List of Serbian regents

Last updated April 19, 2019

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]

A regent is a person appointed to govern a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated. The rule of a regent or regents is called a regency. A regent or regency council may be formed ad hoc or in accordance with a constitutional rule. "Regent" is sometimes a formal title. If the regent is holding his position due to his position in the line of succession, the compound term prince regent is often used; if the regent of a minor is his mother, she is often referred to as "queen regent".

Serbian is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs. It is the official language of Serbia, co-official in the territory of Kosovo, and one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition, it is a recognized minority language in Montenegro where it is spoken by the relative majority of the population, as well as in Croatia, North Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.

Latin is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. The Latin alphabet is derived from the Etruscan and Greek alphabets and ultimately from the Phoenician alphabet.

Middle Ages

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)

Stefan Lazarević, also known as Stefan the Tall, was the ruler of Serbia as prince (1389–1402) and despot (1402–1427). The son of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović, he was regarded as one of the finest knights and military leaders in Europe. After the death of his father at Kosovo (1389), he became ruler of Moravian Serbia and ruled with his mother Milica, until he reached adulthood in 1393. Stefan led troops in several battles as an Ottoman vassal, until asserting independence after receiving the title of despot from the Byzantines in 1402.

The Serbian Despotate was a medieval Serbian state in the first half of the 15th century. Although the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 is generally considered the end of the medieval Serbia, the Despotate, a successor of the Serbian Empire and Moravian Serbia, survived for another 60 years, experiencing a cultural and political renaissance before it was conquered by the Ottomans in 1459. Before its conquest the Despotate nominally had a suzerain status to the Ottoman Empire, Byzantine Empire and Kingdom of Hungary. After being fully subjugated to the Ottoman Empire in 1459, it continued to exist in exile in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary until the mid-16th century. Pavle Bakić was the last Despot of Serbia to be recognized by both the Ottoman and the Habsburg Empires.

Stefan Branković, also known in historiography as Stefan the Blind, was briefly the despot (ruler) of the Serbian Despotate between 1458 and 1459, member of the Branković dynasty.

Principality and Kingdom of Serbia

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)

Milan Obrenović was the ruler of Serbia from 1868 to 1889, first as prince (1868-1882), subsequently as king (1882-1889).

Jovan Ristić, or Ristitch was a Serbian statesman, diplomat and historian.

Alexander I of Serbia king of Serbia 1889-1903

Alexander I or Aleksandar Obrenović was king of Serbia from 1889 to 1903 when he and his wife, Queen Draga, were assassinated by a group of Army officers, led by Captain Dragutin Dimitrijević.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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).

Alexander I, also known as Alexander the Unifier, served as a prince regent of the Kingdom of Serbia from 1914 and later became King of Yugoslavia from 1921 to 1934. He was assassinated in Marseille, France, by Bulgarian revolutionary Vlado Chernozemski during a state visit.

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, also known as Paul Karađorđević, was Prince Regent of Yugoslavia during the minority of King Peter II. Paul was a first cousin of Alexander I and thus a first cousin-once-removed of Peter II.

Peter II was the last King of Yugoslavia, reigning from 1934 to 1945. He was the last reigning member of the Karađorđević dynasty which came to prominence in the early 20th century.

Serbian regents in other countries

Helena and Beloš Vukanović, Regents of Hungary (1141 to 1146)

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References

↑ 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."

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[1] 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."