List of longest-reigning monarchs
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This is a list of the longest reigning monarchs of all time, detailing monarchs and lifelong leaders who reigned for more than 50 years, sorted by length of reign. Currently reigning monarchs are highlighted.
- Note: the abbreviation (HRE) indicates a sovereign state within the Holy Roman Empire.
Monarchs with verifiable reigns by exact date
Name | Country | Reign | Duration | ||
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from | to | days | years/days | ||
Sobhuza II[1] | Swaziland | December 10, 1899 | August 21, 1982 | 30,204 | 82 years, 254 days |
Bernhard VII | Lippe (HRE) | August 11, 1429 | April 2, 1511 | 29,818 | 81 years, 234 days |
Wilhelm IV | Henneberg-Schleusingen (HRE) | May 26, 1480 | January 24, 1559 | 28,731 | 78 years, 243 days |
Heinrich XI[2] | Reuss-Obergreiz (HRE) | March 17, 1723 | June 28, 1800 | 28,227 | 77 years, 103 days |
Christian August | Palatinate-Sulzbach (HRE) | August 14, 1632 | April 23, 1708 | 27,645 | 75 years, 253 days |
Muhoji IV Rao | Phaltan (India) | December 7, 1841 | October 17, 1916 | 27,342 | 74 years, 315 days |
Bhagvatsingh Sahib | Gondal state (India) | December 14, 1869 | March 10, 1944 | 27,114 | 74 years, 87 days |
Georg Wilhelm | Schaumburg-Lippe | February 13, 1787 | November 21, 1860 | 26,944 | 73 years, 282 days |
Karl Friedrich | Baden | May 12, 1738 | June 10, 1811 | 26,691 | 73 years, 29 days |
Johann Ludwig | Nassau-Saarbrücken (HRE) | October 19, 1472 | June 4, 1545 | 26,525 | 72 years, 228 days[3] |
Jagatjit Singh Bahadur | Kapurthala, India | January 14, 1877 | June 19, 1949 | 26,453 | 72 years, 156 days |
Louis XIV | France | May 14, 1643 | September 1, 1715 | 26,407 | 72 years, 110 days |
Heinrich Friedrich | Hohenlohe-Langenburg (HRE) | January 29, 1628 | August 5, 1699 | 26,121 | 71 years, 188 days |
Parashuramrao Shrinivas | Aundh (India) | August 30, 1777 | June 11, 1848 | 25,852 | 70 years, 286 days |
Franz Karl | Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen (HRE) | November 15, 1627 | July 19, 1698 | 25,814 | 70 years, 246 days |
Johannes II | Liechtenstein | November 12, 1858 | February 11, 1929 | 25,658 | 70 years, 91 days |
Karl August | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | May 28, 1758 | June 14, 1828 | 25,584 | 70 years, 17 days |
Werner | Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck (HRE) | October 31, 1559 | February 16, 1629 | 25,311 | 69 years, 108 days |
Heinrich Joseph Johann | Auersperg (HRE) | November 6, 1713 | February 9, 1783 | 25,297 | 69 years, 95 days |
Friedrich V[4] | Inner Austria (HRE) | June 10, 1424 | August 19, 1493 | 25,272 | 69 years, 70 days |
Friedrich V | Hesse-Homburg | February 7, 1751 | January 20, 1820 | 25,183 | 68 years, 347 days |
Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar | Mysore (India) | June 30, 1799 | March 27, 1868 | 25,107 | 68 years, 271 days |
Johann Friedrich | Castell-Rüdenhausen (HRE) | January 10, 1681 | June 23, 1749 | 25,000 | 68 years, 164 days |
K'inich Janaab' Pakal | Palenque | July 29, 615 | August 31, 683 | 24,870 | 68 years, 33 days |
Christian Karl Reinhard | Leiningen-Dagsburg (HRE) | November 3, 1698 | November 17, 1766 | 24,850 | 68 years, 14 days |
Franz Joseph I | Austria-Hungary | December 2, 1848 | November 21, 1916 | 24,825 | 67 years, 355 days |
Malietoa Tanumafili II[5] | Samoa | July 5, 1939 | May 11, 2007 | 24,782 | 67 years, 310 days |
Heinrich III | Meissen (HRE) | January 18, 1221 | February 15, 1288 | 24,499 | 67 years, 28 days |
Aliénor[6] | Aquitaine | April 9, 1137 | April 1, 1204 | 24,464 | 66 years, 358 days |
Leopold III | Anhalt-Dessau | December 16, 1751 | August 9, 1817 | 23,977 | 65 years, 236 days |
Ferdinand III | Sicily | October 6, 1759 | January 4, 1825 | 23,831 | 65 years, 90 days |
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) | Thailand | June 9, 1946 | present | 28,556 | 78 years, 66 days |
