List of longest-reigning monarchs
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This is a list of the longest-reigning monarchs in history, detailing the monarchs and lifelong leaders who have reigned the longest, ranked by length of reign.
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This is a list of the longest-reigning monarchs in history, detailing the monarchs and lifelong leaders who have reigned the longest, ranked by length of reign.
| No. | Portrait | Name | State | Reign | Duration | Ref. | ||
| From | To | (days) | (years, days) | |||||
| 1 | | Louis XIV | mw- FranceAndorra | 14 May 1643 | 1 September 1715 | 26,407 | 72 years, 110 days | |
| 2 | | Elizabeth II | United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand | 6 February 1952 | 8 September 2022 | 25,782 | 70 years, 214 days | |
| 3 | | Rama IX | Thailand | 9 June 1946 | 13 October 2016 | 25,694 | 70 years, 126 days | |
| 4 | | Johann II | Liechtenstein | 12 November 1858 | 11 February 1929 | 25,658 | 70 years, 91 days | |
| 5 | | Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I | Palenque | 27 July 615 | 29 August 683 | 24,870 | 68 years, 33 days | |
| 6 | | Franz Joseph I | Austrian Empire (1848–1867) Austria-Hungary (1867–1916) | 2 December 1848 | 21 November 1916 | 24,825 | 67 years, 355 days | |
| 7 | | Chan Imix Kʼawiil | Copán | 5 February 628 | 15 June 695 | 24,602 | 67 years, 130 days | |
| 8 | | Ferdinand III | Sicily (1759–1816) Two Sicilies (1816–1825) | 6 October 1759 | 4 January 1825 | 23,831 | 65 years, 90 days | |
| 9 | | Victoria | United Kingdom | 20 June 1837 | 22 January 1901 | 23,226 | 63 years, 216 days | |
| 10 | | James I | Aragon | 12 September 1213 | 27 July 1276 | 22,964 | 62 years, 319 days | |
| 11 | | Emperor Shōwa | Empire of Japan (1926–1947) Japan (1947–1989) | 25 December 1926 | 7 January 1989 | 22,659 | 62 years, 13 days | |
| 12 | | Kangxi Emperor | Qing (China) | 5 February 1661 | 20 December 1722 | 22,597 | 61 years, 318 days | |
| 13 | | Honoré III | Monaco | 29 December 1731 | 13 January 1793 | 22,296 | 61 years, 15 days | |
| 14 | | Itzamnaaj Bahlam III | Yaxchilan | 20 October 681 | 15 June 742 | 22,153 | 60 years, 238 days | |
| 15 | | Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat | Quiriguá | 29 December 724 | 27 July 785 | 22,125 | 60 years, 210 days | |
| 16 | | Qianlong Emperor | Qing (China) | 18 October 1735 | 9 February 1796 | 22,029 | 60 years, 114 days | |
| 17 | | Christian IV | Denmark–Norway | 4 April 1588 | 28 February 1648 | 21,879 | 59 years, 330 days | |
| 18 | | George III | Electorate of Brunswick-Lunenburg (1760–1814) Kingdom of Hanover (1814–1820) Great Britain (1760–1800) Ireland (1760–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1820) | 25 October 1760 | 29 January 1820 | 21,644 | 59 years, 96 days | |
| 19 | | Louis XV | France Andorra | 1 September 1715 | 10 May 1774 | 21,436 | 58 years, 251 days | |
| 20 | | Pedro II | Brazil | 7 April 1831 | 15 November 1889 | 21,407 | 58 years, 222 days | |
| 21 | | Al-Mustansir Billah | Fatimid Caliphate | 13 June 1036 | 29 December 1094 | 21,383 | 58 years, 199 days | |
| 22 | | Nicholas I | Principality of Montenegro(1860–1910) Kingdom of Montenegro(1910–1918) | 13 August 1860 | 26 November 1918 | 21,288 | 58 years, 105 days | |
| 23 | | Wilhelmina | Netherlands | 23 November 1890 | 4 September 1948 | 21,104 | 57 years, 286 days | |
| 24 | | James VI | Scotland | 24 July 1567 | 27 March 1625 | 21,066 | 57 years, 246 days | |
| 25 | | Conrad I | Burgundy | 12 July 937 | 19 October 993 | 20,553 | 56 years, 99 days | |
| No. | Portrait | Name | State | Reign | Duration | Ref. | ||
| From | To | (days) | (years, days) | |||||
| 1 | | Sobhuza II | Swaziland (British protectorate until 1968) | 10 December 1899 | 21 August 1982 | 30,204 | 82 years, 254 days | |
