Talk:List of longest-reigning monarchs

I did a brief search to find out who the next monarchs on the first list would be. If you know of any other monarch with a longer reign than those mentioned, you can add him.

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No.	Portrait	Name	State	Reign		Duration		Ref.
				From	To	(days)	(years, days)
26		Wilhelmina	Netherlands	23 November 1890	4 September 1948	21,104	57 years, 286 days	[1]
26		Alfonso VIII	Castile	31 August 1158	5 October 1214	20,489	56 years, 35 days	[2]
27		Henry III	England	19 October 1216	16 November 1272	20,482	56 years, 28 days	[3]
28		Lý Nhân Tông	Đại Việt	3 February 1072	15 January 1128	20,434	55 years, 346 days	[4]
29		Rainier III	Monaco	9 May 1949	6 April 2005	20,421	55 years, 332 days	[5]
30		Victor Amadeus II	Savoy	12 June 1675	3 September 1730	20,171	55 years, 83 days	[6]
31		Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif	Morocco	14 April 1672	22 March 1727	20,064	54 years, 342 days	[7]
32		Renzong	Western Xia (China)	1 July 1139	16 October 1193	19,831	54 years, 107 days	[8]
33		Han Wudi	Han Dynasty (China)	7 March 141 BC	29 March 87 BC	19,745	54 years, 22 days	[9]
34		Thutmose III	Egypt	28 April 1479 BC	11 March 1425 BC	19,675	53 years, 317 days	[10]
35		Frederick III	Holy Roman Empire	2 February 1440	19 August 1493	19,557	53 years, 198 days	[11][12]
36		Cosimo III	Tuscany	23 May 1670	31 October 1723	19,518	53 years, 161 days	[13]
37		John II	Navarre	8 September 1425	20 January 1479	19,492	53 years, 134 days	[14]
38		Chongzong	Western Xia (China)	11 September 1086	1 July 1139	19,285	52 years, 293 days	[15]
39		Eric III	Norway	8 September 1389	4 June 1442	19,261	52 years, 269 days	[16]
40		Frederick I	Sicily	17 May 1198	13 December 1250	19,203	52 years, 210 days	[17]
41		Carl XVI Gustaf	Sweden	15 September 1973	still reigning	19,330	52 years, 337 days	[18]
42		Margrethe II	Denmark	14 January 1972	14 January 2024	18,993	52 years, 0 days	[19]
43		Tahmasp I	Persia	23 May 1524	14 May 1576	18,984	51 years, 357 days	[20]
44		Casimir	Lithuania	29 June 1440	7 June 1492	18,971	51 years, 344 days	[21]
45		Haakon VII	Norway	18 November 1905	21 September 1957	18,935	51 years, 307 days	[22]
46		Ibn Saud	List Emirate of Riyadh (1902–1913) Emirate of Nejd and Hasa (1913–1921) Sultanate of Nejd (1921–1926) Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (1926–1932) Saudi Arabia (1932–1953)	13 January 1902	9 November 1953	18,928	51 years, 300 days	[23]
47		Said bin Sultan	Oman	20 November 1804	4 June 1856	18,824	51 years, 197 days	[24]
48		Yeongjo	Joseon (Korea)	26 October 1724	22 April 1776	18,806	51 years, 179 days	[25]
49		Henry IV	Holy Roman Empire	17 July 1054	31 December 1105	18,794	51 years, 167 days	[26]
50		Franz Joseph II	Liechtenstein	25 July 1938	13 November 1989	18,739	51 years, 111 days	[27]

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Historygeographyknowledge (talk) 12:24, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Amazing although what about Thutmose III and Nguyễn Hoàng. Also weren't Savoy and Tuscany apart of the Holy Roman Empire. S302921 (talk) 07:40, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment. I will add Thutmose III. As for Nguyễn Hoàng, it appears that he was a feudal lord within the Lê Dynasty.

Italian states ceased to be part of the HRE at the Peace of Westphalia, in 1648. But thank you for Thutmose III.There are many Egyptian pharaohs, have I missed more? 177.91.168.2 (talk) 09:15, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Also that about the subjects of photos i found photos for a couple monarchs online. I'm not sure if these are alk fulky reliable sources but still then.