Friedrich Wilhelm | Hohenzollern-Hechingen (HRE) | January 13, 1671 | November 14, 1735 | 23,680 | 64 years, 305 days |
Sultan Ibrahim | Johor (Malaysia) | June 4, 1895 | May 8, 1959 | 23,348 | 63 years, 338 days |
Albrecht Anton | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (HRE) | November 4, 1646 | June 24, 1710 | 23,242 | 63 years, 232 days |
Anton Günther | Oldenburg (HRE) | November 12, 1603 | June 19, 1667 | 23,230 | 63 years, 219 days |
Victoria | United Kingdom and the British Empire | June 20, 1837 | January 22, 1901 | 23,226 | 63 years, 216 days |
Friedrich August I (Friedrich August III before 1806) |
Saxony | December 17, 1763 | May 5, 1827 | 23,149 | 63 years, 139 days |
Amoghvarsha | Rashtrakutas India | January 1, 814 | December 9, 878 | 23,718 | 64 years, 342 days |
Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa | Bahrain | December 1, 1869 | December 9, 1932 | 23,018 | 63 years, 8 days |
Charles III | Upper Lorraine (HRE) | June 12, 1545 | May 14, 1608 | 22,982 | 62 years, 337 days |
James I | Aragon (Spain) | September 12, 1213 | July 27, 1276 | 22,964 | 62 years, 319 days |
Bernhard II | Saxe-Meiningen | December 24, 1803 | September 20, 1866 | 22,916 | 62 years, 270 days |
Philipp II | Nassau-Weilburg (HRE) | July 2, 1429 | March 19, 1492 | 22,906 | 62 years, 261 days[7] |
Leopold-Philippe | Arenberg (HRE) | August 19, 1691 | March 4, 1754 | 22,842 | 62 years, 197 days |
Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi | Ras Al Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) | July 17, 1948 | October 27, 2010 | 22,747 | 62 years, 102 days |
Hirohito (Shōwa) | Japan | December 25, 1926 | January 7, 1989 | 22,659 | 62 years, 13 days |
Kangxi[8] | Qing (China) | February 7, 1661 | December 20, 1722 | 22,595 | 61 years, 316 days |
Tuanku Abdul Hamid Halim Shah | Kedah (Malaysia) | September 22, 1881 | May 13, 1943 | 22,512 | 61 years, 233 days |
Philipp IV | Waldeck-Wildungen (HRE) | May 28, 1513 | November 30, 1574 | 22,466 | 61 years, 186 days |
Paku Alam VIII | Pakualaman (Java) | April 12, 1937 | September 11, 1998 | 22,432 | 61 years, 152 days |
Victor Amadeus | Anhalt-Bernburg (HRE) | September 22, 1656 | February 14, 1718 | 22,424 | 61 years, 145 days |
Ulrich V | Württemberg-Stuttgart (HRE) | July 2, 1419 | September 1, 1480 | 22,342 | 61 years, 61 days[9] |
Ernst Ludwig | Hesse-Darmstadt (HRE) | August 31, 1678 | September 12, 1739 | 22,291 | 61 years, 12 days |
Johann Friedrich I | Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen (HRE) | October 11, 1641 | October 17, 1702 | 22,285 | 61 years, 6 days |
Wilhelm Moritz II | Isenburg-Philippseich (HRE) | March 8, 1711 | March 7, 1772 | 22,280 | 60 years, 365 days |
Adolf III | Schauenburg and Holstein (HRE) | July 6, 1164 | January 3, 1225 | 22,096 | 60 years, 181 days |
Leopold Ludwig | Palatinate-Veldenz (HRE) | June 3, 1634 | September 29, 1694 | 22,033 | 60 years, 118 days |
Qianlong | Qing (China) | October 18, 1735 | February 8, 1796 | 22,028 | 60 years, 113 days |
Friedrich Günther | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | April 28, 1807 | June 28, 1867 | 21,976 | 60 years, 61 days |
Pakubuwono XII | Surakarta (Java) | June 11, 1944 | June 11, 2004 | 21,915 | 60 years, 0 days[10] |
Johann Jakob I | Waldburg-Zeil (HRE) | May 4, 1614[11] | April 18, 1674 | 21,899 | 59 years, 349 days |
Christian IV | Denmark | April 4, 1588 | February 28, 1648 | 21,879 | 59 years, 330 days |
Elizabeth II | United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand |
February 6, 1952 | present | 26,488 | 72 years, 190 days |
Gustav Adolf | Mecklenburg-Güstrow (HRE) | April 23, 1636 | October 6, 1695 | 21,715 | 59 years, 166 days |
Georg Friedrich I | Brandenburg-Ansbach (HRE) | December 27, 1543 | April 25, 1603 | 21,669 | 59 years, 119 days |
Karl I | Hesse-Kassel (HRE) | December 1, 1670 | March 23, 1730 | 21,661 | 59 years, 112 days |
