List of British monarchs by longevity

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This is a list of British monarchs by longevity since the Union of the Crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1603. It should be noted that the longest-lived 'ruler' of Great Britain and Ireland was Richard Cromwell who, although only reigned as Lord Protector for 9 months (1658-1659), lived for 85 years 9 months and 8 days (31328 days), living nearly 4 years longer than the current Queen.

Rank	Monarch	Date of birth	Date of death	Longevity
				days	years/months/days
1	Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom	21 April 1926	alive	30002	82y 1m 21d*
2	Victoria of the United Kingdom	24 May 1819	22 January 1901	29,828	81y 7m 29d
3	George III of the United Kingdom	4 June 1738	29 January 1820	29,823	81y 7m 25d
4	Edward VIII of the United Kingdom	23 June 1894	28 May 1972	28,463	77y 11m 5d
5	George II of Great Britain	10 November 1683	25 October 1760	28,109	76y 11m 15d
6	William IV of the United Kingdom	21 August 1765	20 June 1837	26,235	71y 9m 30d
7	George V of the United Kingdom	3 June 1865	20 January 1936	25,797	70y 7m 17d
8	Edward VII of the United Kingdom	9 November 1841	6 May 1910	25,014	68y 5m 27d
9	James II of England	14 October 1633	16 September 1701	24,809	67y 11m 2d
10	George IV of the United Kingdom	12 August 1762	26 June 1830	24,789	67y 10m 14d
11	George I of Great Britain	28 May 1660	1 June 1727	24,475	67y 0m 4d
12	James I of England	19 June 1566	27 March 1625	21,466	58y 9m 8d
13	George VI of the United Kingdom	14 December 1895	6 February 1952	20,507	56y 1m 23d
14	Charles II of England	29 May 1630	6 February 1685	19,977	54y 10m 8d
15	William III of England	14 November 1650	8 March 1702	18,742	51y 3m 22d
16	Anne of Great Britain	6 February 1665	1 August 1714	18,073	49y 5m 26d
17	Charles I of England	19 November 1600	30 January 1649	17,604	48y 2m 11d
18	Mary II of England	30 April 1662	28 December 1694	11,567	32y 8m 27d

*As of 12 June 2008.

Should HRH The Prince of Wales accede to the throne before 18 November 2015, he would immediately be ranked 12th.

[edit] The current monarch

Elizabeth II surpassed Victoria as oldest reigning monarch on 21 December 2007 having surpassed George III five days earlier. Should she be alive on

• 29 January 2012, she would surpass Richard Cromwell as the longest-lived British ruler. At that point she would be 85 years old.
• 6 February 2012, she would celebrate her Diamond Jubilee marking 60 years on the throne. At that point she would still be 85 years old.
• 10 September 2015, she would surpass Queen Victoria as the longest-reigning British Monarch. At that point she would be 89 years old.
• 6 February 2022, she would celebrate her Platinum Jubilee marking 70 years on the throne. At that point she would be 95 years old.
• 26 May 2024, she would surpass Louis XIV of France as the longest reigning monarch in European history. At that point she would be 98 years old.

[edit] See also

• List of monarchs of the British Isles by cause of death
• List of longest reigning Monarchs of the UK