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Crown-cardinal

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.

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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.