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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 ...
The longest reigning female monarch of a completely sovereign state is Elizabeth II, who was the Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. She was Queen of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, [note 1] for 70 years, from 6 February 1952 until her death aged 96 on 8 September 2022. [10]
Hassanal Bolkiah, the longest-reigning existing monarch. This is a list of reigning monarchs sorted by length of service.. This list includes monarchs who do not reign over entire nations, such as Muhammad V of Kelantan, but does not include former monarchs and pretenders, such as Simeon II of Bulgaria, ex officio monarchs such as Emmanuel Macron who in his capacity as President of France is ...
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A look at the world's longest-reigning kings and queens throughout history, including the late Queen Elizabeth II
King Bhumibol Adulyadej was the world's longest-reigning monarch, credited with restoring the influence of Thailand's royalty during 70 years on the throne.
He acceded to the throne in July 615 and ruled until his death. Pakal reigned 68 years [N 2] —the fifth-longest verified regnal period of any sovereign monarch in history, the longest in world history for more than a millennium, [N 3] [2] and still the longest reign of any monarch in the history of the Americas.
The longest reign of a British monarch is that of Elizabeth II (70 years, 214 days) between 6 February 1952 and 8 September 2022. The second-longest reign is the 63 years 216 days of Victoria between 1837 and 1901. Queen Elizabeth II's reign became longer than Queen Victoria's on 9 September 2015. [1]