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This is a list of the longest-reigning monarchs of all time, detailing the monarchs and lifelong leaders who have reigned the longest in world history, ranked by length of reign.
The table below contains 100 monarchs of states that were not internationally sovereign for most of their reign.
Monarchs of sovereign states with verifiable reigns by exact date
Twenty-five longest-reigning monarchs of states who were internationally recognized as sovereign for most or all of their reign.Monarchs of dependent or constituent states with verifiable reigns by exact date
The table below contains 100 monarchs of states that were not internationally sovereign for most of their reign.
Monarchs whose exact dates of rule are unknown
These monarchs are grouped according to length of reign by year in whole numbers. Within each year-grouping, they appear in historical order. In a given year, there may have been a wide array of actual reign lengths based on days. Thus, this table does not present a precise ranking by length of reign. The list is limited to those that might reasonably be expected to lie within the range of those in the tables above, at minimum 56 years. The list is sorted alphabetically. states were sovereign. Japanese legendary emperors, according to the ancientJapanese calendar
Japanese calendar types have included a range of official and unofficial systems. At present, Japan uses the Gregorian calendar together with year designations stating the year of the reign of the current Emperor. The written form starts with t ...
, reigned for very long terms of 60–70 years each. The longest ruler of the legendary emperors, Emperor Kōan, was claimed to have reigned for about 101 years. These figures are not included in the table because they are regarded as inaccurate by modern scholars. For those, see Longevity myths
Longevity myths are traditions about long-lived people (generally supercentenarians), either as individuals or groups of people, and practices that have been believed to confer longevity, but for which current scientific evidence does not suppo ...
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See also
*List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign
This is a list of currently enthroned 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 ...
* List of shortest-reigning monarchs
A monarch is the leader of a monarchy, a position usually intended to last for life or until abdication or deposition. The reign of some monarchs have been notably short. Many of these monarchs acceded to the throne as a result of being first in ...
* List of oldest living state leaders
* Lists of state leaders by age
* Lists of state leaders
This list contains various lists of state leaders, defined as heads of state and/or heads of government. Typically this list includes presidents, prime ministers or monarchs.
*List of current heads of state and government
*Lists of state leaders b ...
* Records of heads of state
Heads of state throughout the world and at all periods of history may be ranked according to characteristics such as length of time holding that position; age of accession or death; or physical attributes. In this way world records in these charac ...
* List of centenarians (politicians and civil servants)
The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as politicians and government servants – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians
The following is a list of list ...
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