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Interrex (Poland) The institution of interrex existed in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, whose ruling classes liked to view their Commonwealth as an heir to Roman Empire traditions. The Commonwealth's monarch, holding a double title of the Two Nations ( King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania ), entered into their office by free election ...
Interrex (Poland) Leader of the Polish Kingdom during interregnumns From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The institution of interrex existed in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland , whose ruling classes liked to view their Commonwealth as an heir to Roman Empire traditions.
The interrex (plural interreges) was an extraordinary magistrate during the Roman Kingdom and Republic. Initially, the interrex was appointed after the death of the king of Rome until the election of his successor, hence its name—a ruler "between kings" (Latin inter reges).
The Commonwealth's monarch, holding a double title of the Two Nations , entered into their office by free election , which often led to a relatively long interregnum. Since 1572, the role of interrex traditionally fell to the Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland of the Roman Catholic Church. The Archbishop could nominate a replacement .
Jakub Uchański (1502–81), of Radwan coat of arms, was a Polish clergyman and statesman, archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland from 1562 to 1581, interrex from 1572 to 1573 and from 1574 to 1575.
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński did not come from a royal family. His father was an organist in a village church. However, since the middle of the 16th century, the Primate of Poland has held the title of “interrex”, replacing the monarch during his illness or death.
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Out of all 25 primates of the Republic of Poland until 1795, only 10 became interrexes, although there were 11 periods of interregnum. The first interrex was Jakub Uchański (1573). He also acted as an interrex in the interregnum of 1574-1576.
