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In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to execute the office of a monarch temporarily, essentially as a substitute ruler. Regencies may arise for a number of reasons, including the monarch bein
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.
Regentesses of the Old Men's Almshouse in Haarlem, Frans Hals, 1664
The interwar Kingdom of Hungary, referred to retrospectively as the Regency and the Horthy era, existed as a country from 1920 to 1946 under the rule of Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary, who officiall
Regent
…regent may also be appointed to govern, sometimes for an extended period of time, when there is no established ruling house. This was the case in the Kingdom of Hungary in the aftermath of World War I, where the royal line was considered extinct. Another notable regency period includes that of the Prince Regent, later…
Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary
István Bethlen, Prime Minister of Hungary.
Hungarian armor and infantry in retreat, August 1944
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