George III | United Kingdom | October 25, 1760 | January 29, 1820 | 21,644 | 59 years, 96 days |
Honoré III | Monaco | November 7, 1733 | January 19, 1793 | 21,623 | 59 years, 73 days |
Barnim I | Pomerania-Stettin | January 23, 1220 | December 13, 1278 | 21,509 | 58 years, 324 days |
Louis XV | France | September 1, 1715 | May 10, 1774 | 21,436 | 58 years, 251 days |
Pedro II | Brazil | April 7, 1831 | November 15, 1889 | 21,407 | 58 years, 222 days |
Ludovico I | Saluzzo | October 1416 | April 8, 1475 | 21,373 | 58 years, 189 days |
Nikola I | Montenegro | August 13, 1860 | November 26, 1918 | 21,288 | 58 years, 105 days |
Philipp | Hesse-Philippsthal (HRE) | July 16, 1663 | June 18, 1721 | 21,156 | 57 years, 337 days |
Wilhelmina | The Netherlands | November 23, 1890 | September 4, 1948 | 21,104 | 57 years, 286 days |
Philipp I | Nassau-Weilburg (HRE) | September 20, 1371 | July 2, 1429 | 21,104 | 57 years, 285 days |
Philipp I | Hesse (HRE) | July 11, 1509 | March 31, 1567 | 21,082 | 57 years, 263 days |
James VI | Scotland | July 24, 1567 | March 27, 1625 | 21,066 | 57 years, 246 days |
Al-Mustansir Billah[12] | Fatimid Caliphate (Egypt) | June 13, 1036 | January 10, 1094 | 21,030 | 57 years, 211 days |
Albrecht I | Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (HRE) | November 16, 1371 | June 15, 1429 | 21,030 | 57 years, 211 days |
Rudolf I | Saxe-Wittenberg (HRE) | August 25, 1298 | March 12, 1356 | 21,018 | 57 years, 200 days |
Afonso I | Portugal | June 24, 1128 | December 6, 1185 | 20,984 | 57 years, 165 days |
Karl | Nassau-Usingen (HRE) | February 14, 1718 | June 21, 1775 | 20,946 | 57 years, 127 days |
Karl Eusebius | Liechtenstein (HRE) | February 12, 1627 | April 5, 1684 | 20,872 | 57 years, 53 days |
Honoré II | Monaco | November 29, 1604 | January 10, 1662 | 20,861 | 57 years, 42 days |
Christian Ernst | Brandenburg-Bayreuth (HRE) | May 30, 1655 | May 20, 1712 | 20,809 | 56 years, 356 days |
Heinrich XVI | Bavaria-Landshut (HRE) | December 4, 1393 | July 30, 1450 | 20,691 | 56 years, 238 days |
Karl Eugen | Württemberg (HRE) | March 12, 1737 | October 24, 1793 | 20,680 | 56 years, 226 days |
Hermann II | Baden (HRE) | April 25, 1074 | October 7, 1130 | 20,618 | 56 years, 165 days |
Conrad I | Burgundy | July 11, 937 | October 19, 993 | 20,554 | 56 years, 100 days |
Karl IV Theodor | Palatinate (HRE) | December 31, 1742 | February 16, 1799 | 20,501 | 56 years, 47 days |
Alfonso VIII | Castile (Spain) | August 31, 1158 | October 5, 1214 | 20,489 | 56 years, 35 days |
Henry III | England | October 19, 1216 | November 16, 1272 | 20,482 | 56 years, 28 days |
Rainier III | Monaco | May 9, 1949 | April 6, 2005 | 20,421 | 55 years, 332 days |
Abdullah I Al-Sabah | Kuwait | September 5, 1758 | May 3, 1814 | 20,328 | 55 years, 240 days[13] |
Sisavang Vong | Laos | March 26, 1904 | October 29, 1959 | 20,305 | 55 years, 217 days |
Vittorio Amedeo II | Savoy (HRE) | June 12, 1675 | September 3, 1730 | 20,171 | 55 years, 83 days |
Friedrich Casimir | Ortenburg-Neuortenburg (HRE) | July 4, 1603 | March 2, 1658 | 19,965 | 54 years, 241 days |
Ernst I | Saxe-Altenburg | August 3, 1853 | February 7, 1908 | 19,910 | 54 years, 188 days |
Heinrich IV | Mecklenburg-Schwerin (HRE) | October 16, 1422 | March 9, 1477 | 19,868 | 54 years, 144 days |
Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Syed Hassan Jamalullail | Perlis (Malaysia) | December 4, 1945 | April 16, 2000 | 19,857 | 54 years, 134 days |
Friedrich Magnus I | Solms-Wildenfels (HRE) | October 7, 1746 | February 12, 1801 | 19,851 | 54 years, 128 days |
Josef Franz Ernst | Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (HRE) | October 20, 1715 | December 8, 1769 | 19,773 | 54 years, 49 days |
Wilhelm | Brunswick | September 10, 1830 | October 18, 1884 | 19,762 | 54 years, 38 days |
Heinrich V | Brunswick-Lüneburg (HRE) | June 23, 1514 | June 11, 1568 | 19,712 | 53 years, 354 days |