| 2 | | Bernhard VII | Lippe (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 11 August 1429 | 2 April 1511 | 29,819 | 81 years, 234 days | |
| 3 | Udai Pratap Nath Shah Deo | Chotanagpur (part of British Raj) | 9 July 1869 | 21 September 1950 | 29,658 | 81 years, 74 days | ||
| 4 | | Maeda Tsunanori | Kaga Domain (part of Tokugawa shogunate, Japan) | 30 April 1645 | 29 June 1724 | 28,914 | 79 years, 60 days | |
| 5 | | William IV | Henneberg-Schleusingen (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 26 May 1480 | 24 January 1559 | 28,732 | 78 years, 243 days | |
| 6 | | Karansinhji II Vajirajji | Lakhtar State | 15 June 1846 | 8 August 1924 | 28,543 | 78 years, 54 days | |
| 7 | | Heinrich XI | Reuss-Obergreiz (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 17 March 1723 | 28 June 1800 | 28,227 | 77 years, 103 days | |
| 8 | Idrus ibni Muhammad Al-Qadri [ms] | Tampin (Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia) (part of British Malaya until 1957) | 31 May 1929 | 26 December 2005 | 27,968 | 76 years, 209 days | ||
| 9 | | Christian Augustus | Palatinate-Sulzbach (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 14 August 1632 | 23 April 1708 | 27,635 | 75 years, 243 days | |
| 10 | Bishan Chandra Jenamuni [simple] | Rairakhol State | 13 March 1825 | 10 June 1900 | 27,482 | 75 years, 89 days | ||
| 11 | | Charles I | Eu (part of France) | 16 June 1397 | 25 July 1472 | 27,433 | 75 years, 39 days | |
| 12 | | Mudhoji IV Rao Naik Nimbalkar [simple] | Phaltan State | 7 December 1841 | 17 October 1916 | 27,342 | 74 years, 315 days | |
| 13 | Eugen Erwein the Posthumous | Schönborn-Heusenstamm (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 27 January 1727 | 25 July 1801 | 27,207 | 74 years, 179 days | ||
| 14 | | Bhagvatsingh Sahib | Gondal State (part of British Raj) | 14 December 1869 | 10 March 1944 | 27,114 | 74 years, 87 days | |
| 15 | | George William | Schaumburg-Lippe | 13 February 1787 | 21 November 1860 | 26,944 | 73 years, 282 days | |
| 16 | | Afonso I Henriques | County of Portugal (part of Kingdom of León) (1112–1139) Kingdom of Portugal (1139–1185) | 22 May 1112 | 6 December 1185 | 26,861 | 73 years, 198 days | |
| 17 | | Charles Frederick | Baden (part of Holy Roman Empire until 1806) | 12 May 1738 | 10 June 1811 | 26,691 | 73 years, 29 days | |
| 18 | John I | Leuchtenberg (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 23 November 1334 | 2 December 1407 | 26,671 | 73 years, 9 days | ||
| 19 | | John III Louis | Nassau-Saarbrücken (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 19 October 1472 | 4 June 1545 | 26,526 | 72 years, 228 days | |
| 20 | Itō Nagatomo [ja] | Okada Domain (part of Tokugawa shogunate, Japan) | 17 July 1778 | 19 July 1850 | 26,299 | 72 years, 2 days | ||
| 21 | | Henry Frederick | Hohenlohe-Langenburg (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 29 January 1628 | 2 June 1699 | 26,057 | 71 years, 124 days | |
| 22 | | Victor-Maurice | Revello and Senonches (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 2 July 1656 | 4 August 1727 | 25,964 | 71 years, 33 days | |
| 23 | | Jagatjit Singh | Kapurthala State (part of British Raj) | 3 September 1877 | 20 August 1948 | 25,918 | 70 years, 352 days | |
| 24 | Parashuramrao Shrinivas I | Aundh State (part of Maratha Empire, later British East India Company) | 30 August 1777 | 11 June 1848 | 25,852 | 70 years, 286 days | ||
| 25 | Henryk IX Starszy | Żagań-Głogów (part of Bohemia) | 14 March 1397 | 11 November 1467 | 25,809 | 70 years, 242 days | ||
| 26 | | Werner von Salm-Reifferscheidt [bg] | Salm-Reifferscheid (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 31 October 1559 | 16 December 1629 | 25,614 | 70 years, 46 days | |
