List of longest-reigning monarchs
Sovereign monarchs with verifiable reigns by exact date
Table:
Rank

Name

State

Born

Reign

Duration

From

To

(days)

(years, days)

1

Louis XIV

France

1638

14 May 1643

1 September 1715

26,407

72 years, 110 days

2

Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)

Thailand

1927

9 June 1946

13 October 2016

25,694

70 years, 126 days

3

Johann II

Liechtenstein

1840

12 November 1858

11 February 1929

25,658

70 years, 91 days

4

K'inich Janaab' Pakal

Palenque

603

29 July 615

31 August 683

24,870

68 years, 33 days

5

Franz Joseph I

Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary

1830

2 December 1848

21 November 1916

24,825

67 years, 355 days

6

Elizabeth II

United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand[1][note 1]

1926

6 February 1952[1]

Incumbent

26734

73 years, 70 days

7

Constantine VIII

Byzantine Empire

960

30 March 962

11 November 1028

24,332

66 years, 226 days

8

Basil II

957/958

22 April 960

15 December 1025

23,977

65 years, 237 days

9

Ferdinand III

Sicily

1751

6 October 1759

4 January 1825

23,831

65 years, 90 days

10

Victoria

United Kingdom

1819

20 June 1837

22 January 1901

23,226

63 years, 216 days

11

James I

Aragon

1208

12 September 1213

27 July 1276

22,964

62 years, 319 days

12

Hirohito (Shōwa)[note 2]

Japan

1901

25 December 1926

7 January 1989

22,659

62 years, 13 days

13

Kangxi Emperor[note 3]

China (Qing dynasty)

1654

7 February 1661

20 December 1722

22,595

61 years, 316 days

14

Qianlong Emperor[note 4]

1711

18 October 1735

8 February 1796

22,028

60 years, 113 days

15

Friedrich Günther

Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

1793

28 April 1807

28 June 1867

21,976

60 years, 61 days

16

Christian IV

Denmark–Norway

1577

4 April 1588

28 February 1648

21,879

59 years, 330 days

17

George III

Great Britain and Ireland/United Kingdom, Hanover

1738

25 October 1760

29 January 1820

21,644

59 years, 96 days

18

Honoré III

Monaco

1720

7 November 1733

19 January 1793

21,623

59 years, 73 days

19

Louis XV

France

1710

1 September 1715

10 May 1774

21,436

58 years, 251 days

20

Pedro II

Brazil

1825

7 April 1831

15 November 1889

21,407

58 years, 222 days

21

Ludovico I

Saluzzo (HRE)

1406

October 1416

8 April 1475

21,373

58 years, 189 days

22

Nicholas I

Montenegro

1841

13 August 1860

26 November 1918

21,288

58 years, 105 days

23

Honoré I

Monaco

1522

22 August 1523

7 October 1581

21,231

58 years, 46 days

24

Wilhelmina

The Netherlands

1880

23 November 1890

4 September 1948

21,104

57 years, 286 days

25

James VI

Scotland

1566

24 July 1567

27 March 1625

21,066

57 years, 246 days

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