Maximilian I | Bavaria (HRE) | October 15, 1597 | September 27, 1651 | 19,705 | 53 years, 347 days |
Johann Ernst | Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (HRE) | March 26, 1675 | February 17, 1729 | 19,686 | 53 years, 328 days |
Henry III | Limburg (HRE) | August 10, 1167 | June 21, 1221 | 19,674 | 53 years, 315 days |
Johann | Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (HRE) | July 26, 1426 | May 9, 1480 | 19,646 | 53 years, 288 days |
Leopold IV | Anhalt-Dessau | August 9, 1817 | May 22, 1871 | 19,644 | 53 years, 286 days |
Maximilian Wunibald[14] | Waldburg (HRE) | July 13, 1663 | April 16, 1717 | 19,635 | 53 years, 277 days |
Leopold I | Anhalt-Dessau (HRE) | August 7, 1693 | April 7, 1747 | 19,600 | 53 years, 243 days |
Friedrich Ludwig | Castell-Rüdenhausen (HRE) | June 23, 1749 | February 7, 1803 | 19,586 | 53 years, 229 days |
Ferdinand Ludwig | Waldburg-Wolfegg (HRE) | August 21, 1681 | April 6, 1735 | 19,585 | 53 years, 228 days |
Cosimo III de' Medici | Tuscany | May 23, 1670 | October 31, 1723 | 19,518 | 53 years, 161 days |
Bernhard | Carinthia (HRE) | August 2, 1202 | January 5, 1256 | 19,514 | 53 years, 156 days |
Hugues IV | Burgundy (HRE) | July 6, 1218 | October 27, 1271 | 19,471 | 53 years, 113 days |
Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah | Kedah (Malaysia) | July 15, 1958 | present | 24,137 | 66 years, 30 days |
Gottfried | Oettingen-Oettingen (HRE) | October 1, 1569 | September 7, 1622 | 19,334 | 52 years, 341 days |
Fulk III | Anjou | July 21, 987 | June 21, 1040 | 19,328 | 52 years, 336 days |
Wilhelm I/V[15] | Jülich-Cleves-Berg (HRE) | February 6, 1539 | January 5, 1592 | 19,326 | 52 years, 333 days |
Hermann V | Baden-Baden (HRE) | September 13, 1190 | January 16, 1243 | 19,118 | 52 years, 125 days |
Otto II | Brunswick-Lüneburg (HRE) | December 13, 1277 | April 10, 1330 | 19,110 | 52 years, 118 days |
Guillaume II[16] | Normandy | July 3, 1035 | September 9, 1087 | 19,061 | 52 years, 68 days |
Emich XI | Leiningen-Dagsburg (HRE) | January 10, 1541 | March 12, 1593 | 19,054 | 52 years, 61 days |
Ferdinand Maximilian II | Isenburg-Wächtersbach (HRE) | March 14, 1703 | April 21, 1755 | 19,031 | 52 years, 38 days |
Christian | Brandenburg-Bayreuth (HRE) | April 25, 1603 | May 30, 1655 | 19,028 | 52 years, 35 days |
Wilhelm the Elder[17] | Waldburg-Trauchburg (HRE) | February 11, 1505 | March 17, 1557 | 19,027 | 52 years, 34 days |
Tahmasp I | Persian Empire, Safavid Dynasty | May 23, 1524 | May 14, 1576 | 18,984 | 51 years, 357 days |
Haakon VII | Norway | November 18, 1905 | September 21, 1957 | 18,935 | 51 years, 307 days |
Friedrich Franz I | Mecklenburg-Schwerin | April 24, 1785 | February 1, 1837 | 18,910 | 51 years, 283 days |
Frédéric III | Lorraine (HRE) | June 24, 1251 | December 31, 1302 | 18,817 | 51 years, 190 days |
Yeongjo | Joseon (Korea) | August 30, 1724 | March 5, 1776 | 18,815 | 51 years, 188 days |
Franz Albrecht I | Oettingen-Spielberg (HRE) | August 10, 1685 | February 3, 1737 | 18,804 | 51 years, 177 days |
Henry IV | Germany (HRE) | July 17, 1054 | December 31, 1105 | 18,794 | 51 years, 167 days |
Karl Wilhelm | Anhalt-Zerbst (HRE) | July 4, 1667 | November 3, 1718 | 18,749 | 51 years, 122 days |
Franz Joseph II | Liechtenstein | July 25, 1938 | November 13, 1989 | 18,739 | 51 years, 111 days |
Karl I | Hohenzollern (HRE) | January 15, 1525 | March 18, 1576 | 18,690 | 51 years, 63 days |
Friedrich I | Baden | September 5, 1856 | September 28, 1907 | 18,649 | 51 years, 23 days |
Johann Reinhard III | Hanau-Lichtenberg (HRE) | March 30, 1685 | March 28, 1736 | 18,625 | 50 years, 364 days |
Pedro IV | Aragon (Spain) | January 24, 1336 | January 6, 1387 | 18,610 | 50 years, 347 days |
Jeanne | Brabant (HRE) | December 5, 1355 | November 1, 1406 | 18,593 | 50 years, 331 days |
Sigismund | Hungary | March 31, 1387 | December 9, 1437 | 18,515 | 50 years, 253 days |