Karansinhji II Vajirajji : https://www.indianrajputs.com/i/t/i/lakhtar-Thakore-Sahib-KARANSINHJI-VAJIRAJJI-C-S-I-Thakore-Sahib-of-Lakhtar-1846-1924--1.jpg

Ram Singh : https://www.indianrajputs.com/i/t/i/thumb800_bundi-HH-Maharao-Raja-Ram-Singh-Ji-Bahadur-1.jpg

Wakhat Singh : https://www.indianrajputs.com/i/t/i/thumb800_lunawada-His-Highness-Maharaja-Shri-VAKHAT-SINHJI-K-C-I-E-22nd-Maharana-of-Lunawada-1867-1929-1.jpg

Nahar Singh : https://www.indianrajputs.com/i/t/i/shahpura_state-Rajadhiraj-Nahar-Singh-1.png S302921 (talk) 09:45, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm not experienced at uploading photos and wasn't sure about the source but these could still possibly be used here. S302921 (talk) 09:46, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Is the King of Spain Charles III, who ruled Spain for 29 years, and before that was the King of Naples and Sicily for another 25 years, considered? Андрій ЯЧ (talk) 23:20, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Андрій ЯЧ No, because his reign was over completely separate states, unlike somebody like Ferdinand III who still ruled over Sicily for about 65 years. S302921 (talk) 14:49, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

He should be added, he was monarch for 58 years. Not of the same country but those it matter wehn he sat of 3 thrones? Miloradovan (talk) 18:54, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

Looking back, this is a list of longest-reigning monarchs, not list of longest-reigning state monarchs. So maybe. Pe Class Heroes010210 (talk) 09:35, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Replying so this doesn't get archived. S302921 (talk) 17:16, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

An addendum. Credits to the Portuguese page. It was the one that gave me the basis for this list. Historygeographyknowledge (talk) 09:36, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Replying to avoid this from getting archived S302921 (talk) 19:04, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Replying so it doesn't get archived. S302921 (talk) 16:59, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

^ S302921 (talk) 17:11, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Replying so this does not get archived again but hold on, if Italian states after 1648 were de facto independent from the Holy Roman Empire, wouldn't that mean Mary Teresa Cybo-Malaspina qualifies for the main list? I did some research and it seems it was only a nominal fief to the Holy Roman Empire (much like the Duchy of Savoy). If there exists no objections may I move her to the first listing? Pe Class Heroes010210 (talk) 09:34, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

I did a brief search to find who would be next for the second list. Feel free to add any more monarchs if you find them here. (W.I.P)

