List of Brazilian regents

This is a list of Brazilian regents, a regent, from 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]

Reign of Maria I

Image	Name	Regency start	Regency end
Regent during the incapacitation of Queen Maria I.
	John	16 December 1815	20 March 1816 Death of Queen Maria I.

Reign of John VI

Image	Name	Regency start	Regency end
Regent after the King John VI left Brazil.
	Pedro	22 April 1821	12 October 1822 Accession as Emperor of Brazil.

Reign of Pedro II

Regents during the minority of emperor Pedro II

Image	Name	Regency start	Regency end
Provisional Triumviral Regency (1831)
	Francisco de Lima e Silva Nicolau Vergueiro José Carneiro de Campos	7 April 1831	18 June 1831
Permanent Triumviral Regency (1831–1835)
	Francisco de Lima e Silva José da Costa Carvalho João Bráulio Muniz	18 June 1831	12 October 1835
Sole regency of Feijó (1835–1837)
	Diogo Antônio Feijó	12 October 1835	18 September 1837
Sole regency of Araújo Lima (1837–1840)
	Pedro de Araújo Lima	19 September 1837	23 July 1840

Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil:
- 25 May 1871 - 30 Mar 1872 Tour
- 26 Mar 1876 - 26 Sep 1877 Tour
- 30 Jun 1887 - 22 Aug 1888 Tour

Notes and 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."