Pōmare IV | Tahiti | January 11, 1827 | September 17, 1877 | 18,512 | 50 years, 249 days |
Simon VI | Lippe (HRE) | April 15, 1563 | December 7, 1613 | 18,499 | 50 years, 236 days |
Mwambutsa IV | Burundi | December 16, 1915 | July 8, 1966 | 18,467 | 50 years, 204 days |
Ernst Wilhelm | Bentheim-Steinfurt (HRE) | February 10, 1643 | August 26, 1693 | 18,460 | 50 years, 197 days |
Edward III | England | January 25, 1327 | June 21, 1377 | 18,410 | 50 years, 147 days |
Ivan IV | Russia | December 3, 1533 | March 18, 1584 | 18,378 | 50 years, 116 days |
Karl III | Ortenburg-Neuortenburg (HRE) | December 4, 1725 | March 1, 1776 | 18,367 | 50 years, 105 days |
Johann Ernst[18] | Waldburg-Trauchburg (HRE) | November 17, 1636 | February 8, 1687 | 18,345 | 50 years, 83 days |
Karl Friedrich | Isenburg-Meerholz (HRE) | February 11, 1724 | March 14, 1774 | 18,294 | 50 years, 31 days |
Ludwig Eberhard | Hohenlohe-Pfedelbach (HRE) | October 22, 1600 | November 1, 1650 | 18,272 | 50 years, 10 days |
Monarchs whose exact dates of rule are unknown
- Note: These monarchs are grouped according to length of reign by year in whole numbers. Within each year-grouping, they appear in historical order. In a given year, there may have been a wide array of actual reign lengths based on days. As such, this table does not present a pure ranking of monarchs.
Name | Country | Reign | Duration (approx. years) | |
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from | to | |||
Pepi II Neferkare[19][20] | Ancient Egypt | 2278 BC | 2184 BC | 94 years (disputed) |
Taejo | Goguryeo (Korea) | 53 | 146 | 93 years (disputed) |
Ermanaric the Ostrogoth | Oium | 196 | 276 | 80 years (disputed) |
Jangsu | Goguryeo (Korea) | 413 | 491 | 78 years |
Johann Philipp[21] | Stadion (HRE) | 1666 | 1741 | 75 years |
Wilhelm I | Sayn-Wittgenstein (HRE) | 1494 | 1568 | 74 years |
Fazl Ali Khan II Bahadur | Banganapalle (India) | 1686 | 1759 | 73 years |
Triệu Vũ Vương | Triệu Dynasty (Ancient Viet Nam) | 207 BC | 136 BC | 71 years |
Simon I | Lippe (HRE) | 1273 | 1344 | 71 years |
Heinrich VIII | Fürstenberg-Wolfach (HRE) | 1419 | November 30, 1490 | 71 years |
Pandukabhaya | Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) | 437 BC | 367 BC | 70 years |
Shapur II[22] | Persian Empire, Sassanid Dynasty | 309 | 379 | 70 years |
Ponhea Yat | Khmer Empire | 1393 | 1463 | 70 years |
Johann Ulrich | Stadion (HRE) | 1530 | 1600 | 70 years |
Huan | Qi (China) | 636 BC | 567 BC | 69 years |
Tshudpud Namgyal | Sikkim (India) | 1793 | 1863 | 69 years |
Alberto Azzo II | Milan | 1029 | August 20, 1097 | 68 years |
Louis XIII | Oettingen-Wallerstein (HRE) | 1449 | 1517 | 68 years |
Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin II | Kedah (Malaysia) | 1710 | 1778 | 68 years |
Johann III | Sponheim-Starkenburg (HRE) | 1331 | 1398 | 67 years |
Al-Marhum Perbaungang | Serdang (Sumatra) | 1879 | 1946 | 67 years |
Ramesses II | Ancient Egypt | 1279 BC | 1213 BC | 66 years |
Zhao | Song (China) | 468 BC | 404 BC | 64 years |
Amoghavarsha | Rashtrakuta Empire | 814 | 878 | 64 years |
Friedrich IV | Castell (HRE) | 1285 | 1349 | 64 years |
Zhuang | Qi (China) | 794 BC | 731 BC | 63 years |
Friedrich II | Salm-Neuweiler (HRE) | 1610 | 1673 | 63 years |
Johann Friedrich II | Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen (HRE) | 1702 | 1765 | 63 years |
Nicolas Leopold I | Salm-Hoogstraat (HRE) | 1707 | 1770 | 63 years |
Philipp Ernst | Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (HRE) | 1697 | 1759 | 62 years |
Karl | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-Altenkirchen (HRE) | 1741 | 1803 | 62 years |
Franz Wilhelm | Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim (HRE) | 1673 | 1734 | 61 years |
Cynan Garwyn | Powys | c.550 | c.610 | c. 60 years |
Aescwine | Kingdom of Essex | 527 | 587 | c. 60 years |
Pawl | Glywysing | c.480 | 540 | c. 60 years |
Mutasiva | Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) | 367 BC | 307 BC | 60 years |
