Dagobert VIII was the last Emperor of the Galaxy whose government was seated on Trantor, though Gilmer claimed to be his successor, a claim that was not widely recognized. He is generally considered to have been the penultimate ruler of the Galactic Empire. Dagobert evacuated Trantor ahead of Gilmer's forces. He set up a government-in-exile on the agrarian world of Neotrantor, where he lived out the rest of his life. He never returned to Trantor, and neither did his descendants.