Medieval Glossary
Defensor Regni
Latin for the defender of a realm. This term was often applied to a sovereign.
Related term(s): Sovereign; Monarch; Sovereignty; Monarchy
Category: Military - General
Added: 10.31.04
Source information:
Contamine, Phillippe. War in the Middle Ages. trans. Michael Jones. Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1984. 41.
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