| 27 | | Carl I August | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | 28 May 1758 | 14 June 1828 | 25,584 | 70 years, 17 days | |
| 28 | George I | Anhalt-Dessau (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 19 January 1405 | 21 September 1474 | 25,447 | 69 years, 245 days | ||
| 29 | | Alberico I | Massa and Carrara (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 15 June 1553 | 18 January 1623 | 25,409 | 69 years, 207 days | |
| 30 | | Reinhard III | Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 8 April 1586 | 14 October 1655 | 25,391 | 69 years, 189 days | |
| 31 | | Sanada Yukimichi | Matsuhiro Domain (part of Tokugawa shogunate, Japan) | 8 March 1658 | 15 July 1727 | 25,330 | 69 years, 129 days | |
| 32 | | Heinrich Joseph Johann | Principality of Auersperg (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 6 November 1713 | 9 February 1783 | 25,297 | 69 years, 95 days | |
| 33 | | Frederick III | Inner Austria (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 10 June 1424 | 19 August 1493 | 25,272 | 69 years, 70 days | |
| 34 | | George William | Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 16 December 1600 | 25 December 1669 | 25,211 | 69 years, 9 days | |
| 35 | | Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne | Duchy of Bouillon (part of Holy Roman Empire, later France) | 9 August 1652 | 26 July 1721 | 25,187 | 68 years, 351 days | |
| 36 | | Frederick V | Hesse-Homburg | 7 February 1751 | 20 January 1820 | 25,183 | 68 years, 347 days | |
| 37 | | John Louis Volrad | Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 31 March 1721 | 4 February 1790 | 25,147 | 68 years, 310 days | |
| 38 | | Vikramatji Khimojiraj | Porbandar State | 20 June 1831 | 21 April 1900 | 25,142 | 68 years, 305 days | |
| 39 | | Krishnaraja Wodeyar III | Kingdom of Mysore (Princely state of East India Company after 1831; British Raj after 1857) | 30 June 1799 | 27 March 1868 | 25,107 | 68 years, 271 days | |
| 40 | | Johann Friedrich [de] | Castell-Rüdenhausen (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 10 January 1681 | 23 June 1749 | 25,000 | 68 years, 164 days | |
| 41 | | Chintaman Rao I Patwardhan [simple] | Sangli State (part of Maratha Empire, later British East India Company) | 6 February 1783 | 15 July 1851 | 24,995 | 68 years, 159 days | |
| 42 | Otto II the One-Eyed | Brunswick-Göttingen (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 13 November 1394 | 6 February 1463 | 24,922 | 68 years, 85 days | ||
| 43 | | Sawant Singh | Pratapgarh State (part of Maratha Empire, later British East India Company) | 26 October 1775 | 5 January 1844 | 24,907 | 68 years, 71 days | |
| 44 | | Christian Karl Reinhard | Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 3 November 1698 | 17 November 1766 | 24,850 | 68 years, 14 days | |
| 45 | | Raja Ram Singh | Bundi State | 14 May 1821 | 28 March 1889 | 24,790 | 67 years, 318 days | |
| 46 | | Malietoa Tanumafili II | Samoa | 5 July 1939 | 11 May 2007 | 24,782 | 67 years, 310 days | |
| 47 | Vakhatsinhji Meghrajji | Vallabhipura State (part of British Raj) | 20 August 1875 | 5 June 1943 | 24,760 | 67 years, 289 days | ||
| 48 | | Ernest II | Oettingen-Wallerstein (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 14 October 1602 | 3 March 1670 | 24,612 | 67 years, 140 days | |
| Portrait | Name | Country | Reign | Duration(approx. years) | Ref. | |
| from | to | |||||
| | Min Hti | Launggyet Dynasty of Arakan (part of Myanmar) | 1279 | 1374 | 95 years | |
| | Pepi II Neferkare | Egypt (Old Kingdom) | 2278 BC | 2184 BC (disputed) | 94 years (disputed) | |
| Taejo | Goguryeo (part of Korea) | 53 | 146 (disputed) | 93 years (disputed) | ||
| Woran | Kaimana (part of Indonesia) | 1348 | 1440 | 92 years | ||