Sophie | Bar (HRE) | 1033 | 1093 | 60 years |
Friedrich I | Salm-Blankenburg (HRE) | 1210 | 1270 | 60 years |
Heinrich III | Henneberg-Aschach-Römhild (HRE) | 1292 | 1352 | 60 years |
Heinrich II | Salm-Blankenburg (HRE) | 1301 | 1361 | 60 years |
Otto I | Solms-Braunfels (HRE) | 1349 | 1409 | 60 years |
Ludwig | Salm-Blankenburg (HRE) | 1443 | 1503 | 60 years |
Mayadunne | Sitawaka (Sri Lanka) | 1521 | 1581 | 60 years |
Vanghoji II Jagpalrao Nimbalkar | Phaltan (India) | 1570 | 1630 | 60 years |
Hu | Chen (China) | 1045 BC | 986 BC | 59 years |
Guilhem III | Toulouse | 978 | 1037 | 59 years |
Otto I | Salm-Kyrburg (HRE) | October 1548 | June 7, 1607 | 59 years |
Nan | Zhou (China) | 314 BC | 256 BC | 58 years |
Harald I | Norway | 872 | 930 | 58 years |
Heinrich II | Baden-Hachberg (HRE) | 1231 | 1289 | 58 years |
Heinrich V | Henneberg-Schleusingen (HRE) | 1347 | 1405 | 58 years |
Nikolaus III | Tecklenburg (HRE) | 1450 | 1508 | 58 years |
Muhammad Shafi ud-din II | Sambas (Borneo) | 1866 | 1924 | 58 years |
Maredydd ap Rhain | Dyfed | 740 | 797 | c. 57 years |
Jing | Qi (China) | 547 BC | 490 BC | 57 years |
Mithridates VI | Pontus | 120 BC | 63 BC | 57 years |
Roger II | Foix (France) | 1067 | 1124 | 57 years |
Bernhard I | Bentheim-Bentheim (HRE) | 1364 | 1421 | 57 years |
Yi Hham Hka | Kengtung (Burma) | 1403 | 1460 | 57 years |
Ernst II | Oettingen-Wallerstein (HRE) | 1613[23] | March 3, 1670 | 57 years |
Sourigna Vongsa | Lan Xang (Laos) | 1637 | 1694 | 57 years |
Johannes | Waldburg-Waldsee (HRE) | 1667 | 1724 | 57 years |
Adolf Ludwig Wilhelm | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg (HRE) | 1749 | 1806 | 57 years |
Gruffydd ap Cynan | Kingdom of Gwynedd | 1081 | 1137 | c. 56 years |
Zhaoxiang | Qin (China) | 306 BC | 250 BC | 56 years |
Mun | Balhae (Korea) | 737 | 793 | 56 years |
Eberhard III | Nordgau (Alsace) | 864 | 920 | 56 years |
Berthold IV | Henneberg-Schleusingen (HRE) | 1284 | 1340 | 56 years |
Mwezi IV | Burundi | 1852 | 1908 | 56 years |
Sargon | Akkadian Empire (Iraq) | 2270 BC | 2215 BC | 55 years |
Mu | Zhou (China) | 977 BC | 922 BC | 55 years |
Manasseh | Judah (Israel) | 697 BC | 642 BC | 55 years |
Vijayabahu I | Polonnaruwa (Sri Lanka) | 1056 | 1111 | 55 years |
Lý Nhân Tông | Lý Dynasty (Viet Nam) | 1072 | 1127 | 55 years |
Alaungsithu | Pagan (Burma) | 1112 | 1167 | 55 years |
Heinrich II | Hoya (HRE) | 1235 | 1290 | 55 years |
Parâkramabâhu VI | Kotte (Sri Lanka) | 1412 | 1467 | 55 years |
Eberhard I[24] | Waldburg-Sonnenburg (HRE) | 1424 | September 22, 1479 | 55 years |
Nguyễn Hoàng | Nguyễn Lords (Viet Nam) | 1558 | 1613 | 55 years |
Pangeran Ratu | Banten (Java) | 1596 | 1651 | 55 years |
Ismail | Morocco | 1672 | 1727 | 55 years |
Janoji Nimbalkar | Phaltan | 1693 | 1748 | 55 years |
Karl Wilhelm | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg (HRE) | 1694 | 1749 | 55 years |
Thutmose III | Ancient Egypt | 1479 BC | 1425 BC | 54 years |
Wu | Wei (China) | 812 BC | 758 BC | 54 years |
Psamtik I | Ancient Egypt | 664 BC | 610 BC | 54 years |
Wu | Han (China) | 141 BC | 87 BC | 54 years |
Renzong | Western Xia (China) | 1139 | 1193 | 54 years |
Heinrich III | Solms-Braunfels (HRE) | 1258 | 1312 | 54 years |
Jean I | Armagnac (France) | 1319 | May 16, 1373 | 54 years |
Johann VI | Salm-Badenweiler (HRE) | 1451 | 1505 | 54 years |
Magdalena Christina | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg (HRE) | 1661 | 1715 | 54 years |
Kejeruan Junjungan | Serdang (Sumatra) | 1728 | 1782 | 54 years |
Ntare IV | Burundi | 1796 | 1850 | 54 years |
Hkun Yon | Mong Pai (Burma) | July 1836 | February 1891 | 54 years |
Jinpyeong | Silla (Korea) | 579 | 632 | 53 years |
Chongzong | Western Xia (China) | 1086 | 1139 | 53 years |
Henry IV | Luxembourg (HRE) | 1136 | 1189 | 53 years |
Heinrich III | Upper Salm (HRE) | 1240 | 1293 | 53 years |
Heinrich II | Castell Elder Line (HRE) | 1254 | 1307 | 53 years |
