Cosinga Palpatine

Cosinga Palpatine was a Human male aristocrat and the patriarch of House Palpatine, one of Naboo's noble families. A violent man who was regarded by his firstborn son as both grossly inept and disproportionately arrogant, Cosinga spent a considerable amount of time and credits attempting to buy both political influence and his son's obedience.

Out of a minimum of five children that he and his wife produced, Cosinga hated his eldest son, but approved of his other four sons and daughter. Unlike their father's wayward heir, the younger Palpatines were subservient to Cosinga's will; something their older brother refused to be. Ultimately, the younger Palpatine took his father's life in an act of rage in 65 BBY, using the dark side of the Force to kill him along with his mother, his siblings, and several of the family's bodyguards. His son would soon become Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of the Sith, and later Senator, Supreme Chancellor and Galactic Emperor.

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