List of longest-reigning monarchs
Dependent or constituent monarchs with verifiable reigns by exact date
The monarchs in the table below were not fully sovereign over their territory for at least part of their reign. Note: "(HRE)" indicates a semi-sovereign state within the Holy Roman Empire and a reign that concluded before the dissolution of the Empire in 1806.

List of longest-reigning monarchs

Section Title: Dependent or constituent monarchs with verifiable reigns by exact date
Table Section Text: The monarchs in the table below were not fully sovereign over their territory for at least part of their reign. Note: "(HRE)" indicates a semi-sovereign state within the Holy Roman Empire and a reign that concluded before the dissolution of the Empire in 1806.

Rank	Name	State	Reign	Duration

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 (HRE)	12 August 1429	2 April 1511	29,818	81 years, 234 days

3	William IV	Henneberg-Schleusingen (HRE)	26 May 1480	24 January 1559	28,731	78 years, 243 days

4	Karansinhji	Lakhtar State (part of British Raj from 1858)	15 June 1846	8 August 1924	28,543	78 years, 54 days

5	Heinrich XI	Reuss-Obergreiz (HRE)	17 March 1723	28 June 1800	28,227	77 years, 103 days

6	Idris ibni Muhammad al-Qadri, Tunku Besar of Tampin	Tampin (Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia) (part of British Malaya until 1957)	3 December 1929	26 December 2005	27,782	76 years, 23 days

7	Christian August	Palatinate-Sulzbach (HRE)	14 August 1632	23 April 1708	27,645	75 years, 253 days

8	Mudhoji IV Rao Naik Nimbalkar	Phaltan (part of British Raj from 1858)	7 December 1841	17 October 1916	27,342	74 years, 315 days

9	Bhagvatsingh Sahib	Gondal state (British Raj)	14 December 1869	10 March 1944	27,114	74 years, 87 days

10	George William	Schaumburg-Lippe (HRE*)	13 February 1787	21 November 1860	26,944	73 years, 282 days

11	Charles Frederick	Baden (HRE*)	12 May 1738	10 June 1811	26,691	73 years, 29 days

12	John Louis	Nassau-Saarbrücken (HRE)	19 October 1472	4 June 1545	26,525	72 years, 228 days

13	Henry Frederick	Hohenlohe-Langenburg (HRE)	29 January 1628	5 August 1699	26,121	71 years, 188 days

14	Jagatjit Singh	Kapurthala (British Raj)	3 September 1877	20 August 1948	25,918	70 years, 352 days

15	Parashuramrao Shrinivas	Aundh (India)	30 August 1777	11 June 1848	25,852	70 years, 286 days

16	Franz Karl	Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen (HRE)	15 November 1627	19 July 1698	25,814	70 years, 246 days

17	Karl August	Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (HRE*)	28 May 1758	14 June 1828	25,584	70 years, 17 days

18	Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina	Massa and Carrara (HRE)	6 June 1553	18 January 1623	25,428	69 years, 226 days

19	Werner	Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck (HRE)	31 October 1559	16 February 1629	25,311	69 years, 108 days

20	Heinrich Joseph Johann	Auersperg (HRE)	6 November 1713	9 February 1783	25,297	69 years, 95 days

21	Frederick III	Inner Austria (HRE)	10 June 1424	19 August 1493	25,272	69 years, 70 days

22	Frederick V	Hesse-Homburg (HRE*)	7 February 1751	20 January 1820	25,183	68 years, 347 days

23	Vikramatji Khimojiraj	Porbandar (British protectorate, then part of British Raj from 1858)	20 June 1831	21 April 1900	25,142	68 years, 305 days

24	Krishnaraja Wadiyar III	Mysore (British Subsidiary alliance, then part of British Raj from 1858)	30 June 1799	27 March 1868	25,107	68 years, 271 days

25	Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin II	Kedah Sultanate	15 February 1710	23 September 1778	25,057	68 years, 220 days

26	Johann Friedrich	Castell-Rüdenhausen (HRE)	10 January 1681	23 June 1749	25,000	68 years, 164 days

27	Sawant Singh	Pratapgarh (India)	26 October 1775	5 January 1844	24,907	68 years, 71 days

28	Christian Karl Reinhard	Leiningen-Dagsburg (HRE)	3 November 1698	17 November 1766	24,850	68 years, 14 days

29	Ram Singh	Bundi State (British protectorate, then part of British Raj from 1858)	14 May 1821	28 March 1889	24,790	67 years, 318 days

30	Henry III	Meissen (HRE)	18 January 1221	15 February 1288	24,499	67 years, 28 days

31	Eleanor	Aquitaine (France)	9 April 1137	1 April 1204	24,464	66 years, 358 days

32	Amarsinhji Banesinhji	Wankaner (British Raj)	12 June 1881	15 February 1948	24,353	66 years, 248 days

33	Khengarji III	Cutch (British Raj)	19 December 1875	15 January 1942	24,133	66 years, 27 days

34	Sulaiman Sharif ul-'Alam Shah	Sultanate of Serdang (Indonesia)	20 December 1879	4 December 1945	24,090	65 years, 349 days