Johann II | Holstein-Kiel (HRE) | 1263 | 1316 | 53 years |
Engelbert | Sayn-Homburg (HRE) | 1283 | 1336 | 53 years |
Sao Nam Nam | Kengtung | 1364 | 1417 | 53 years |
Diether I | Isenburg-Büdingen (HRE) | 1408 | November 20, 1461 | 53 years |
Wilhelm II | Castell (HRE) | 1426 | 1479 | 53 years |
Johanette | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-Altenkirchen (HRE) | 1648 | September 28, 1701 | 53 years |
Sao Yun | Yawnghwe (Burma) | 1762 | 1815 | 53 years |
Shrinivasrao Parashuram | Aundh | June 11, 1848 | 1901 | 53 years |
Bimbisara | Magadha Empire | 543 BC | 491 BC | 52 years |
Fan Yi | Champa | 284 | 336 | 52 years |
Guillaume III | Alençon | 1119 | 1171 | 52 years |
Rapoto I | Ortenburg (HRE) | 1134 | 1186 | 52 years |
Henry I | Brabant (HRE) | 1183 | September 5, 1235 | 52 years |
Johann VIII | Salm-Badenweiler (HRE) | 1548 | 1600 | 52 years |
Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat | Maguindanao (Philippines) | 1619 | 1671 | 52 years |
Rajasinghe II | Kandy (Sri Lanka) | 1635 | 1687 | 52 years |
Lone Horn | Lakota | 1823 | October 15, 1875 | 52 years |
Azad Khan | Kharan (Pakistan) | 1833 | 1885 | 52 years |
Hui | Wei (China) | 370 BC | 319 BC | 51 years |
Alfonso II | Asturias (Spain) | 791 | 842 | 51 years |
Vinayaditya | Hoysala Empire | 1047 | 1098 | 51 years |
Sizzo III | Schwarzburg (HRE) | 1109 | June 19, 1160 | 51 years |
Balduin IV | Hainaut (HRE) | 1120 | November 8, 1171 | 51 years |
Adolf I | Mark (HRE) | 1198 | June 28, 1249 | 51 years |
Robert II | Artois (France) | September 1250 | July 11, 1302 | 51 years |
Hermann III | Henneberg-Aschach-Römhild (HRE) | 1352 | 1403 | 51 years |
Froben Ferdinand | Fürstenberg-Messkirch (HRE) | 1684 | 1735 | 51 years |
Duhaga | Bunyoro (Uganda) | 1731 | 1782 | 51 years |
Franz Wenzel | Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainsbach (HRE) | 1760 | 1811 | 51 years |
Alphonsus Adrianus (Nai Kau Sonbai) | Sonbai Besar (West Timor) | 1768 | 1819 | 51 years |
Tun Ali bin Tun Koris | Pahang (Malaysia) | 1806 | 1857 | 51 years |
Pantsachiv Shankarrao Chimnajirao | Bhor (India) | February 12, 1871 | July 1922 | 51 years |
Mentuhotep II | Ancient Egypt | 2060 BC | 2010 BC | 50 years |
Hantili II | Hittite Empire | 1500 BC | 1450 BC | 50 years |
Brahmāthat | Ancient Chanthaburi (Thailand) | 856 BC | 806 BC | 50 years |
Ping | China (Zhou Dynasty) | 770 BC | 720 BC | 50 years |
Wen | Zou (China) | 665 BC | 615 BC | 50 years |
Xiang | Zhao (China) | 475 BC | 425 BC | 50 years |
Xuan | Qi (China) | 455 BC | 405 BC | 50 years |
An Dương Vương | Thục Dynasty (Ancient Viet Nam) | 257 BC | 207 BC | 50 years |
Bhavavarman I | Khmer Empire | 550 | 600 | 50 years |
Arechis I | Benevento (Italy) | 591 | 641 | 50 years |
Shengzong | Liao Dynasty (China) | 981 | 1031 | 50 years |
Kulothunga Chola I | Chola Dynasty (India) | 1070 | 1120 | 50 years |
Hermann II | Salm (HRE) | 1088 | 1138 | 50 years |
Géraud III | Armagnac (France) | 1110 | 1160 | 50 years |
Salentin IV | Nieder-Isenburg (HRE) | 1370 | 1420 | 50 years |
Friedrich III | Fürstenberg-Baar (HRE) | 1509 | 1559 | 50 years |
August | Anhalt-Plötzkau (HRE) | 1603 | August 22, 1653 | 50 years |
Ludwig Wilhelm August Egon | Fürstenberg-Weitra (HRE) | 1709 | November 10, 1759 | 50 years |
Janrao II Nimbalkar | Phaltan | 1777 | 1827 | 50 years |
Sao Kin Maung | Möngmit (Burma) | 1887 | 1937 | 50 years |
See also
- List of longest ruling non-royal leaders
- List of longest reigning current monarchs
- List of shortest reigning monarchs of all time
- Lists of notable state leaders
- Records of heads of state
Notes
- ^ He was proclaimed king at the age of four months, and his grandmother, Labotsibeni Mdluli, acted as regent until 22 December 1921: Swaziland National Trust Commission website, retrieved 29 August 2008. TheRoyalist.net takes the date of succession as the date on which his grandmother handed over the royal duties to him, not when he was proclaimed king.
