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36 unusual facts about regent


Augustine Grimaldi

Augustine Grimaldi (1482 – 14 April 1532) was Regent of Monaco (1523–1532), Bishop of Grasse, Abbot of Lérins, and founder of the village of Valbonne.

Bellarion the Fortunate

He discovers that Barbaresco and a group of friends, including Valeria's trusted confidante Enzo Spigno, are plotting the murder of Theodore, Valeria's uncle, who is serving Regent of Montferrat until Valeria's brother, the rightful Marquis, reaches majority.

Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues

Upon the King's death, his wife, Queen Marie de' Medici, was named Regent by Parliament, and immediately exiled Catherine from the royal court.

Charles Henry Goode

While there, he was active in religious and philanthropic work, helping with the Field Lane Ragged Schools (with which Charles Dickens was associated), assisted with Regents Park College and Rev. Dr. William Landells' Baptist church at Regent's Park, where he led the young men's Bible class.

Chrysanthemum Throne

In the 1920s, Hirohito served as Regent during several years of his father's reign, when Emperor Taishō was physically unable to fulfill his Imperial duties.

Eduard, Duke of Anhalt

He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Prince Joachim Ernst under the regency of Eduard's younger brother, Prince Aribert.

Euston Tower

The development around Euston Tower is now branded Regent's Place and is managed by British Land.

Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy

In 1882 he was attached to the expedition sent to Tunis, during which he did nothing to distinguish himself; employed later in the Intelligence Department, then in the native affairs of the regency.

Fort de Chartres

The name of the original fort honored Louis, duc de Chartres, son of the Regent of France.

Giulia Warwick

Born Julia Ehrenberg, her stage name came from her birthplace, Warwick Street, in Regent's Park, Camden, London.

Jamal Rahimov

He has a B.A. in Business Management from the Regent's Business School in London.

Jean Lemaire de Belges

In 1504 he was attached to the court of Margaret of Austria, duchess of Savoy, afterwards Regent of the Netherlands.

John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray

John returned to Scotland the following year, when he and the High Steward of Scotland (the future King Robert II of Scotland) were appointed joint Regents, and set about trying to restore order to the nation.

Kuhina Nui

It was usually held by a relative of the king and was the rough equivalent of the 19th-century European office of Prime Minister or sometimes Regent.

Laxman Singh

He succeeded to the throne in 1918 at the age of 10 following the death of his father, ruling under the regency of the Dungarpur political agent until he came of age in 1928.

Legislature of the Virgin Islands

The law created a Colonial Assembly for the Danish West Indies, as well as the appointment of a Vice-regent serving as the colony’s governor executive, serving on behalf of the King of Denmark.

Lily Parr

The 2009 Lily Parr Exhibition Trophy took place at the Hub Regent's Park, London, as part of Camden LGBT History month again, on Sun 15th Feb after a meet the team event at the Black Cap on 14th Feb.

On 9 February 2008, the 2nd Lily Parr Exhibition Trophy match (again sponsored by Camden LGBT Forum) took place between LLKA and Paris Arc en Ciel at the Hub in Regent's Park, London.

London Swans

They are now the only club truly based in Central London, with training and home games held at Regent's Park.

Louis XIII style

Its distinctness as a period in the history of French art has much to do with the regency under which Louis XIII began his reign (1610–1643).

Mangkra Souvanna Phouma

Prince Mangkra Souvannaphouma also serves as a member of the Council of Regency of Laos.

Patrick Adamson

In 1575, he was appointed by the General Assembly as one of the Commissioners to settle the jurisdiction and policy of the Church; and, the following year he was named with David Lyndsay, to report their proceedings to James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, then Regent of Scotland.

Regent

In the interim, it was the Roman Catholic Primate (the Archbishop of Gniezno) who served as the regent, termed the "interrex" (Latin: ruler "between kings" as in ancient Rome).

Regent's Canal

It performs a sharp bend at Camley Street Natural Park, following Goods Way where it flows behind both St Pancras railway station and King's Cross railway station.

In 2012, playwright Rob Inglis was awarded a £16,000 Arts Council grant to write Regent's Canal, a Folk Opera, a musical that celebrates the 200th anniversary of the digging of the canal.

Regent's Park College Boat Club

Regent's Park College Boat Club is the boat club of Regent's Park College, Oxford, a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford.

Regent's Park tube station

Nearby points of interest are Regent's Park itself, the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Physicians, Holy Trinity Church, Portland Place and Harley Street.

Robert Bree

Bree withdrew from practice in 1833, and, after suffering from renewed asthma, died in Park Square West, Regent's Park, on 6 October 1839.

Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany

Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (c. 1340 – 3 September 1420), a member of the Scottish royal house, served as Regent (at least partially) to three different Scottish monarchs (Robert II, Robert III, and James I).

