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There are and have been throughout recorded history a great many ... Kingdom of Denmark (pre 714 [1] –1848; became constitutional monarchy ... (1918–1929 ...
There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707. England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603; while the style, "King of Great Britain" first arose at that time, legislatively the title came into force in 1707.
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 monarchy was abolished again on 14 April 1931, first by the Second Spanish Republic – which lasted until 1 April 1939 – and subsequently by the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, who ruled until his death on 20 November 1975. Monarchy was restored on 22 November 1975 under Juan Carlos I, who was also the monarch until his abdication in 2014.
1 y 6 mo 18 d: Saturday, 9 August 1902 [l] Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury George V - article: Mary of Teck: 6 May 1910: 1 y 1 mo 16 d: Thursday, 22 June 1911: Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury Edward VIII - article [m] 20 January 1936 — — — George VI - article: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon: 11 December 1936: 5 mo 1 d ...
Since that time, the eldest sons of all English monarchs, except for King Edward III, [a] have borne this title. After the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, her cousin King James VI of Scotland inherited the English crown as James I of England, joining the crowns of England and Scotland in personal union .
1929 : Returned to Haiti: 8 October 1945 : Guadeloupe: Napoleon III Emperor of the French: 20 April 1808 : 2 December 1852: 4 September 1870: Abdication (Third Republic declared) 9 January 1873 : Guatemala: Augustine I Emperor of Mexico: 27 September 1783 : 19 May 1822 : 19 March 1823 : Abdication (Republic declared) 19 July 1824 : Haiti ...
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 ...