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No.	Portrait	Name	State	Reign		Duration		Ref.
				From	To	(days)	(years, days)
101		John Dominic	Salm-Kyrburg (Holy Roman Empire)	16 October 1716	2 June 1778	22,509	61 years, 229 days
102		Philipp IV	Waldeck-Wildungen (Holy Roman Empire)	28 May 1513	30 November 1574	22,466	61 years, 186 days
103		Wakhatsinhji II Dalelsinhji	Lunavada State (British Raj)	31 October 1867	27 April 1929	22,458	61 years, 178 days
104		Ludwig Gustav	Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (Holy Roman Empire)	20 September 1635	21 February 1697	22,435	61 years, 154 days
105		Paku Alam VIII	Pakualaman (part of Dutch East Indies until 1945 and part of Indonesia since 1945)	12 April 1937	11 September 1998	22,432	61 years, 152 days
106		Johan Frans Desideratus	Nassau-Siegen (Holy Roman Empire)	27 July 1638	17 December 1699	22,423	61 years, 143 days
107		Kamei Koremasa	Tsuwano Domain (Tokugawa shogunate, Japan)	22 September 1619	6 February 1681	22,418	61 years, 137 days
108		Victor Amadeus	Anhalt-Bernburg (Holy Roman Empire)	22 September 1656	14 February 1718	22,414	61 years, 135 days
109		Isipum	Geumgwan Gaya (Gaya confederacy)	8 July 346	4 October 407	22,368	61 years, 88 days	[1][2]
110		Lakshman Singh, Maharawal of Banswara	Banswara State[a]	2 February 1844	29 April 1905	22,366	61 years, 86 days	[citation needed]
111		Ulrich V	Württemberg-Stuttgart (Holy Roman Empire)	2 July 1419	1 September 1480	22,342	61 years, 61 days[b]
112		Christian Ernest	Stolberg-Wernigerode (Holy Roman Empire)	27 August 1710	25 October 1771	22,339	61 years, 59 days
113		Ranbir Singh	Jind State (British Raj)	7 March 1887	31 March 1948	22,304	61 years, 24 days[c]	[citation needed]
114		Ernest Louis	Hesse-Darmstadt (Holy Roman Empire)	31 August 1678	12 September 1739	22,291	61 years, 12 days
115		Johann Friedrich I [de; bg]	Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen (Holy Roman Empire)	11 October 1641	17 October 1702	22,285	61 years, 6 days
116		Wilhelm Moritz II	Isenburg-Philippseich (Holy Roman Empire)	8 March 1711	7 March 1772	22,280	60 years, 365 days
117		Albrecht I	Werdenberg-Heiligenberg (Holy Roman Empire)	25 March 1307	1 October 1367 [d]	22,105	60 years, 190 days
118		Adolf III	Schauenburg and Holstein (Holy Roman Empire)	6 July 1164	3 January 1225	22,096	60 years, 181 days
119		Krishna Chandra Mardraj Harichandan	Nilagiri State[a]	22 November 1832	11 May 1893	22,085	60 years, 170 days
120		Leopold Louis	Palatinate-Veldenz (Holy Roman Empire)	3 June 1634	29 September 1694	22,033	60 years, 118 days
121		Friedrich Günther	Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt [e]	28 April 1807	28 June 1867	21,976	60 years, 61 days	[3]
122		Johann Jakob I	Waldburg-Zeil (Holy Roman Empire)	4 May 1614[f]	18 April 1674	21,899	59 years, 349 days
123		Charles Louis Albert	Sayn-Wittgenstein-Neumagen (Holy Roman Empire)	22 October 1664	16 September 1724	21,878	59 years, 330 days
124		Ranjore Singh	Ajaigarh State (British Raj)	4 September 1859	7 June 1919	21,825	59 years, 276 days
125		Tozawa Masanobu	Shinjō Domain (Tokugawa shogunate, Japan)	7 August 1650	16 February 1710	21,742	59 years, 193 days
126		Francisca Christina	Thorn Abbey (Holy Roman Empire)	12 January 1717	16 July 1776	21,735	59 years, 186 days
127		Gustav Adolph	Mecklenburg-Güstrow (Holy Roman Empire)	23 April 1636	6 October 1695	21,715	59 years, 166 days
128		Carlo Filiberto I	Este and San Martino in Rio (Holy Roman Empire)	13 December 1592	26 May 1652	21,714	59 years, 165 days
129		Philipp VII	Falkenstein (Holy Roman Empire)	8 September 1349	18 January 1409	21,681	59 years, 132 days
130		Charles I	Hesse-Kassel (Holy Roman Empire)	21 November 1670	23 March 1730	21,671	59 years, 122 days
131		George Frederick I	Brandenburg-Ansbach (Holy Roman Empire)	27 December 1543	25 April 1603	21,669	59 years, 119 days
132		Tsugaru Masatake	Kuroishi Domain (Tokugawa shogunate, Japan)	1 November 1683	19 February 1743	21,659	59 years, 110 days
133		Heinrich XIV	Reuss-Plauen (Holy Roman Empire)	28 February 1476	8 June 1535	21,649	59 years, 100 days
134		Carl I Christian	Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (Holy Roman Empire)	17 January 1744	22 March 1803	21,613	59 years, 64 days
135		Abdul Halim	Kedah (Malaysia)	14 July 1958	11 September 2017	21,609	59 years, 59 days
136		Pakubuwono XII	Surakarta (Indonesia)	11 June 1945	11 June 2004	21,550	59 years, 0 days