After the death of his brother King Robert III, Albany ruled Scotland as Regent, king in all but name.

Saltisford Canal Arm

It stayed under the control of the W&B canal, through various mergers, until 1927, when it was purchased by the Regent's Canal company which, two years later, was renamed the Grand Union.

Sign of the Unicorn

Eric is dead, and Corwin now rules Amber as Regent — but someone has murdered Caine and framed Corwin.

Sir Thomas Bernard, 3rd Baronet

Sir Thomas was also a Director and leading proponent of the Regent's Canal.

St Leonards-on-Sea

James Burton, a successful London architect who had developed large areas of Bloomsbury and the houses around Regent's Park, purchased land from the Eversfield estate in order to put into being his concept of a seaside resort.

Sture

One member of one of these families and two members of the other served as Regents of Sweden in the Kalmar Union between 1470 and 1520.

Thomas Helwys

Thomas Helwys is honoured with the Helwys Hall at Regent's Park College, Oxford.


365 BC

Perdiccas III of Macedon, son of Amyntas III and Eurydice II, kills Ptolemy of Aloros, who has been the regent of Macedon since he arranged the assassination of Perdiccas III's brother Alexander II in 368 BC.

Adelaide of Guelders

# Otto (d. 1249), Regent of Holland in 1238–1239, Bishop of Utrecht

Agathocles of Egypt

They also formed a conspiracy with Sosibius aimed at placing Agathocles on the throne or at least making him regent for the new boy king, Ptolemy V Epiphanes.

Alcide Segoni

In 1874, he completed a large canvas of Death of Filippo Strozzi, afterwards he painted a Michelangelo and Vittoria Colonna; Il Maresciallo d'Anere at the Court of the Regent Queen Maria; and Napoleon I awards a dragoon the Legion of Honor.

Andrew S. Draper

He then served as a member of the Albany School-board, superintendent of the public instruction at New York City, and superintendent of schools at Cleveland, Ohio before becoming the President and Regent of the University of Illinois in 1894.

Ansprand

Many Austrians (the men of Venetia and the east) joined the returning regent and battle ensued near Pavia, between his forces and those of King Aripert II, who had usurped the throne.

Any Number Can Die

It starred Nicholas (Chuck), Colette Bablon (Judy), Susan Kaslow (Zenia), Charles Dickens (Roger Masters), Victoria Camargo (Celia Lathrop), M. Emmet Walsh (T.J. Lathrop), Peter von Mayrhauser (Edgars), Elizabeth Franz (Ernestine Wintergreen), Barbara Greacen (Sally VanViller), Anthony Dingman (Carter Forstman), Nick Masi Jr. (Jack Regent), and Fred Carmichael (Hannibal Hix).

Battle of the Fischa

The opponents were a Bavarian army led by duke Henry XI and the Hungarian army under the leadership of king Géza II and his uncle and palatine Beloš Vukanović, who formerly served as regent and tutor for the underage Géza II.

Christian Beyer

While Luther abstained he made the long journey and acted as an assigned as legal adviser to King and the Queen of Denmark, who through the Nordic Kalmar Union also was regent of Sweden as well as Norway.

Dorothy Buffum Chandler

Chandler served as a regent of the University of California from 1954 to 1968, during its period of most rapid growth, when the system grew from five to nine campuses.

Empress Feng Qing

Feng Qing was a daughter of Feng Xi (馮熙) the Prince of Changli, who was a brother of the powerful Grand Empress Dowager Feng, the wife of Emperor Wencheng and regent over his son Emperor Xianwen and grandson Emperor Xiaowen.

Euphemia of Sicily

Euphemia of Sicily (1330–1359) was regent of Sicily from 1355 until 1357 during the minority of her brother, King Frederick the Simple.

Gadifer Shorthose

In 1442 Shorthose refused to comply with the orders of the regent of Gascony, Robert Roos.

Garden Ring

Although Boris Godunov, de facto regent of Russia, prevented Crimeans from taking the city north of Moskva River, he anticipated future raids and arranged construction of another defence ring.

Garman sisters

Along with her sister Kathleen she ran away to London where they lived in a one room studio at 13 Regent Square in Camden on the outskirts of Bloomsbury.

Gertrude of Brunswick

After his death, she again acted as regent, this time for her second son Otto III of Northeim.

Guillaume Dubois

See also A Chéruel, Saint-Simon et l'abbé Dubois; L Wiesener, Le Régent, l'abbé Dubois et les Anglais (1891); and memoirs of the time.

Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt

Armfelt was also appointed as the Over-Governor of Stockholm, but the new regent was staunchly anti-Gustavian and sent Armfelt to serve as the Swedish ambassador to Naples in order to get rid of him.

