Goddestreu family

The Goddestreu family is an influential political family in Hulstria and Gao-Soto and, following the reconciliation of the Septembrist Movement, in Mikuni-Hulstria. The family first came to prominence during the September Revolution of 3416 with Sebastian Goddestreu, the former Hulstrian ambassador to Luthori, who became the international representative of the 15th of September Movement and later the second Governor-General of the United Imperial Crownlands. Members of various Hosian Democratic parties (primarily Hulstria and Gao-Soto's Hosian Democratic Alliance), the family delivered another Governor-General, a Staatsminister, 2 HDV party leaders, 2 Chairmen of the 15th of September Movement and a Kazulian minister. The family was ennobled when Johannes Goddestreu was created the 1st Bürggraf Goddestreu zu Alt-Kien for his services to liberal democracy in the Crownlands, a title his descendants have maintained.

Members of the family have been notable for their razor-sharp, particularly dry wit, which often takes the form of humorous self-deprecation or ironic politeness. Goddestreus have frequently been found in cerebral professions such as law, diplomacy and academia prior to making a career in politics (with the occasional exception).

Following the fall of the Crownlands in the 39th century, the Goddestreus went into exile in Kazulia, where they continued to play a prominent role in international Hosian Democratic and Septembrist politics. Some members of the family occasionally involved themselves in their new home's politics as members of the Hosian Democratic Folkepartiet. Following the reconciliation of Septembrism to the body politic in Mikuni-Hulstria the main branch of the family returned home at long last.