137		Sophia Sibylla	Leiningen-Westerburg-Oberbronn (Holy Roman Empire)	13 April 1665	18 April 1724	21,544	58 years, 361 days
138		Barnim I	Pomerania (Holy Roman Empire)	23 January 1220	13 December 1278	21,509	58 years, 324 days
139		Hassanal Bolkiah	Brunei [g]	5 October 1967	still reigning	21,502	58 years, 317 days	[4]
140		Otto I	Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen (Holy Roman Empire)	14 October 1548	7 June 1607	21,420	58 years, 236 days
141		Raghunath Sekhar Deo	Gangpore State (British Raj)	28 October 1858	10 June 1917	21,409	58 years, 225 days
142		Ludovico I	Saluzzo (Holy Roman Empire)	10 January 1416	8 April 1475	21,373	58 years, 189 days
143 (tie)		Anna II	Quedlinburg Abbey (Holy Roman Empire)	2 October 1515	4 March 1574	21,338	58 years, 153 days
143 (tie)		Matsudaira Mitsunaga	Takada Domain (Tokugawa shogunate, Japan)	1 March 1623	1 August 1681	21,338	58 years, 153 days
145		Heinrich XIII	Reuss-Lower Greiz (Holy Roman Empire)	21 February 1675	14 April 1733	21,236	58 years, 52 days
146		Honoré I[h][6]	Monaco	22 August 1523	7 October 1581	21,231	58 years, 46 days
147		Augustus Francis Frederick	Castell-Remlingen (Holy Roman Empire)	8 April 1709	16 May 1767	21,222	58 years, 38 days
148		Rudolph Ferdinand	File:Counts of Lippe-Biesterfeld.jpg Lippe-Biesterfeld (Holy Roman Empire)	6 July 1678	12 July 1736	21,190	58 years, 6 days
149		Philipp I	Hesse-Philippsthal (Holy Roman Empire)	16 July 1663	18 June 1721	21,156	57 years, 337 days
150		Adolph Louis William	Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg (Holy Roman Empire)	18 January 1749	20 December 1806[i]	21,154	57 years, 336 days
151		Johann	Waldburg-Waldsee (Holy Roman Empire)	30 January 1667	25 December 1724	21,148	57 years, 330 days
152		Philipp I	Nassau-Weilburg (Holy Roman Empire)	20 September 1371	2 July 1429	21,104	57 years, 285 days
153		Heinrich XVIII	Reuss-Weida (Holy Roman Empire)	23 September 1404	27 June 1462	21,096	57 years, 277 days
154		Begum Samru	Sardhana (Maratha Empire, later British East India Company)	4 May 1778	27 January 1836	21,086	57 years, 268 days
155		Philipp I	Hesse (Holy Roman Empire)	11 July 1509	31 March 1567	21,082	57 years, 263 days
156		Osagawara Tadao	Kokura Domain (Japan)	3 December 1667	6 August 1725	21,065	57 years, 246 days
157		Albrecht I	Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (Holy Roman Empire)	16 November 1371	15 June 1429	21,030	57 years, 211 days
158		Moritz Kasimir I	Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda (Holy Roman Empire)	13 December 1710	2 June 1768	20,991	57 years, 172 days
159		Craft Anthony William	Oettingen-Katzenstein (Holy Roman Empire)	6 November 1693	25 April 1751	20,988	57 years, 170 days
160		Joseph Wilhelm Ernst	Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg (Holy Roman Empire)	21 November 1704	29 April 1762	20,978	57 years, 159 days
161		Charles	Nassau-Usingen (Holy Roman Empire)	14 February 1718	21 June 1775	20,946	57 years, 127 days
162		Benudar Bajradhar Narendra Mahapatra	Ranpur State [a]	16 March 1842	12 July 1899	20,937	57 years, 118 days
163		Wolfgang Julius	Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (Holy Roman Empire)	11 September 1641	26 December 1698	20,925	57 years, 106 days
164		Naitō Masatsuna	Iwamurada Domain (Tokugawa Shogunate, Japan)	20 December 1802	17 March 1860	20,907	57 years, 88 days
165		Albrecht I	Lower Bavaria (Holy Roman Empire)	11 October 1347	13 December 1404	20,882	57 years, 63 days
166		Henry II the Peaceful	Brunswick-Lüneburg (Holy Roman Empire)	14 October 1416	7 December 1473	20,873	57 years, 54 days
167		Karl Eusebius	Liechtenstein (Holy Roman Empire)	12 February 1627	5 April 1684	20,872	57 years, 53 days
168		Honoré II	Monaco	21 November 1604	10 January 1662	20,869	57 years, 50 days
169		Christian Ernst	Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Holy Roman Empire)	30 May 1655	20 May 1712	20,809	56 years, 356 days
170		Bernhard	Nassau-Beilstein (Holy Roman Empire)	25 May 1499	10 May 1556	20,804	56 years, 351 days
171		Henry XVI	Bavaria-Landshut (Holy Roman Empire)	4 December 1393	30 July 1450	20,691	56 years, 238 days
172		Karl Eugen	Württemberg (Holy Roman Empire)	12 March 1737	24 October 1793	20,680	56 years, 226 days
173		Hermann II	Baden (Holy Roman Empire)	25 April 1074	7 October 1130	20,618	56 years, 165 days
174		Abdul Majid Khan II	Savanur State (British Raj until 1947)	26 July 1892	20 August 1948 [j]	20,479	56 years, 26 days

