Regent
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A regent is a position of government in a country where there is a monarchy (like a king or queen). As an "acting monarch" the regent does the job of a monarch where the real monarch is either too young, sick or cannot do what they are meant to for some other reason.
A regent may also be voted in if there are no heirs in line to the throne, for instance, if the current monarch dies with no surviving relatives.
Regent Media
- Sture Sten Svantesson d.y. 1492-1520, och Kristina Gyllenstierna, 1494-1559 - Nationalmuseum - 15066.tif
16th century Swedish regent Stenonis Sture and wife Christina Gyllenstierna who both operated in strong resistance to Danish rule during the Kalmar Union
- Juramento da Regência Trina.jpg
The oath of the provisional triumviral regents of the Empire of Brazil on behalf of the 5-year-old Emperor Pedro II in 1831, at the beginning of the Regency period.
- Frans Hals - De regentessen van het oudemannenhuis.jpg
