Maximilian von Strauss

Maximilian, Duke of Strauss was the Head of Government of the Holy Gishoto Empire during its early years following the Unification of Hulstria in the late 2100s and the first chairman of the Imperial Hulstrian Party; he was additionally the head of the House of Strauss and the grandfather to Philip Strauss.

The Duke of Strauss was a powerful figure within the court of the Holy Gishoto Emperor Klaus Gustav III and the two worked together on several fronts, including the Unification of Hulstria and the establishment of the Holy Gishoto Empire. His tenure as party leader and as Head of Government has been coined the "Era of the Royalists". His sudden death in the mid 2200s caused the collapse of the conversative order and the rise of Grigor Stoyanvich who would lead the August Revolution, ending the monarchy.