The list of the longest Reigning Monarchs in History sorted by their reign length.
Table
editNo. | Portrait | Name | State | Reign | ||
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From | To | Reign Length | ||||
1 | Min Hti (1273-1374) |
Launggyet Dynasty of Arakan (Myanmar) | 1279 | 1374 | 95 years | |
2 | Pepi II Neferkare[a] (2284 - 2184 BC) |
Egypt (Old Kingdom) | 2278 BC | 2184 BC | 94 years | |
3 | Taejo[b] (47-146) |
Goguryeo (Korea) | 53 | 146[c] | 93 years | |
4 | Nintoku[d] (290-399) |
Japan (Kofun period) | 313 | 399 | 86 years | |
5 | Sobhuza II[e] (1899-1982) |
Swaziland (British protectorate until 1968) | 10 December 1899 | 21 August 1982 | 82 years, 254 days | |
6 | Bernhard VII (1428-1511) |
Lippe (Holy Roman Empire) | 11 August 1429 | 2 April 1511 | 81 years, 234 days | |
7 | Udai Pratap Nath Shah Deo (1866-1950) |
Chotanagpur (British Raj) | 9 July 1869 | 21 September 1950 | 81 years, 74 days | |
8 | Abd al-Muttalib (497-578) |
Quraysh (Mecca, Saudi Arabia) | 497 | 578 | 81 years | |
9 | Ermanaric[f] (291-376) |
Oium (Ukraine) | 296 | 376 | 80 years | |
10 | Hanayos (c. 660-749) |
Hariphunchai (Thailand) | 669 | 749 | ||
11 | Maeda Tsunanori (1643-1724) |
Kaga Domain (Tokugawa shogunate, Japan) | 30 April 1645 | 29 June 1724 [g] | 79 years, 60 days | |
12 | Jangsu (394-291) |
Goguryeo (Korea) | 412 | 491 | 79 years | |
13 | Sigismondo III (1647-1732) |
Este and San Martino in Rio (Holy Roman Empire) | 1653 | 28 August 1732 | ||
14 | William IV (1478-1559) |
Henneberg-Schleusingen (Holy Roman Empire) | 26 May 1480 | 24 January 1559 | 78 years, 243 days | |
15 | Karansinhji II Vajirajji (1846-1924) |
Lakhtar State [h] | 15 June 1846 | 8 August 1924 | 78 years, 54 days | |
16 | An Dương Vương (290-179 BC) |
Âu Lạc (Vietnam) | 257 BC | 179 BC | 78 years | |
17 | Heinrich XI[i] (1722-1800) |
Reuss-Obergreiz (Holy Roman Empire) | 17 March 1723 | 28 June 1800 | 77 years, 103 days | |
18 | Abu'l-Jaysh Ishaq ibn Ibrahim (c. 900-981) |
Ziyadid dynasty (Yemen) | 904 | 981 | 77 years | |
19 | Azmat Tallah Khan (1680-1760) |
Rajouri (Mughal Empire) | 1683 | 1760 | ||
20 | Mirian III (277-361) |
Kingdom of Iberia (Georgia) | 284 | 361 | ||
21 | Raisingh Deo (c.1680-1762) |
Patna (Mughal Empire, later Maratha Empire) | 1685 | 1762 | ||
22 | Idrus ibni Muhammad Al-Qadri (1927-2005) |
Tampin (Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia) (part of British Malaya until 1957) | 31 May 1929 | 26 December 2005 | 76 years, 209 days | |
23 | Jadunath Singh Mangaraj (1595-1675) |
Khandpara (Mughal Empire) | 1599 | 1675 | 76 years | |
24 | John Philip I (1652-1742) |
Stadion (Holy Roman Empire) | 1666 | 2 January 1742 | ||
25 | Mulla Ismail (c. 1665-1752) |
Dir (Mughal Empire) |
1676 | 1752 | ||
26 | William I the Elder (1488-1570) |
Sayn-Wittgenstein (Holy Roman Empire) | 1494 | 18 April 1570 | ||
27 | Christian August (1622-1708) |
Palatinate-Sulzbach (Holy Roman Empire) | 14 August 1632 | 23 April 1708 | 75 years, 243 days | |
28 | Bishan Chandra Jenamuni (1818-1900) |
Rairakhol State [h] | 13 March 1825 | 10 June 1900 | 75 years, 89 days | |
29 | Charles I (1394-1472) |
Eu (France) | 16 June 1397 | 25 July 1472 | 75 years, 39 days | |
30 | Raja Abhiram Singh (c. 1740-1818) |
Saraikela (Maratha Empire, later British East India Company) | 1743 | 1818 | 75 years | |
31 | Sauromaces I (c. 250-159 BC) |
Kingdom of Iberia (Georgia) | 234 BC | 159 BC | ||
32 | Tai Wu (c.1500-1411 BC) |
Shang dynasty (China) | 1486 BC | 1411 BC | ||
