Regent
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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
Regency era
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The Regency era of British history is commonly understood as the years between c. 1795 and 1837, although the official regency for which it is named only spanned the years 1811 to 1820. King George II
Regent
…extinct. Another notable regency period includes that of the Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, giving rise to many terms such as Regency era and Regency architecture. Strictly, this period lasted from 1811 to 1820, when his father George III was considered insane. In the Dutch Republic, the…
Prince George by Thomas Lawrence (c. 1814)
Interior of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1808
Tom Cribb vs Tom Molineaux, 1811
Football being played in Scotland, c. 1830