Maliaeím mhAennós

Maliaeím mhAennós (b. ca. 1505 in Kilgard; d. 15 December 1557 in Milo, aged 52) was an Alban noble who served officially as Regent of the Kingdom of Atlantica Alba and the Personal Realms from 1550 to 1554 during the minority of King Christian II. An esteemed mentor and role model in Christian II's youth, upon his ascending the throne and the subsequent start of mhAennós' regency, mhAennós became authoritarian, preferring to keep the minor Christian II in isolation, away from official functions and public events, to mentoring him in ruling a kingdom; many scholars argue Christian II was essentially mhAennós' prisoner during his minority.

Upon Christian II's turning 18 in 1554, mhAennós arranged the coronation ceremony, but had already secretly conspired with much of the royal court against Christian II, who found himself at first unable to exercise his rightful authority following the official end of the regency, with much of the court and military loyal instead to mhAennós, who again began isolating the newly adult king. It wasn't until the end of 1557 that Christian II wrested all authority from his former regent and gained full control of his government, culminating in the execution of at least 30 of mhAennos' co-conspirators, as well as mhAennos himself.