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S302921 (talk) 18:24, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Replying so this does not get archived yet again like previously. Pe Class Heroes010210 (talk) 17:35, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Replying to avoid the archiving of it S302921 (talk) 17:13, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Replying… S302921 (talk) 19:07, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Replying so this doesn't get archived again. S302921 (talk) 16:50, 6 March 2025 (UTC) Replying to avoid this getting archived again. S302921 (talk) 22:12, 15 April 2025 (UTC) (Replying to avoid archiving of it). S302921 (talk) 11:44, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

It's difficult to put them in the table (Grote = Hermann Grote: Stammtafeln. Mit Anhang: Calendarium medii aevi (= Münzstudien. Bd. 9). Hahn, Leipzig 1877, (Digitalisat). ):

• George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (r. 1543-1603)
• Jan II the Good, Duke of Opole (r. 1476-1532)
• Bernard of Niemodlin (r. 1500-1450)
• Henry the Blind Luxemburg (r. 1136-1196)
• Albert I Werdenberg (r. 1307-1365)
• Victor Amadeus II of Savoy (r. 1675-1730)
• Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (r. 1298-1356)
• Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (r. 1347-1404)
• Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria (r. 1393-1450)
• Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (r. 1597-1651)
• Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (r. 1282-1338)
• Kara Yülük Osman (r. 1378-1435)
• Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik, Taïfa d'Albarracín (r. 1045-1103)

In connection with these two states, there are some disagreements as to who the French possession belonged to.

"In 1654, Charles II of Mantua sold the land of Senonches and part of that of Brezolles to François-Marie de Broglie, Count of Revel. His widow resold them in 1667 to Henri Jules de Bourbon-Condé, Duke of Enghien"

Pages 496 and 497 https://books.google.fr/books?id=Nkuf-LjescUC&pg=PA496&dq=%22vendit+la+terre+de+Senonches+et+une+partie+de+celle+de+Brezolles%22&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiKouj42e7rAhX1HzQIHQExC78Q6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q=%22vendit%20la%20terre%20de%20Senonches%20et%20une%20partie%20de%20celle%20de%20Brezolles%22&f=false

Comte of Broglie was styled by courtesy, Marquis of Senonches and Brezolles

page 54 https://books.google.fr/books?id=1uY2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA53&dq=%22marquis+de+S%C3%A9nonches,+de+Brezolles%22&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYtpOX6e7rAhURFzQIHS74B9cQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q=%22marquis%20de%20S%C3%A9nonches%2C%20de%20Brezolles%22&f=false Miloradovan (talk) 20:39, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

Per the arguments given on the "Who would be next" section, should these two be included on the main list? Because Italian states after 1648 were de facto independent and managed their own government whereas this is a list of longest-reigning monarchs not list of longest-reigning monarchs by state, hence why Elizabeth II's Jamaican reign is not counted separately. If there exists no objections I'll move them to the main list by next Friday. Pe Class Heroes010210 (talk) 09:39, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

I've gone ahead with the change, I feel like the first list could benefit from a top 30 and the second from a top 150/175/200 etc in order to align with eachother however that just make it too long Pe Class Heroes010210 (talk) 18:14, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Would Charles III of Spain really count? Unlike George III or Charles’ own son Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies, none of the various states he ruled were the legal successor/predecessor of the other. In fact, he had to abdicate his Italian thrones in order to take the Spanish throne. So while he technically served as a monarch for 57 years, would them being completely separate states with no continuity of government count for the purposes of this list? Illini11 (talk) 20:04, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Very interesting question, but per my argument above I feel it could count. Pe Class Heroes010210 (talk) 20:09, 17 July 2026 (UTC)