Gwawr, Aberaman

Gwawr, Aberaman was a Baptist chapel in Regent Street, Aberaman, formed as a branch of Calfaria, Aberdare

Harbottle

In 1515 Margaret Tudor, the widowed queen of James IV of Scotland and sister of Henry VIII, having been banished by the regent, the Duke of Albany, came to the castle with her second husband, the Earl of Angus.

Henry II, Count of Sayn

Godfrey II (Count of Sponheim) had been a regent from 1181 and continued until his death in 1220.

Henry Trivick

He was a visiting instructor at the Regent Street Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster) where he taught Spencer the art of lithography.

Ivo Perović

Ivo Perović (1882 − 1958) was Regent of Yugoslavia for the underage Peter II from 1934 to 1941.

James Houston

James M. Houston, Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College, Vancouver

Jean Théodore Latour

Latour was appointed official pianist to the Prince Regent (later King George IV of the United Kingdom).

K-38 trailer

A list of serial numbers, manufacturers and dates of delivery is in compilation, and seems to indicate that Highway Trailer made the earliest units at the start of World War II, FWD production was later in World War II, and Regent Manufacturing post World War II production.

Liu Yikang

(It was also at Liu Dan's urging that Liu Yikang, during Emperor Wen's illness in 436, arrested and executed the famed general Tan Daoji, fearing that if Emperor Wen had died, no one would be able to control Tan.) Once, when Emperor Wen appeared near death, he commissioned Liu Yikang to be the regent for the crown prince Liu Shao.

Marcucci

Gian Marco Marcucci (born 1954), served as a Captain Regent of San Marino

Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg

Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg (30 June 1604 in Schadeck, today part of Runkel – 13 August 1667 at Wiesenburg Castle), was a Countess of Leiningen and regent of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg.

Margaret I

Margaret I of Denmark (1353–1412), Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (also later Regent of Sweden), and founder of the Kalmar Union

Maria of Gaeta

As senatrix and ducissa of Gaeta, Maria ruled as regent for her and Atenulf's son Atenulf II after her husband's death on 2 February 1062.

Mubarak Khan

Mubarak Khan also Mubarak Khilji (died 1320 AD) (son of Alauddin Khilji) named himself regent of Khilji dynasty (controlling large portions of the northern Indian subcontinent) after escaping an assassination attempt on him by Malik Kafur, once his father's trusted general.

Peter Cleall

He began his acting career at Watford Palace Theatre and appeared at many theatres throughout the country including a number of seasons at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.

Peter Nigri

In 1465 he taught philosophy and was regent of studies in Cologne; in 1467 taught theology at Ulm; in 1469 or 1470 was elected prior in Eichstätt, on 31 May, 1473, the newly founded University of Ingolstadt conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Theology; in 1474 he taught theology in the convent at Ratisbon and in 1478 became professor of Old Testament exegesis in the University of Ingolstadt.

Prix Thomas Bryon

François Dupré – Apostol (1956), Regent (1958), Sweet Girl (1960), Paolina (1963)

Ramchandra Pant Amatya

In 1698, after Rajaram’s return from Gingee, Ramchandra Pant voluntarily stepped down from the post of Imperial Regent (Hukumat Panah).

Rawnsley

Rawnsley's Bowerbird, rare intergeneric hybrid between the Satin Bowerbird and Regent Bowerbird

Rosebud Denovo

What Really Killed Rosebud?, Claire Burch, Regent Press Publishers (Berkeley) (2001), ISBN 091614769X

St George's Church, Altrincham

He returned several times, his last visit being on Easter Monday, 1790, only one year before his death.His purpose on that occasion was to preach at the first Wesleyan chapel in the town in Chapel Walk – later to become Regent Road.

Su Shun

Sushun (肅順; 1816–1861), style name Yuting (雨亭), Qing Dynasty noble and regent

Ugo da Parlascio Ebriaco

Around 1128, Gonario II, Constantine's son, the child ruler of Logudoro, was brought to Porto Torres by his regent, Ittocorre Gambella, after an attempt to harm the child had been made by the Athen family.

Walter John Mathams

Walter John Mathams was a nineteenth-century British hymnwriter, soldier and minister, who attended Regent's Park College in London in the 1870s as a Baptist ministerial student before converting to the Established Church of Scotland in 1900.

William Maitland of Lethington

The Regent called on the military assistance of Queen Elizabeth I of England, who dispatched Sir William Drury from Berwick-upon-Tweed with a formidable train of artillery to assist in reducing the castle.

Xu Zhixun

Xu Zhixún (徐知詢) (d. 934), Xu Wen's second son, who tried to become regent after Xu Wen's death but lost out against his adoptive brother Xu Zhigao

York Street railway station

J.D. Irving Ltd. has been attempting to sell various parcels of the former CP Rail yard in Fredericton, such as the large parcel at the east end of the yard fronting Regent Street which now houses a Sobeys supermarket.