Editing Coregency (section)

{{Short description|Situation in a single-person monarchy in which two or more people hold the title}}
{{About|multiple sovereigns of a single state|a single sovereign shared by multiple states|Personal union}}

{{Monarchism |related}}
{{Basic forms of government}}

A '''coregency''' is the situation where a [[monarchy|monarchical]] position (such as [[prince]], [[princess]], [[king]], queen, [[emperor]] or empress), normally held by only a single person, is held by two or more. It is to be distinguished from [[diarchy|diarchies or duumvirates]] (such as ancient [[Sparta]] and [[Roman Republic|Rome]]), and also from [[regent|regencies]] where a single monarch (usually infant or incapacitated) has a seniority above a regent but exercises no power except legally holding the position of [[head of state]].