Post by Xon on Mar 31, 2005 13:39:33 GMT -5
I thought you might find this list of regents interesting:
China
See Empress dowager and Grand Empress Dowager
2nd Prince Chun between 1908 and 1911 for Emperor Xuantong (aka Puyi)
Egypt
Hatshepsut of Egypt for Thutmose III of Egypt
Finland
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
General C.G.E. Mannerheim
France
Anne of Kiev, during the minority of her son Philip I
Catherine de Medici:
While her husband Henry II of France left the kingdom for the campaign of Metz.
Later during the minority of her son Francis II of France
Again during the minority of her second son, Charles IX of France.
Anne of Austria, during the minority of Louis XIV
Philippe II of Orléans (1715-1723), during the minority of Louis XV; often called "the Regent", since he was the last regent of France. The related erea is commonly referred to as the Régence.
Louis-Stanislas-Xavier, while living in exile, self-declared Regent for his nephew Louis XVII of France after the 1793 guillotining of King Louis XVI.
Empress Eugenie, three times for her husband, Napoleon III
Hungary
Miklós Horthy
Iceland
Sveinn Björnsson
Japan
Fujiwara Regents as Kanpaku or Sessho
Hojo Regents as Shikken, regents of the Kamakura shogunate
Prince Regents Hirohito or Showa Tenno
Liechtenstein
Alois is Regent from August 15, 2004.
Netherlands
Queen Emma, during the minority of her daughter Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Norway
King Magnus Eriksson after stepping down from the throne in favour of his son Haakon Magnusson
Crown Prince Haakon, during the illness of his father King Harald
Scotland
Mary of Guise, during the minority of her daughter Mary Stuart
James Stuart, 1st Earl of Moray, during the absence of his half-sister Mary Stuart
James Stuart, 1st Earl of Moray, then Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, then John Erskine, 1st Earl of Mar then James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, all during the minority of James VI of Scotland
Spain
Cardinal Cisneros, twice regent of Spain in the late 15th and early 16th century.
Sweden
Sten Sture the Elder the longest serving regent during the Kalmar Union
Duke Charles after ousting the Catholic king Sigismund
Axel Oxenstierna during the minority of Christina of Sweden
Crown Prince Charles (Bernadotte) for his adoptive father Charles XIII
United Kingdom
Queen Caroline during the absence of her husband, George II, when he was on trips to Hanover.
George IV, Prince Regent during the incapacity of his father, George III.
Bulgaria
Prince Kiril, during the minority of his dead brother (Boris III)'s son, Simeon II.
Also, an article on the period in English history that I wanted Lavalon's system of peerage to be modeled after:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Regency
China
See Empress dowager and Grand Empress Dowager
2nd Prince Chun between 1908 and 1911 for Emperor Xuantong (aka Puyi)
Egypt
Hatshepsut of Egypt for Thutmose III of Egypt
Finland
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
General C.G.E. Mannerheim
France
Anne of Kiev, during the minority of her son Philip I
Catherine de Medici:
While her husband Henry II of France left the kingdom for the campaign of Metz.
Later during the minority of her son Francis II of France
Again during the minority of her second son, Charles IX of France.
Anne of Austria, during the minority of Louis XIV
Philippe II of Orléans (1715-1723), during the minority of Louis XV; often called "the Regent", since he was the last regent of France. The related erea is commonly referred to as the Régence.
Louis-Stanislas-Xavier, while living in exile, self-declared Regent for his nephew Louis XVII of France after the 1793 guillotining of King Louis XVI.
Empress Eugenie, three times for her husband, Napoleon III
Hungary
Miklós Horthy
Iceland
Sveinn Björnsson
Japan
Fujiwara Regents as Kanpaku or Sessho
Hojo Regents as Shikken, regents of the Kamakura shogunate
Prince Regents Hirohito or Showa Tenno
Liechtenstein
Alois is Regent from August 15, 2004.
Netherlands
Queen Emma, during the minority of her daughter Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Norway
King Magnus Eriksson after stepping down from the throne in favour of his son Haakon Magnusson
Crown Prince Haakon, during the illness of his father King Harald
Scotland
Mary of Guise, during the minority of her daughter Mary Stuart
James Stuart, 1st Earl of Moray, during the absence of his half-sister Mary Stuart
James Stuart, 1st Earl of Moray, then Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, then John Erskine, 1st Earl of Mar then James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, all during the minority of James VI of Scotland
Spain
Cardinal Cisneros, twice regent of Spain in the late 15th and early 16th century.
Sweden
Sten Sture the Elder the longest serving regent during the Kalmar Union
Duke Charles after ousting the Catholic king Sigismund
Axel Oxenstierna during the minority of Christina of Sweden
Crown Prince Charles (Bernadotte) for his adoptive father Charles XIII
United Kingdom
Queen Caroline during the absence of her husband, George II, when he was on trips to Hanover.
George IV, Prince Regent during the incapacity of his father, George III.
Bulgaria
Prince Kiril, during the minority of his dead brother (Boris III)'s son, Simeon II.
Also, an article on the period in English history that I wanted Lavalon's system of peerage to be modeled after:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Regency