Kaiserin, history recorded her as the ruler who nurtured Reinhard von Lohengramm's empire out of its infancy. At his deathbed, Lohengramm advised Hilde in two respects: first, that if his son, Alexander Siegfried von Lohengramm, was unfit to rule, that he should not rule; second, that if she felt it right, Hilde should go forward with creating a constitution for the throne. It is known Hilde went forward in establishing a constitutional monarchy, and it is certain that the nation she and Reinhard built would endure for centuries. His son Alexander went went on to become the third kaiser and was very fit to rule, With the help of his mother, former republicans and imperials, a constitutional monarchy was established.