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Emperor Dagobert IX is a fictional character from Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire. He is one of the last, if not the last, emperor of the Galactic Empire.
He fled the Great Sack of Trantor along with his family in 260FE and moved the capital planet to Delicass, which was renamed Neotrantor. Neotrantor was about three parsecs from Trantor.
When visited upon by Ebling Mis, Bayta, Toran Darell and the Mule, Dagobert IX was described as old and detached from reality, still reminiscing about imperial times long gone. Nevertheless, after he gave permission to Elbling Mis to use the Great Library of Trantor, he made a dignified impression as befits a Galactic emperor.
His son, the crown prince Dagobert, who was a clone, tried to conspire under the influence of the corrupt governor Jord Commason. He was killed by the Mule with the help of a Visi-sonor.
The reason why Asimov gave this character the name Dagobert is not too clear, but it is likely a reference to Frankish kings of the Merovingian dynasty.
References
- Isaac Asimov. Foundation and Empire. (2008). ISBN 978-0553382587
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