Regent
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 dieswith no surviving relatives.
Regent Media
The oath of the provisional triumviral regents of the Empire of Brazil in the country's Imperial Chapel in 1831, at the beginning of the Regency period.
