Guardian of the Realm

E553223

regency office royal office

Guardian of the Realm was a high-ranking royal office in medieval England responsible for governing the kingdom in the monarch’s absence.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Guardian of the Realm canonical	1
Guardians of the realm	1
Protector of the Realm	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	regency office ⓘ royal office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	medieval England ⓘ
appointedBy	monarch of England ⓘ
associatedWith	English monarchy ⓘ English royal court ⓘ medieval English governance ⓘ
category	Medieval English offices ⓘ Regency and caretaker heads of state ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
exerciseOfPowers	derivative of royal prerogative ⓘ in the name of the monarch ⓘ
governingBodyRole	head of government in the monarch’s absence ⓘ
governmentalFunction	governing the kingdom in the monarch’s absence ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	local officials ⓘ military forces within the realm ⓘ royal council ⓘ
hasDuty	ensure continuity of government ⓘ exercise royal authority when the monarch was absent ⓘ implement royal policy in the monarch’s absence ⓘ maintain law and order in the monarch’s absence ⓘ manage royal revenues during the monarch’s absence ⓘ oversee administration of justice ⓘ protect the realm from internal and external threats ⓘ supervise royal officials ⓘ
legalStatus	temporary delegation of royal authority ⓘ
officeHolderQualification	high-ranking noble ⓘ trusted royal servant ⓘ
officeRank	senior royal office ⓘ
officeType	non-hereditary office ⓘ temporary appointment ⓘ
partOf	English royal administration ⓘ English royal household ⓘ
positionInGovernment	high-ranking office ⓘ
reasonForExistence	monarch’s absence from the kingdom ⓘ need for centralized authority during royal campaigns ⓘ need for governance when the king was abroad ⓘ
reportsTo	monarch of England ⓘ
scopeOfJurisdiction	civil administration ⓘ entire kingdom ⓘ judicial oversight ⓘ military defense ⓘ
subclassOf	regent ⓘ temporary head of state ⓘ
temporalScope	Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval period ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall → positionHeld → Guardian of the Realm ⓘ

Bran Stark → title → Guardian of the Realm ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protector of the Realm

Great Cause → hasParticipantRole → Guardian of the Realm ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guardians of the realm