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Example sentences for: regent

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She was a remarkable woman, gaining power as regent for the young Tutmosis II — her stepson — before usurping it for herself by claiming divine right to rule.
During the reign of his son, under a regent, the borders were pushed further north and west, provoking reactions from the Tibetans and Chinese as well as the British East India Company, the power to the south.
Very often the emperor was only a minor, so that the Fujiwara patriarch acted as regent.
Certainly, in the case of the Crown , as ample evidence will show, reference is so made specifically to avoid mentioning a particular regent and not as a figure of speech employed for rhetorical effect.
But more immediately, it was when the kapu system of taboos broke down completely under the leadership of young King Kamehameha II (the first king’s son, Liholiho) and the regent, Kaahumanu (the favorite of the 21 wives of the first king).