This is a list of Serbian regents, a regent (Serbian: намесник/namesnik), from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state (ruling or not) because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated.[1]
Middle Ages edit
- Princess Milica, Regent of Serbia during the minority of Stefan Lazarević (1389)
- Council of Regency during the Serbian Despotate: veliki vojvoda Mihailo Anđelović, prince Stefan Branković, and despotess Helena Palaiologina (fl. 1458)
Principality and Kingdom of Serbia edit
- Council of Regency during the minority of Prince Milan (1868 to 1872): Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac, Jovan Ristić and Jovan Gavrilović
- Council of Regency during the minority of King Aleksandar (1889 to 1893): Jovan Ristić, Jovan Belimarković and Kosta Protić (d. 1892)
Kingdom of Yugoslavia edit
- Prince Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888–1934), Regent of Yugoslavia (1914 to 1921)
- Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893–1976), Regent of Yugoslavia during the minority of Peter II of Yugoslavia (1934 to 1941).
Serbian regents in other countries edit
- Helena and Beloš Vukanović, Regents of Hungary (1141 to 1146)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary defines the term as "A person appointed to administer a State because the Monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated."