Kings & Queens - Length of Reign

Kings & Queens - by Length of Reign

King & Queens by age | King & Queens by age of accession

	Monarch	Dates	Length of Reign
1.	Queen Victoria	Ascended: June 20, 1837 - Died: January 22, 1901	63 years 7 months 2 days
2.	Queen Elizabeth II	Ascended: February 6, 1952 - Today: 23 May 2013	61 years 3 months 15 days
3.	King George III	Ascended: October 25, 1760 - Died: January 29, 1820	59 years 3 months 2 days
4.	King Henry III	Ascended: October 18, 1216 - Died: November 16, 1272	56 years 29 days
5.	King Edward III	Ascended: January 25, 1327 - Died: June 21, 1377	50 years 4 months 25 days
6.	Queen Elizabeth I	Ascended: November 17, 1558 - Died: March 24, 1603	44 years 4 months 5 days
7.	King Henry VI	Ascended: September 1, 1422 - Deposed March 4, 1461, Restored Oct 3, 1470, Died: May 21, 1471	39 years 1 months 18 days
8.	King Aethelred II The Unready	Ascended: March 18, 978 - Died: April 23, 1016	38 years 1 months 5 days
9.	King Henry VIII	Ascended: April 21, 1509 - Died: January 28, 1547	37 years 9 months 7 days
10.	King Henry I	Ascended: August 3, 1100 - Died: December 2, 1135	35 years 3 months 28 days
11.	King Henry II	Ascended: October 25, 1154 - Died: July 6, 1189	34 years 8 months 11 days
12.	King Edward I Longshanks	Ascended: November 20, 1272 - Died: July 7, 1307	34 years 7 months 14 days
13.	King George II	Ascended: June 11, 1727 - Died: October 25, 1760, Note: Adjusted for change from Julian to Gregorian calendar 1751/1752	33 years 1 months 14 days
14.	King George V	Ascended: May 6, 1910 - Died: January 20, 1936	25 years 8 months 15 days
15.	King Charles II	Ascended: May 29, 1660 - Died: February 6, 1685	24 years 8 months 9 days
16.	King Charles I	Ascended: March 27, 1625 - Died: January 30, 1649	23 years 10 months 4 days
17.	King Henry VII	Ascended: August 22, 1485 - Died: April 21, 1509	23 years 7 months 28 days
18.	King Edward The Confessor	Ascended: June 8, 1042 - Died: January 5, 1066	23 years 6 months 28 days
19.	King Richard II	Ascended: June 22, 1377 - Died: February 14, 1400	22 years 7 months 23 days
20.	King James I	Ascended: March 24, 1603 - Died: March 27, 1625, King of Scotland 57 years 1567-1625	22 years 3 days
21.	King Edward IV	Ascended: March 4, 1461 - Deposed October 3, 1470, Restored May 21, 1471, Died: April 9, 1483	21 years 5 months 18 days
22.	King William I The Conqueror	Ascended: December 25, 1066 - Died: September 9, 1087	20 years 8 months 14 days
23.	King Edward II	Ascended: July 8, 1307 - Died: September 21, 1327	20 years 2 months 14 days
24.	King Cnut (Canute)	Ascended: November 30, 1016 - Died: November 12, 1035	18 years 11 months 11 days
25.	King Stephen	Ascended: December 22, 1135 - Died: October 25, 1154	18 years 10 months 3 days
26.	King John	Ascended: April 6, 1199 - Died: October 18, 1216	17 years 6 months 13 days
27.	King Athelstan	Ascended: July 17, 924 - Died: October 27, 940	16 years 3 months 10 days
28.	King Edgar	Ascended: October 1, 959 - Died: July 8, 975	15 years 9 months 6 days
29.	King George VI	Ascended: Dec 11, 1936 - Died: February 6, 1952	15 years 1 months 25 days
30.	King Henry IV	Ascended: September 30, 1399 - Died: March 20, 1413	13 years 5 months 18 days
31.	King William III and Queen Mary II	Ascended: February 13, 1689 - Died: March 8, 1702	13 years 21 days
32.	King William II Rufus	Ascended: September 9, 1087 - Died: August 2, 1100	12 years 10 months 22 days
33.	King George I	Ascended: August 1, 1714 - Died: June 11, 1727	12 years 10 months 9 days
34.	Queen Anne	Ascended: March 8, 1702 - Died: August 1, 1714	12 years 4 months 24 days
35.	King George IV	Ascended: January 29, 1820 - Died: June 26, 1830	10 years 4 months 26 days
36.	King Richard I The Lion Heart	Ascended: July 6, 1189 - Died: April 6, 1199	9 years 8 months 30 days
37.	King Edred	Ascended: May 26, 946 - Died: November 23, 955	9 years 5 months 28 days
38.	King Henry V	Ascended: March 20, 1413 - Died: August 31, 1422	9 years 5 months 11 days
39.	King Edward VII	Ascended: January 22, 1901 - Died: May 6, 1910	9 years 3 months 12 days
40.	King William IV	Ascended: June 26, 1830 - Died: June 20, 1837	6 years 11 months 24 days
41.	King Edward VI	Ascended: January 28, 1547 - Died: July 6, 1553	6 years 5 months 7 days
42.	King Edmund	Ascended: October 27, 940 - Died: May 26, 946	5 years 6 months 28 days
43.	Queen Mary I	Ascended: July 19, 1553 - Died: November 17, 1558	5 years 3 months 29 days
44.	King Harold I Harefoot	Ascended: November 12, 1035 - Died: March 17, 1040	4 years 4 months 4 days
45.	King Edwy (Eadwig)	Ascended: November 23, 955 - Died: October 1, 959	3 years 10 months 7 days
46.	King James II	Ascended: February 6, 1685 - Abdicated: December 11, 1688	3 years 10 months 3 days
47.	King Edward The Martyr	Ascended: July 8, 975 - Died: March 18, 978	2 years 8 months 10 days
48.	King Harthacnut	Ascended: March 17, 1040 - Died: June 8, 1042	2 years 2 months 21 days
49.	King Richard III	Ascended: June 26, 1483 - Died: August 22, 1485	2 years 1 months 27 days
50.	King Edward VIII	Ascended: Jan 20, 1936 - Abdicated: December 11, 1936	10 months 21 days
51.	King Harold II	Ascended: January 5, 1066 - Died: October 14, 1066	9 months 8 days
52.	King Edmund II lronside	Ascended: April 23, 1016 - Died: November 30, 1016	7 months 7 days

Note: Table does not include Edward V or Jane Grey who were proclaimed but not crowned.

- Edward IV died on April 9, 1483, and his son Edward V was proclaimed king but he was usurped by his uncle Richard III who proclaimed himself king 2 months and 17 days later on June 26 and was crowned on July 6, 1483. The date that Edward died is unknown - he was presumed murdered with his brother in the Tower of London around September that year.

- Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen on July 10, 1553 by her father-in-law the Duke of Northumberland after the death of Edward VI, but Edwards half sister Mary was also proclaimed queen. The situation was resolved just 9 days later on July 19 1553 when Mary arrived in London and was proclaimed as the righful queen. Mary was crowned Queen on Oct 1, 1553, and Lady Jane Grey was executed on February 12, 1554.