Crown-cardinal
Sign in to savethumb|right|Henry, King of Portugal|D. Henrique I of Portugal was both a cardinal and King of Portugal, the only such case of a cardinal-monarch.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Role in conclaves
- List of cardinal protector crown-cardinals
- Of Hungary
- Of Austria
- Of England
- Of Ireland
- Of Scotland
- Of France
- Of the Holy Roman Empire
- Of Poland
- Of Sweden
- Of Portugal
- Of Savoy/Kingdom of Sardinia
- Of Naples
- Of Sicily
- Of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies
- Of Castile/Spain
- Of Aragon
- Of Flanders
- List of other national cardinal protectors
- Of Switzerland
- Of Republic of Genoa
- List of non-cardinal protector crown-cardinals
- See also
- References
thumb|right|Henry, King of Portugal|D. Henrique I of Portugal was both a cardinal and King of Portugal, the only such case of a cardinal-monarch.
thumb|right|Cardinal Thomas Wolsey A crown-cardinal () was a cardinal protector of a Catholic nation, nominated or funded by its monarch to serve as their representative within the College of Cardinals and, on occasion, to exercise the right claimed by some monarchs to veto a candidate for election to the papacy. More generally, the term may refer to any cardinal significant as a secular statesman or elevated at the request of a monarch.
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