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Horthy was born into a noble [[Protestant]] family on June 18, 1868, in Kenderes, Hungary.<ref name="Britannica">[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Miklos-Nagybanyai-Horthy Miklós Horthy]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved February 4, 2018.</ref> He joined the Austro-Hungarian naval academy at the age of fourteen.<ref name="Britannica"/> Horthy rose quickly in the ranks,<ref name="Encyclopedia.com">[http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/horthy-miklos-1868-1957 Horthy, Miklós (1868–1957)]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved February 4, 2018.</ref> serving as an aide-de-camp to the Austro-Hungarian emperor [[Francis Joseph]] from 1909 to 1914.<ref name="Britannica"/>

Horthy was born into a noble [[Protestant]] family on June 18, 1868, in Kenderes, Hungary.<ref name="Britannica">[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Miklos-Nagybanyai-Horthy Miklós Horthy]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved February 4, 2018.</ref> He joined the Austro-Hungarian naval academy at the age of fourteen.<ref name="Britannica"/> Horthy rose quickly in the ranks,<ref name="Encyclopedia.com">[http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/horthy-miklos-1868-1957 Horthy, Miklós (1868–1957)]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved February 4, 2018.</ref> serving as an aide-de-camp to the Austro-Hungarian emperor [[Francis Joseph]] from 1909 to 1914.<ref name="Britannica"/>

Horthy distinguished himself during [[World War I]], breaking the Allied blockade of the [[Adriatic Sea]] multiple times.<ref name="Britannica"/> In 1918, he was promoted to the rank of admiral and became the commander of the fleet.<ref name="Britannica"/><ref name="Encyclopedia.com"/> After the war's end, Horthy oversaw the transfer of the Austro-Hungarian fleet to the newly-created country of [[Yugoslavia]],<ref name="Britannica"/> as the former country was dissolved and its successor states lost access to the sea.<ref name="Encyclopedia.com"/> Horthy retired to his family estate in his hometown.<ref name="Encyclopedia.com"/>

Horthy distinguished himself during [[World War I]], breaking the Allied blockade of the [[Adriatic Sea]] multiple times.<ref name="Britannica"/> In 1918, he was promoted to the rank of admiral and became the commander of the fleet.<ref name="Britannica"/><ref name="Encyclopedia.com"/> After the war's end, Horthy oversaw the transfer of the Austro-Hungarian fleet to the newly created country of [[Yugoslavia]],<ref name="Britannica"/> as the former country was dissolved and its successor states lost access to the sea.<ref name="Encyclopedia.com"/> Horthy retired to his family estate in his hometown.<ref name="Encyclopedia.com"/>

==Regent of Hungary==

==Regent of Hungary==