Regent



A regent is a person selected to govern a state because the monarch is a minor, not present or incapacitated.

Two regencies were...


 * Princess Wensicia became regent of House Corrino upon the death of Shaddam Corrino IV, after Paul Atreides took the Golden Lion Throne. In this case, Wensiscia became regent since her oldest sister, Irulan Corrino had been absorbed into the Atreides household.


 * Alia Atreides became regent of House Atreides and the Atreides Empire after her brother Paul Atreides walked into the desert, 12 years after he ascended to the Golden Lion Throne. Alia became regent for Paul's son Leto Atreides II who was still a minor when Paul walked into the desert.