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| − | A '''regent''' is a person who acts in place of a [[monarch]] while the monarch is too young to reign in his or her owen right, or is incapacitated by illness, injury or captivity. It ahs also been the case that regents have served during an interregnum - that is, while a nation is formally a [[monarchy]] but no monarch has been appointed. This was the case in [[Hungary]] between 1919 and 1945, when the regent was [[Admiral Horthy]]; Finland was also officially ruled by a regent between 1917 and 1918, when it was established as a republic. | + | A '''regent''' is a person who acts in place of a [[monarch]] while the monarch is too young to reign in his or her owen right, or is incapacitated by illness, injury or captivity. It ahs also been the case that regents have served during an interregnum - that is, while a nation is formally a [[monarchy]] but no monarch has been appointed. This was the case in [[Hungary]] between 1919 and 1945, when the regent was [[Admiral Horthy]]; [[Finland]] was also officially ruled by a regent between 1917 and 1918, when it was established as a republic (this was probably the only case of an independent nation having a regent but never having a monarch). |
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| + | The [[Prince of Wales]], later the British king [[George IV]], served for extended periods as regent during the later years of his father, [[George III]], in the early nineteenth century. He was known as the Prince Regent, and this title gave its name to the [[Regency]] style of fashion, art, and, above all, [[architecture]]. | ||
Revision as of 13:45, January 18, 2009
A regent is a person who acts in place of a monarch while the monarch is too young to reign in his or her owen right, or is incapacitated by illness, injury or captivity. It ahs also been the case that regents have served during an interregnum - that is, while a nation is formally a monarchy but no monarch has been appointed. This was the case in Hungary between 1919 and 1945, when the regent was Admiral Horthy; Finland was also officially ruled by a regent between 1917 and 1918, when it was established as a republic (this was probably the only case of an independent nation having a regent but never having a monarch).
The Prince of Wales, later the British king George IV, served for extended periods as regent during the later years of his father, George III, in the early nineteenth century. He was known as the Prince Regent, and this title gave its name to the Regency style of fashion, art, and, above all, architecture.