Editing Regent (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] rules the [[Vale of Arryn]] as regent for her young son, Lord [[Robert Arryn]].{{Ref|AFFC|23}}

When Lord [[Eddard Stark]] leaves [[Winterfell]] for [[King's Landing]], his wife Lady [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] is left as regent for her son [[Robb Stark|Robb]].{{Ref|AGOT|6}}

In the will of King [[Robert I Baratheon]], Lord Eddard Stark is named Lord Regent to [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]],{{Ref|agot|47}} but his regency never transpires. Robert's widow, [[Cersei Lannister]], declares herself Queen Regent to Joffrey after Eddard is arrested.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Cersei's control over Joffrey is tempered by her father [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], Joffrey's [[Hand of the King]], and her brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], Tywin's representative in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|ACOK|3}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Cersei continues serving as Queen Regent for the new king, [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], after the deaths of Joffrey and Tywin, and the flight from the capital by Tyrion. Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] rejects the office of [[Hand of the King]] when Cersei refuses to make him Regent.{{Ref|AFFC|3}}

The death of Lysa Arryn leads to her second husband, Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], consolidating his role as regent for his step-son Robert Arryn, in his role as [[Lord Protector of the Eyrie and the Vale of Arryn]].{{Ref|affc|23}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Kevan Lannister]] is made Lord Regent to Tommen by Ser [[Harys Swyft]] and [[Grand Maester]] [[Pycelle]], after Cersei's imprisonment by the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{Ref|ADWD|54}}