35	Leopold III	Anhalt-Dessau (HRE)	16 December 1751	9 August 1817	23,977	65 years, 236 days

36	John I	Brittany (France)	21 October 1221	8 October 1286	23,728	64 years, 352 days

37	Frederick William	Hohenzollern-Hechingen (HRE)	13 January 1671	14 November 1735	23,680	64 years, 305 days

38	Ibrahim	Johor, Malaysia (part of British Malaya until 1957)	4 June 1895	8 May 1959	23,348	63 years, 338 days

39	Sayajirao Gaekwad III	Baroda State (British Raj)	27 May 1875	6 February 1939	23,265	63 years, 256 days

40	Albert Anton	Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (HRE)	4 November 1646	24 June 1710	23,242	63 years, 232 days

41	Anton Günther	Oldenburg (HRE)	12 November 1603	19 June 1667	23,230	63 years, 219 days

42	Frederick Augustus I	Saxony (HRE*)	17 December 1763	5 May 1827	23,149	63 years, 139 days

43	Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa	Bahrain (British protectorate from 1880)	1 December 1869	9 December 1932	23,018	63 years, 8 days

44	Charles III	Upper Lorraine (HRE)	12 June 1545	14 May 1608	22,982	62 years, 337 days

45	Johann Friedrich II	Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen (HRE)	17 October 1702	24 August 1765	22,957	62 years, 311 days

46	Bernhard II	Saxe-Meiningen (HRE*)	24 December 1803	20 September 1866	22,916	62 years, 270 days

47	Philip II	Nassau-Weilburg (HRE)	2 July 1429	19 March 1492	22,906	62 years, 261 days

48	Léopold Philippe	Arenberg (HRE)	19 August 1691	4 March 1754	22,842	62 years, 197 days

49	Muhammad Ibrahim Khan Salarzai	Tonk (British Raj)	20 December 1867	23 June 1930	22,830	62 years, 185 days

50	Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi	Ras Al Khaimah (part of the British Protectorate of Trucial states until 1971)	17 July 1948	27 October 2010	22,747	62 years, 102 days

51	Nahar Singh	Shahpura (British Raj)	21 April 1870	24 June 1932	22,709	62 years, 64 days

52	Tuanku Abdul Hamid Halim Shah	Kedah Sultanate (British Malaya)	22 September 1881	13 May 1943	22,512	61 years, 233 days

53	Philip IV	Waldeck-Wildungen (HRE)	28 May 1513	30 November 1574	22,466	61 years, 186 days

54	Wakhat Singh Dalil Singh	Lunavada (British Raj)	31 October 1867	27 April 1929	22,458	61 years, 178 days

55	Paku Alam VIII	Pakualaman (Indonesia)	12 April 1937	11 September 1998	22,432	61 years, 152 days

56	Victor Amadeus	Anhalt-Bernburg (HRE)	22 September 1656	14 February 1718	22,424	61 years, 145 days

57	Lakshman Singh, Maharawal of Banswara	Banswara State (British protectorate, then part of British Raj from 1858)	2 February 1844	29 April 1905	22,366	61 years, 86 days

58	Ulrich V	Württemberg-Stuttgart (HRE)	2 July 1419	1 September 1480	22,342	61 years, 61 days

59	Ranbir Singh	Jind (British Raj)	7 March 1887	31 March 1948	22,304	61 years, 24 days

60	Ernst Ludwig	Hesse-Darmstadt (HRE)	31 August 1678	12 September 1739	22,291	61 years, 12 days

61	Johann Friedrich I	Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen (HRE)	11 October 1641	17 October 1702	22,285	61 years, 6 days

62	Wilhelm Moritz II	Isenburg-Philippseich (HRE)	8 March 1711	7 March 1772	22,280	60 years, 365 days

63	Christian Ernest	Stolberg-Wernigerode (HRE)	9 November 1710	25 October 1771	22,265	60 years, 350 days

64	Adolf III	Schauenburg and Holstein (HRE)	6 July 1164	3 January 1225	22,096	60 years, 181 days

65	Leopold Louis	Palatinate-Veldenz (HRE)	3 June 1634	29 September 1694	22,033	60 years, 118 days

66	Johann Jakob I	Waldburg-Zeil (HRE)	4 May 1614	18 April 1674	21,899	59 years, 349 days

67	Gustav Adolph	Mecklenburg-Güstrow (HRE)	23 April 1636	6 October 1695	21,715	59 years, 166 days

68	George Frederick I	Brandenburg-Ansbach (HRE)	27 December 1543	25 April 1603	21,669	59 years, 119 days

69	Charles I	Hesse-Kassel (HRE)	1 December 1670	23 March 1730	21,661	59 years, 112 days

70	Abdul Halim	Kedah Sultanate (Malaysia)	14 July 1958	11 September 2017	22,205	59 years, 59 days

71	Pakubuwono XII	Surakarta (Indonesia)	11 June 1945	11 June 2004	21,550	59 years, 0 days

72	Barnim I	Pomerania-Stettin (HRE)	23 January 1220	13 December 1278	21,509	58 years, 324 days

73	Ludovico I	Saluzzo (HRE)	October 1416	8 April 1475	21,373	58 years, 189 days

74	Philip	Hesse-Philippsthal (HRE)	16 July 1663	18 June 1721	21,156	57 years, 337 days

75	Philip I	Nassau-Weilburg (HRE)	20 September 1371	2 July 1429	21,104	57 years, 285 days

76	Philip I	Hesse (HRE)	11 July 1509	31 March 1567	21,082	57 years, 263 days

Sentence(s)

Heinrich Joseph Johann of Auersperg is one of the longest reigning monarchs.

final_sentence: Heinrich Joseph Johann of Auersperg is one of the longest reigning monarchs.