- ^ Heinrich XI succeeded to the throne as Count of Reuss-Obergreiz in 1723 on the death of his brother, Heinrich IX (all male members of the family were named Heinrich in order of birth, even across cousins). In 1778 he became the first Prince of Reuss Elder Line. German Wikipedia: Heinrich XI. (Reuß-Greiz)
- ^ Count Johann Ludwig was born posthumously, after the death of his father Count Johann II on July 25, 1472; he succeeded to the throne at birth.
- ^ also a long-serving Holy Roman Emperor as Friedrich III
- ^ New Zealand administered Western Samoa first as a League of Nations Mandate and then as a United Nations trusteeship until the country received its independence on 1 January 1962 as Western Samoa.
- ^ Also known as Eleanor of Aquitaine, Aliénor was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right, although medieval law dictated that her various husbands (Louis VII of France, Henry II of England) and sons (Richard I and John of England) reign with her jointly.
- ^ Philipp II ruled as co-ruler with his brother till 1442 when they divided their inheritances.
- ^ His father died in his early twenties, and as Kangxi was not able to rule in his minority, the Emperor Shunzhi appointed Sonin, Suksaha, Ebilun, and Oboi as the Four Regents. Sonin died soon after his granddaughter was made the Empress, Heseli, leaving Suksaha at odds with Oboi politically. In a fierce power struggle, Oboi had Suksaha put to death, and seized absolute power as sole Regent. For a while Kangxi and the Court accepted this arrangement. In 1669 the Emperor arrested Oboi with help from the Xiao Zhuang Grand Dowager Empress and began to take control of the country himself.
- ^ Ulrich V was Count of all Württemberg until its partition between Württemberg-Urach and Württemberg-Stuttgart in 1442. He continued as Count of the latter branch until his death in 1480.
- ^ Indonesian wikipedia: Pakubuwana_XII
- ^ Johann Jakob I succeeded as Truchsess (Archsteward), and was raised to the rank of Graf (Count) in 1628.
- ^ Al-Mustansir Billah had the longest recorded reign of any Muslim ruler, according to his biographical entry in the Encyclopaedia of Islam, written by H. A. R. Gibb and Paul Kraus (see online version).
- ^ Al-Sabah Dynasty
- ^ German Wikipedia: Haus Waldburg
- ^ Wilhelm "The Rich" was Wilhelm I of Cleves and Wilhelm V of Jülich-Berg.
- ^ Guillaume II (or William II) was better known, from 1066, as William I "The Conqueror" of England.
- ^ German Wikipedia: Wilhelm der Ältere von Waldburg-Trauchburg
- ^ German Wikipedia: Haus Waldburg
- ^ Pepi II's figure has been disputed by some Egyptologists who favour a shorter reign length of 64 years, given the absence of attested dates known for Pepi after his 31st Count, which would equate to 62 years assuming the count to be biennial.
- ^ Japanese legendary emperors, according to the ancient Japanese calendar, ruled for very long terms of 60-70 years each. The longest ruler of the legendary emperors, Emperor Kōan, was claimed to have ruled for about 101 years. These figures are not included in the table because they are regarded as inaccurate by modern scholars.
- ^ Johann Philipp succeeded to the Lordship of Stadion at age 14 in 1666, was raised to Baron in 1686 and Reichsgraf (Count) in 1704.
- ^ Shapur II was crowned in utero: the crown was placed upon his mother's belly. This child, named Shapur, was therefore born king; the government was conducted by his mother and the magnates.
- ^ Ernst II ruled jointly with Friedrich VIII in the years 1602-13, but then ruled for 57 years as sole monarch.
- ^ German Wikipedia: Grafschaft Sonnenberg