Talk:List of longest reigning monarchs of all time

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I am not sure that Tenzin Gyatso should be on this list. Since he is in charge of a government in exile he doesn't really reign. In monarchical terms he is a deposed monarch. --Mishalak 17:34, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

And looking into it further I have found the page on Malietoa Tanumafili II of Samoa seems to indicate that he is not a monarch, but rather a president for life. I'm not changing anything, yet, but this needs a great deal more research. Additionally the page on Sobhuza II has a reign of 60+ years, from the end of the regency to his death in 1982. Further was he treated by a monarch prior to independence in 1968? And if so from what time? Again, not going to change anything without some serious research first. --Mishalak 20:04, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing

Numerous European rulers, and particularly German princes, are missing from this list:

  1. 77 years - Heinrich XI, Prince of Reuss Elder Line: Became Count of Reuss-Obergreiz at the age of 1 in 1723. Inherited Reuss-Untergreiz in 1768, creating the territory of "Reuss Elder Line", took the title of prince in 1778.
  2. 73 years - Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden: He became Margrave of Baden-Durlach in 1738, inherited Baden-Baden in 1771, took the title of Elector in 1803 and of Grand Duke in 1806, and died in 1811.
  3. 73 years - Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe: Became Count of Schaumbrg-Lippe 1787, and Prince 1807, and died 1860. Even if his time as count is not counted, he reigned as sovereign prince for 53 years.
  4. 70 years - Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Became Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1758, Grand Duke 1815, died 1828.
  5. 69 years - Friedrich V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg: Reigned 1751-1820
  6. 66 years - Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria: He became Count Palatine of Sulzbach in 1733, and ruled that territory until his death in 1799. He also ruled over Jülich, Berg, and the Palatinate for over 50 years, from 1742 until his death. (He only ruled over Bavaria itself for 22 years)
  7. 66 years - Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau: He became Prince of Anhalt-Dessau in 1751, upgraded his title to Duke in 1807, and died in 1817.
  8. 66 years - Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies: Reigned over Sicily continuously from 1759 to 1825. (His rule in Naples was twice interrupted, however)
  9. 64 years - Albrecht Anton, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt: Regiedn 1646-1710
  10. 64 years - Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen: Reigned 1671-1735
  11. 64 years - Frederick Augustus I of Saxony: Elector of Saxony 1763-1806, King 1806-1827.
  12. 63 years - Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen: Reigned 1803-1866
  13. 62 years - Viktor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg: Reigned 1656-1718
  14. 61 years - Ernst Ludwig, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt: Reigned 1678-1739
  15. 60 years - Karl, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel: Reigned 1670-1730
  16. 60 years - Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt: Reigned 1807-1867
  17. 57 years - Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen: Reigned 1718-1775
  18. 56 years - Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg: Reigned 1737-1793
  19. 55 years - Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg: Regiend 1853-1908
  20. 54 years - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria: Reigned 1597-1651
  21. 54 years - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau: Reigned 1693-1747
  22. 54 years - Joseph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen: Reigned 1715-1769
  23. 54 years - Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt: He became Duke of Anhalt-Dessau in 1817, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen in 1853, and Duke of Anhalt in 1863, and died in 1871.
  24. 53 years - Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany: Ruled 1670-1723
  25. 53 years - Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick: Ruled 1831-1884
  26. 52 years - Friedrich Franz I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Duke 1785, Grand Duke 1815, died 1837.
  27. 52 years - Haakon VII of Norway: Reigned 1905-1957
  28. 51 years - Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden: Reigned 1856-1907

This list arises from a very cursory examination. I'm sure there's tons more I've missed. In short, this list is shit. john k 00:23, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Thats one way of saying it. Another way is to actual add something instead of pointing out what is missing. If everybody had perfect lists from the beginning we would not really need wiki, right?. So add away Twthmoses 15:44, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
The problem is that the list contains a manual ordination of lengths, and thus implies a completeness it will never have. I could add these guys, but the list would still be shit, because I didn't do more than barely check through some lists for long reigning monarchs. There are hundreds of states of t he Holy Roman Empire, hundreds of Indian princely states (with which I am largely unfamiliar), various African traditional monarchies, and so forth. And every time someone wants to add something, the whole list will have to be renumbered manually. The whole design of the thing is not such as to favor improvement, and the task this list sets for itself is more or less impossible. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by John Kenney (talk • contribs) 16:07, 26 February 2007 (UTC).

i agree, this list is shit and totally subjective and worthless. Currently the no. 1 reigning momarch has a completely unvarifiable and unconfirmable reign which some faggot has decided is the longest ever. Without varifiable proof this list is useless. And before some prat comes along and says "BUT LOOK! i wrote a essay on my blog about this person and how they person reigned for 3 million years and cos it was on my blog it is a totally independant source and therefore its true", i would say (in the least offensive tone) "fuck off you useless waste of blood and organs". Cheerio TSMonk 02:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese emperors

Some legendary emperors had longest reignings:

--Taichi 06:13, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sorting syntax

See Help:Sorting. Basically by using

<span style="display:none">SortKey</span> DisplayText

before the information one wants to display in the table, it will then sort correctly.

  • For the first column, order number, the display:none trick is only needed for duplicates. There are several listed as 60 year reigns, so use display:none to keep them chronological order by beginning date, but have the display text show them at the same number.
  • For the start or end date columns, the display:none trick is needed for two instances, BC dates and 0AD to 999AD. For BC dates, use the ! trick, for 3 digit AD dates, add a leading zero.

Holler if you have any questions. — MrDolomite • Talk 16:49, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

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