Editing Regent (section)

==History==
Septon [[Robeson]] acted as regent for the [[Triston Hightower|newborn son]] of the late Lord [[Damon Hightower]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Oldtown}} A member of [[House Tyrell]] served as regent for the young King [[Garland VI Gardener]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: House Tyrell}}

Queen [[Sharra Arryn]] was the regent of the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]] for her young son [[Ronnel Arryn (king)|Ronnel Arryn]], [[King of Mountain and Vale]], during the [[War of Conquest]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{Ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}

Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]] served as Queen Regent during the first two years of the reign of her son, King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], who was fourteen when he came to the throne in {{Date|48}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}{{Ref|FAB|Prince into King - The Ascension of Jaehaerys I}} While Jaehaerys was still unmarried with no heirs but his young nieces, Queen Alyssa and her second husband [[Rogar Baratheon]], the [[Hand of the King]], worried that should anything happen to Jaehaerys, his sister Queen [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]] would be an unsuitable regent for her daughter, [[Aerea Targaryen|Aerea]].{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}} After Jaehaerys eloped with his sister [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]] in {{Date|49}}, there was a bitter conflict between the Queen Regent and the Hand over what to do about it, with Rogar suggesting putting Jaehaerys aside and naming Aerea the new queen; however, the [[small council]] supported the Queen Regent.{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}} Jaehaerys chose not to announce his marriage to Alysanne until after he reached his majority in {{Date|50}}, so that he would not appear to be a boy who had wed in defiance of his regent's wishes.{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

While Lord [[Rogar Baratheon]] was absent from [[Storm's End]] to fight the [[Third Dornish War]] in {{Date|61}}, his brother [[Garon Baratheon|Garon]] served as regent for Rogar's young son [[Boremund Baratheon|Boremund]]. Garon continued to serve as regent after Rogar's death in {{Date|62}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

During the minority of Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]], Lord [[Yorbert Royce]] served as her regent and [[Lord Protector of the Eyrie and the Vale of Arryn]]. In that capacity, he attended the [[Great Council of 101 AC]] in her stead.{{Ref|fab|Heirs of the Dragon – A Question of Succession}}

After Lord [[Rickon Stark (son of Benjen)|Rickon Stark]] died in {{Date|121}}, his brother [[Bennard Stark|Bennard]] served as regent for Rickon's son Lord [[Cregan Stark]], until his coming of age in {{Date|124}}. Bennard was slow to surrender his power to his nephew, and Cregan chafed at the limits imposed on him. In {{Date|126}}, Lord Cregan rose up against his uncle, imprisoned Bennard and his sons, and took the rule of the [[north]] into his own hands.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}

In {{Date|129}}, at the start of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], the mother of the infant Lord [[Lyonel Tyrell (lord)|Lyonel Tyrell]] was regent for the [[Reach]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}} During Lyonel's minority, his mother, [[castellan]], and [[steward]], acting as his regents, thought better of their support for King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] and decided that [[House Tyrell]] would remain neutral for the remainder of the war.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

During the Dance of the Dragons, when King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] was severely wounded during the [[battle at Rook's Rest]] and was incapacitated for a year, his brother Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] served as Prince Regent.{{Ref|TPATQ}}{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

After the Dance of the Dragons, Lady [[Johanna Westerling]] and her father, Lord [[Roland Westerling]], served as regents for her young son [[Loreon Lannister]], [[Lord of Casterly Rock]]. Lady [[Elenda Caron]] was regent for her infant son, [[Royce Baratheon]], [[Lord of Storm's End]].{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
 
In {{Date|131}}, [[Aegon III Targaryen]] became king at the age of ten. The [[regency of Aegon III]] featured a council of seven regents.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}} Regents were replaced as they resigned or died, the last three being chosen by lot at the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} Aegon greatly chafed under the control of his regents, his royal decisions and appointments set aside or ignored by them.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} In late {{Date|136}}, the regents and the Hand of the King, Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]], planned a royal progress to celebrate the king's coming of age, but Aegon coldly dismissed his regents and Hand on his [[name day]], and canceled the progress.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

When Aegon III died in {{Date|157}}, his eldest son, [[Daeron I Targaryen]], was only fourteen years old when he took the throne. His uncle and Hand, Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], chose not to insist on a regency while the king was in his minority, perhaps because of Daeron's charm and genius, or perhaps because of his memory of what had transpired during the regency of Daeron's father.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}}

In {{Date|212}}, [[Gerold Lannister]] served as regent for his young niece, Lady [[Cerelle Lannister (daughter of Tybolt)|Cerelle Lannister]], but she died less than a year later.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister under the Dragons}}

At the [[Great Council of 233 AC]] to determine the successor of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]], only a few lords spoke up for Prince [[Maegor Targaryen (son of Aerion)|Maegor]], son of Maekar's second son [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion]], as an infant king would have meant a long, contentious regency.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}

In {{Date|281}}, the great [[Tourney at Harrenhal]] was announced. Some believed that Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] was the secret sponsor of the tourney, with the intent to gather an informal [[Great Council]] to discuss how to deal with the madness of his father, King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], possibly by means of a regency or a forced abdication. Some of Aerys's advisors suggested that he should disinherit his "disloyal" son, and name his younger brother, Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]], as heir to the [[Iron Throne]] instead. As Prince Viserys was only seven years old, his eventual ascension would mean a regency, where these advisors would rule as regents.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}} However, [[Robert's Rebellion]] put an end to these schemes.