Donatra

Donatra was a former commander in the Imperial Fleet of the Romulan Star Empire and the first Empress of the Imperial Romulan State. In 2379, she had ascended to a high rank in the Imperial Fleet and was captain of the IRW Valdore. Donatra was one of Shinzon of Remus' primary backers; when she realized the devestation that would result if his plan to attack Earth succeeded, and joined Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise in battling Shinzon's ship, the Scimitar, near the Neutral Zone.

Donatra had been maintaining an affair with Romulan Admiral Braeg, and blamed Tal'Aura for his death that year. As a result, she refused to back Tal'Aura's claim to be the new Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire, and the faction of the Imperial Fleet loyal to Donatra supported her.

In 2380, Donatra declared the existence of the Imperial Romulan State at Archernar Prime, and used her fleet to annex a number of adjacent farming worlds from the Romulan Star Empire. Declaring herself Empress, her government was soon recognized by the Klingon Empire, though the United Federation of Planets refused to intervene in what it considered an internal Romulan affair. (Star Trek Nemesis, Titan: Taking Wing, Articles of the Federation.)