Pulpatine was the first Emperor of the Tree Empire, all emperors after him take his name.
History[]
Before Pulpatine united the Tree people under one group, Tree people were oppressed and nearly extinct, Pulpatine eventually managed to get them to gather under his leadership to stop this, and thus created the Tree Empire. Unfortunately, on the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Tree empire there was a forest fire in the forest he was asleep in, and on May 2nd 4120 BC he burned to death in his sleep.
After his death the Tree Empire turned from an organization of peace and justice into an organization of conquest and oppression.