33 | Vakhtang I Gorgasali (439-522) |
Kingdom of Iberia (Georgia) | 447 | 522 | ||
34 | Uthiyan Cheralathan (c. 40-130) | Chera dynasty (India) | 55 | 130 | ||
35 | Mudhoji IV Rao Naik Nimbalkar (1838-1916) |
Phaltan State [h] | 7 December 1841 | 17 October 1916 | 74 years, 315 days | |
36 | Bhagvatsingh Sahib (1865-1944) |
Gondal State (British Raj) | 14 December 1869 | 10 March 1944 | 74 years, 87 days | |
37 | Johann III (1315-1398) |
Sponheim-Starkenburg (Holy Roman Empire) | 1324 | 30 December 1398 | 74 years | |
38 | Yo-Tha (c. 1190-1271) |
Hariphunchai (Thailand) | 1197 | 1271 | ||
39 | George William (1784-1860) |
Schaumburg-Lippe [j][k] | 13 February 1787 | 21 November 1860 | 73 years, 282 days | |
40 | Charles Frederick (1728-1811) |
Baden (Holy Roman Empire until 1806) | 12 May 1738 | 10 June 1811 | 73 years, 29 days | |
41 | John I (1330-1407) |
Leuchtenberg (Holy Roman Empire) | 23 November 1334 | 2 December 1407 | 73 years, 9 days | |
42 | Afonso I Henriques (c. 1109-1185) |
County of Portugal (1112–1139) Kingdom of Portugal (1139-1185) |
1112[l] | 6 December 1185 | 73 years | |
43 | Deria Hassan (1855-1943) |
Isaaq Sultanate (British Somaliland from 1884) | 1870 | 1943 | ||
44 | Gangesvara Anantvarman Chodaganga Deva (1077-1150) |
Eastern Ganga (India) | 1077 | 1150 | ||
45 | Tezozomoc (1320-1426) |
Azcapotzalco (Mexico) | 1353 | 1426 | ||
46 | John III Louis (1472-1545) |
Nassau-Saarbrücken (Holy Roman Empire) | 19 October 1472 | 4 June 1545 | 72 years, 229 days [m] | |
47 | Louis XIV (1638-1715) |
14 May 1643 | 1 September 1715 | 72 years, 110 days | ||
48 | Itō Nagatomo (1764-1850) |
Okada Domain (Tokugawa shogunate, Japan) | 17 July 1778 | 19 July 1850 | 72 years, 2 days | |
49 | Grigor II (c.1085-1166) |
Syunik (Armenia) | 1094 | 1166 | 72 years | |
50 | Raja Sang Tawal (Abdullah) (c. 1255-1339) |
Kelantan (Malaysia) | 1267 | 1339 | ||
51 | Ernest II (1594-1670) |
Oettingen-Wallerstein (Holy Roman Empire) | 7 September 1598 | 3 March 1670 | 71 years, 177 days | |
52 | Henry Frederick (1625-1699) |
Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Holy Roman Empire) | 29 January 1628 | 2 June 1699 | 71 years, 124 days | |
53 | Arwa al-Sulayhi (1048-1138) |
Sulayhid Sultanate (Yemen) | 1067 | 5 May 1138 | 71 years | |
54 | Heinrich VIII the Noble (1414-1490) |
Fürstenberg-Wolfach (Holy Roman Empire) | Late 1419 | 30 November 1490 | ||
55 | Jagatjit Singh (1872-1949) |
Kapurthala State (British Raj) | 3 September 1877 | 20 August 1948 | 70 years, 352 days | |
56 | Parashuramrao Shrinivas (1777-1848) |
Aundh State (Maratha Empire, later British East India Company) | 30 August 1777 | 11 June 1848 | 70 years, 286 days | |
57 | Henryk IX Starszy (1389-1467) |
Żagań-Głogów (Bohemia) | 14 March 1397 | 11 November 1467 | 70 years, 242 days | |
58 | Elizabeth II (1926-2022) |
[n] | 6 February 1952 | 8 September 2022 | 70 years, 214 days[o] | |
59 | Rama IX (Bhumibol Adulyadej) (1927-2016) |
Thailand | 9 June 1946 | 13 October 2016 | 70 years, 126 days | |
60 | Johann II (1840-1929) |
Liechtenstein | 12 November 1858 | 11 February 1929 | 70 years, 91 days | |
61 | Werner von Salm-Reifferscheidt (1545-1629) |
Salm-Reifferscheid (Holy Roman Empire) | 31 October 1559 | 16 December 1629 | 70 years, 46 days | |
62 | Carl I August (1757-1828) |
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach[p] | 28 May 1758 | 14 June 1828 | 70 years, 17 days |
W.I.P
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