co-regent

Examples of co-regent in the following topics:

• Hatshepsut

  • Hatshepsut ascended to the throne as co-regent with Thutmose III, who came to the throne as a two-year old child.
  • As pharaoh, she faced few challenges, even from her co-regent, who headed up the powerful Egyptian army and could have unseated her, had he chosen to do so.
  • The Tyldesley hypothesis states that Thutmose III may have decided to attempt to scale back Hatshepsut's role to that of regent rather than king.

• The Middle Kingdom

  • In his 20th regnal year, Amenemhat established his son, Senusret I, as his co-regent.
  • In his 33rd regnal year, he appointed his son, Senusret II, co-regent.

• Justinian and Theodora

  • When Leo died in 474, Zeno and Ariadne's younger son succeeded to the throne as Leo II, with Zeno as regent.
  • Some sources mention her as empress regnant with Justinian I as her co-regent.

• The Glorious Revolution

  • William and Mary were the co-regents over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
  • Parliament offered William and Mary a co-regency, at the couple's behest.

• Joseph II and Domestic Reform

  • However, Maria Theresa, devastated after her husband's death and always relying on the help of advisors, declared Joseph to be her new co-ruler the same year.
  • Joseph often threatened to resign as co-regent and emperor.

• Peter the Great

  • Consequently, the Boyar Duma (a council of Russian nobles) chose 10-year-old Peter to become Tsar with his mother as regent.
  • Sophia acted as regent during the minority of the sovereigns and exercised all power.
  • After a power struggle, in which the Streltsy was forced to shift its loyalty, Sophia was eventually overthrown, with Peter I and Ivan V continuing to act as co-tsars.
  • Although he was named a co-tsar in 1682, at the age of 10, he did not become an independent and sole ruler until 1696.

• The Emperor Irene

  • Before that, Irene was empress consort from 775 to 780, and empress dowager and regent from 780 to 797.
  • Nevertheless, when Leo died on 8 September 780, Irene became regent for their nine-year-old son Constantine, thereby giving her administrative control over the empire.
  • To overcome this challenge, she had Nikephoros and his co-conspirators ordained as priests, a status which disqualified them from ruling.

• From German Princess to Russian Tsarina

  • On the night of July 8, Catherine received the news that one of her co-conspirators had been arrested by her estranged husband and that all they had been planning had to take place at once.
  • Historians debate Catherine's technical status, some seeing her as a regent or as a usurper, tolerable only during the minority of her son, Grand Duke Paul.
  • Lestocq and Frederick wanted to strengthen the friendship between Prussia and Russia to weaken Austria's influence and ruin the Russian chancellor Bestuzhev, on whom Empress Elizabeth relied, and who acted as a known partisan of Russo-Austrian co-operation.

• Cardinal Mazarin and the Fronde

  • He functioned essentially as the co-ruler of France alongside the queen during the regency of Anne and until his death, Mazarin effectively directed French policy alongside the monarch.

• The Sun-King and Authoritarianism

  • His mother, Anne of Austria, was named regent in spite of her late husband's wishes.
  • He functioned essentially as the co-ruler of France alongside the queen during the regency of Anne and until his death, effectively directed French policy alongside the monarch.