First recorded in 1780–90
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João VI, the former prince regent, ruled from Rio de Janeiro as head of the government in exile.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
On returning to Lisbon in 1821, he left his son Pedro as prince regent of Brazil.
From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2022
A Balkan prince regent courts a Milwaukee chorus girl during the 1911 coronation in London.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2020
The specter of Jacobinism — of the guillotine and the mobs at the Bastille — haunts Britain’s rulers, from the prince regent to the owners of Manchester’s factories.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2019
The next day, the prince regent went from Carlton House to Windsor to see the queen; but the privacy of the visit did not permit it to be of long duration.
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne
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