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Bottom left: Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands for 58 years from 1890 to 1948, is the longest-reigning female monarch outside the United Kingdom. Bottom right: Margrethe II was Queen of Denmark for 52 years, from 1972 until her abdication in 2024; she is the most recent female monarch of a sovereign state.
Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch, reigned from 6 February 1952 until her death on 8 September 2022.. The following is a list, ordered by length of reign, of the monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1927–present), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922), the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801), the Kingdom of England (871 ...
The longest reigning female monarch is Elizabeth II, who was the Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, and was a constitutional monarch.She was Queen of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, [1] for 70 years, from 6 February 1952 until her death aged 96 on 8 September 2022.
The following are the 25 longest-reigning monarchs of states who were internationally recognised as sovereign for most or all of their reign. Byzantine emperors Constantine VIII and Basil II, reigning for 66 years in total (962–1028) and for 65 years in total (960–1025) respectively, are not included, because for part of those periods they reigned only nominally as junior co-emperors ...
She was the longest currently serving head of state and longest currently reigning monarch from 2016 until her death on 8 September 2022. [ 6 ] Since the abdication of Margrethe II of Denmark on 14 January 2024, there are currently no female sovereigns in the world, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] for the first time in over 200 years.
Margrethe II. Margrethe II (Danish: [mɑˈkʁeˀtə]; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024. Having reigned for exactly 52 years, she was the second-longest reigning Danish monarch after ...
Longest-reigning Polish monarch Jagiellon: King Władysław III English: Ladislaus III of Varna Polish: Władysław III Warneńczyk 25 July 1434 – 10 November 1444 (10 years, 109 days) 31 October 1424 Kraków
The shortest-reigning monarch was Lady Jane Grey who ruled for 9 days from 6 July until 15 July 1553 (although she was only proclaimed queen by the Lords of the council on 10 July). Her husband Lord Guildford Dudley was her consort for the entire reign, making this the shortest tenure of the male consort of a female monarch.