interregnum
Interregnum ( Latin for "interim government"; plural: Interregna) denotes a transitional government or the period in which such is in force; especially in electoral monarchies the time between the abdication or demise of a regent and his successor taking office.
There are numerous examples of such phases in history:
- In Japan with the regent Jingū from 201 to 269.
- In the Roman Empire, the government of Interrex and the imperial period between 465 and 467.
- In Lombard occurred kingless time after the assassination of Cleph in 574. end of the interregnum after the election of his son Authari the new king of the Lombards 584th
- In the history of the Holy Roman Empire roughly the period from 1245/1250 (deposition or death of Frederick II) to Rudolf von Habsburg's accession to the throne in 1273, for detailed information see Interregnum (Holy Roman Empire) .
- In the history of Austria the period between the extinction of the male line of the Babenbergs in 1246 and the election of Ottokar Přemysl as Austrian duke in 1256. The Habsburgs , who came to power after Rudolf von Habsburg's victory in the Battle of Marchfeld in 1278, did not recognize Ottokar's rule, which is why many sources include the period between 1256 and 1278 as part of the interregnum. For detailed information, see the Austrian Interregnum .
- The Brandenburg Interregnum from 1319/1320 to 1323.
- Princess Fides von Klingen († February 28, 1358 in Zurich )
- In the history of Portugal, the time between the extinction of the House of Burgundy and the accession to the throne of John of Avis , 1383 to 1385.
- The Ottoman Interregnum between 1402 and 1413.
- In the history of Aragon, the time between the death of Martin I and the accession to the throne of Ferdinand I (1410–1412).
- In the electoral kingdom of Poland-Lithuania, the time between the death of a king and the election of a new king. During this time an Interrex was in office .
- The English interregnum 1649–1660, between the reigns of Charles I and Charles II.
- In Dutch history the reign of Prince Wilhelm VI. von Orange-Nassau (December 1, 1813– March 16, 1815) as sovereign, before he was proclaimed King Wilhelm I after the Congress of Vienna .
- The transition weeks in the German Bundestag with an executive government or open democratic decision-making in parliament between two periods with a coalition agreement or fixed governments are sometimes referred to as interregnum, such as after the 2017 Bundestag elections in October, November and December of this year. The continuity principle according to Article 69 of the Basic Law, however, unlike in the case of a transitional government , ensures the ministers' ability to act in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Federal Government and Article 65 of the Basic Law; new ministers cannot be appointed.
See also
- At the world chess championship, the time when there was no world champion, see Interregnum (chess) .
Web links
Wiktionary: Interregnum - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Remarks
- ↑ Maria Rhode: A kingdom without a king. The Lesser Poland nobility in seven Interregna. (= Sources and studies; 5). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 3-447-03912-4 ( full text )
- ↑ Out of Jamaica and now? , Analysis by Ursula Weidenfeld on the Jamaica-Aus , T-online, November 21, 2017.
- ↑ There will be no interregnum , Alexander Weinlein, Das Parlament , 2016, accessed on December 20, 2017.