List of longest reigning monarchs of all time

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The list of longest reigning Monarchs of all time details monarchs and lifelong leaders who have served more than 50 years, sorted by length of service:

	Name	Country	Year of Succession	Reign Ended	Years served
1	Pepi II Neferkare⁽¹⁾	Ancient Egypt	!8721 2278 BC	!7816 2184 BC	94
2	Sobhuza II	Swaziland	1899	1982	83
3	Jangsu	Goguryeo	0413 413	0419 491	78
4	Louis XIV	France	1643	1715	72
5	Johannes II	Liechtenstein	1858	1929	71
6	Franz Joseph I	Austria-Hungary	1848	1916	68
7	Malietoa Tanumafili II	Samoa	1939	current⁽²⁾	67
8	Ramesses II	Ancient Egypt	!8721 1279 BC	!8787 1213 BC	66
9 8	Ferdinand III	Sicily	1759	1825	66
10	Victoria	United Kingdom	1837	1901	64
11 10	Hirohito	Japan	1926	1989	64
12	James I	Aragon	1213	1276	63
13	Kangxi Emperor	China	1661	1722	61
14 13	Qianlong Emperor	China	1735	1796	61
15	Christian IV	Denmark	1588	1648	60
16 15	George III	United Kingdom	1760	1820	60
17 15	Honoré III	Monaco	1733	1793	60
18 15	Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)	Thailand	1946	current⁽²⁾	60
19	Louis XV	France	1715	1774	59
20 19	Afonso I of Portugal	Portugal	1126	1185	59
21	Harald I	Norway	0872 872	0930 930	58
22 21	Wilhelmina	The Netherlands	1890	1948	58
23 21	Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi	Ras Al Khaimah (United Arab Emirates)	1948	current⁽²⁾	58
24 21	Honoré II	Monaco	1604	1662	58
25	James VI	Scotland	1567	1625	57
26 25	Mithridates VI	Pontus	!9980 120 BC	!9937 63 BC	57
27 25	Karl Eusebius	Liechtenstein	1627	1684	57
28	Alfonso VIII	Castile	1158	1214	56
29 28	Henry III	England	1216	1272	56
30 28	Rainier III	Monaco	1949	2005	56
31 28	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	1952	current⁽²⁾	55

Note (1): Pepi II Neferkare's length of reign is questionable; some Egyptologists favour a shorter reign length of 64 years given the absence of attested dates known for Pepi after his 31st Count. This figure would place him at equal 8th on the list.

Note (2): The "Years served" figure for current monarchs is correct as of 2007-03-17, rounded down.