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**Francis Stephen Joseph Louis Hubert George Gotthard Burgham** (14 June, BU 9–Present) has been ruling what is now called the Santhringian Empire from 13 June, UY 0 to present. In 0, he had founded a faction and became the President-for-Life of the Republic of Musgorod, acting as warlord. His rule saw during this time would include him overseeing the transition from Republic to Kingdom, overall ruling Musgorod from UY 0 to UY 2. For the two years between UY 2 and UY 4, Franics Stephen used the title "*Dictator of the New Legion",* also referred to as "*Commander-in-Chief of the New Legion"* and sometimes "*Caesar of the New Legion"*. Francis Stephen then would serve as the first Emperor of Dicsosegia following its establishment in UY 4. Later in UY 6, he was unofficially crowned emperor of Isantine Empire--which would later be transformed into the Empire of Great Eurusia, and even later into the Empire of Great Santhringia where he adopted the title "Santhringian Emperor" and re-founding the Noble House of Conantro as the Imperial House Burgham.

## Early Life

Francis Stephen was born to a noble family on 14 June, BU 9. Little is known about his early years but it is known that was dubbed "Little Napoleon" and "Little Dictator" by colleagues and peers due to his ambitious nature and Short stature.

## Rise to Power

When Francis Stephen was thirteen years old, was able to politically manoeuvre his way to founding and being declared the Dictator of the New Legion. Francis Stephen slowly began to experiment in public development, making newer and more advanced public works, which dubbed "prototypes". Eventually, the political development of the community ended up definitively moving from a republican system to a monarchical system between UY 4-5. With the last vestiges of Republicanism removed, Francis Stephen adopted the alias of "Conantro" (which would later become the namesake of his dynasty) from UY 4 to UY 6, during which he fought in several wars for the first time. In the year 5, he actively participated in several conflicts against Teeb's Coalition as well as Chris Hansen's Chris' Legion, personally winning a total of twenty battles. After these conflicts, the policy of "Imperialist Isolation" was instituted as the formal foreign policy under the direction of Francis Stephen. He gained additional notoriety by serving as a senior military and diplomatic advisory roles in to Keitelist Authority, Leonite USSR, Romanovic's Russia, and Tahsinite Holy Roman Empire throughout UY 7-9.

## Controversy

It is a little-known but not-hidden fact that Francis vo Burgham has an Illegitimate son he had when he was not married. This son is Sébastien vo Linuk. As a child, Francis left him in the care of a dear friend who lived in the Francique area of the Empire. He was raised under the alias "de Kaisershof", which Francis raised to be a comital household, and learned to speak primarily in Francique, Latin and Santhringian. Eventually, Francis and Anna married, thus making Sébastien no longer a bastard. Sébastien was granted the Grand Duchy of Lorayn as a Prince-Bishopric and also made him a Privy Councilor, holding his son as his closest advisor.

Rivals in the Church viewed this as scandalous but were otherwise not too vocal about their grievances.

## Trivia

* Francis Stephen's favourite drink is tea
* Francis Stephen is a Knight
* Francis Stephen is a medieval historian