| Tarak Bahadur Shah | Bhirkot (part of Nepal) | 1912 | 6 March 2001 | 89 years | ||
| | Nintoku | Japan (Kofun period) | 313 (disputed) | 399 (disputed) | 86 years (disputed) | |
| Abd al-Muttalib | Quraysh (Mecca, Saudi Arabia) | 497 | 578 | 81 years | ||
| Sawai Basavalinga I Rajendra Udaiyar | Sundem (part of Portuguese India) | 1763 | 1843 | 80 years | ||
| Ermanaric | Oium (part of Ukraine) | 296 (disputed) | 376 | 80 years (disputed) | ||
| Hanayos | Hariphunchai (part of Thailand) | 669 (disputed) | 749 | |||
| Jangsu | Goguryeo (part of Korea) | 412 | 491 | 79 years | ||
| Sigismondo III | Este and San Martino in Rio (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 1653 | 28 August 1732 | |||
| | An Dương Vương | Âu Lạc (part of Vietnam) | 257 BC (disputed) | 179 BC (disputed) | 78 years (disputed) | |
| Zalam Singh | Bidasar (part of Maratha Empire) | 1727 | 1805 | 78 years | ||
| Abu'l-Jaysh Ishaq ibn Ibrahim | Ziyadid dynasty (part of Yemen) | 904 | 981 | 77 years | ||
| Azmat Tallah Khan | Rajouri (part of Mughal Empire) | 1683 | 12 November 1760 | |||
| | Mirian III | Kingdom of Iberia (part of Georgia) | 284 | 361 | ||
| Raisingh Deo | Patna (part of Mughal Empire, later Maratha Empire) | 1685 | 1762 | |||
| Jadunath Singh Mangaraj | Khandpara (part of Mughal Empire) | 1599 | 1675 | 76 years | ||
| John Philip I | Stadion (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 1666 | 2 January 1742 | |||
| Mulla Ismail | Dir(part of Mughal Empire) | 1676 | 1752 | |||
| | William I the Elder | Sayn-Wittgenstein (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 1494 | 18 April 1570 | ||
| Raja Abhiram Singh | Saraikela (part of Maratha Empire, later British East India Company) | 1743 | 1818 | 75 years | ||
| Sauromaces I | Kingdom of Iberia (part of Georgia) | 234 BC | 159 BC | |||
| Tai Wu | Shang dynasty (part of China) | 1486 BC (disputed) | 1411 BC (disputed) | |||
| | Vakhtang I Gorgasali | Kingdom of Iberia (part of Georgia) | 447 | 522 | ||
| Uthiyan Cheralathan | Chera dynasty (part of India) | 55 | 130 | |||
| Johann III | Sponheim-Starkenburg (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 1324 | 30 December 1398 | 74 years | ||
| Manik Rae | Sambhar (part of India) | 720 | 794 | |||
| Yo-Tha | Hariphunchai (part of Thailand) | 1197 | 1271 | |||
| | Deria Hassan | Isaaq Sultanate (part of British Somaliland from 1884) | 1870 | 1943 | 73 years | |
| | Gangesvara Anantvarman Chodaganga Deva | Eastern Ganga (part of India) | 1077 | 1150 | ||
| Sabal Singh | Bedla (part of Mughal Empire) | 1608 | 1681 | |||
| | Tezozomoc | Azcapotzalco (part of Mexico) | 1353 (disputed) | 1426 | ||
| Frederick Charles | Bentheim-Bentheim (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 1731 | 19 February 1803 | 72 years | ||
| Grigor II | Syunik (part of Armenia) | 1094 | 1166 | |||
| Raja Sang Tawal (Abdullah) | Kelantan (part of Malaysia) | 1267 | 1339 | |||
| | Arwa al-Sulayhi | Sulayhid Sultanate (part of Yemen) | 1067 | 5 May 1138 | 71 years | |
| | Heinrich VIII the Noble | Fürstenberg-Wolfach (part of Holy Roman Empire) | Late 1419 | 30 November 1490 | ||
| Ngawang Tashi Drakpa | Phagmodrupa dynasty of Tibet (part of China) | 1491 1556 | 1554 1564 | |||
| Huan | State of Qi (part of China) | 637 BC | 567 BC | 70 years | ||
| John III [de] | Aarberg (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 1427 | 1497 | |||
| John Ulrich | Stadion (part of Holy Roman Empire) | 1530 | 1600 | |||
| Muhtarram Shah Kator I | Chitral (part of Mughal Empire) | 1585 | 1655 | |||
| Niandfo | Oubritenga (part of Nigeria) | 1441 | 1511 | |||
| Pandukabhaya | Kingdom of Anuradhapura (part of Sri Lanka) | 437 BC | 367 BC | |||
| | Shapur II | Sasanian Empire (Iran) | 309 | 379 | ||
| Tshudpud Namgyal | Kingdom of Sikkim | 1793 | 1863 | |||