List of longest reigning Monarchs of the UK

Queen Victoria, the longest-reigning monarch of the UK

The following is a list of the monarchs who have reigned for the longest amount of time in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Northern Ireland after 1922), the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Kingdom of England, or the Kingdom of Scotland since AD 1000.

Name	Duration	Dates
Victoria of the United Kingdom	63 years, 7 months, and 3 days	20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901
George III of the United Kingdom	59 years, 3 months, and 4 days	25 October 1760 – 29 January 1820
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom	55 years, 1 month as of 6 March 2007	6 February 1952 – present
George II of Great Britain	33 years, 4 months and 14 days	11 June 1727 – 25 October 1760

Name	Duration	Dates
Henry III of England	56 years and 28/29 days	18 or 19 October 1216 – 16 November 1272
Edward III of England	50 years, 4 months, and 27 days	25 January 1327 – 21 June 1377
Elizabeth I of England	44 years	17 November 1558 – 24 March 1603
Henry VI of England	38 years	31 August 1422 – 4 March 1461 and 31 October 1470 – 11 April 1471
Henry VIII of England	37 years	22 April 1509 – 28 January 1547
Henry I of England	35 years	3 August 1100 – 1 December 1135
Henry II of England	34 years	25 October 1154 – 6 July 1189
Edward I of England	34 years	20 November 1272 – 7 July 1307
James I of England (also James VI of Scotland)	22 years and 3 days	24 March 1603 – 27 March 1625

Name	Duration	Dates
James VI of Scotland (later James I of England)	57 years, 8 months, and 3 days	24 July 1567 – 27 March 1625
William I of Scotland	49 years	9 December 1165 – 4 December 1214
David II of Scotland	41 years	7 June 1329 – 22 February 1371
Alexander III of Scotland	36 years	6 July 1249 – 19 March 1286
Malcolm III of Scotland	35 years	17 March 1058 – 13 November 1093
Alexander II of Scotland	34 years	4 December 1214 – 6 July 1249

Should Queen Elizabeth II still be reigning on:

6 March 2008, at the age of 81, her reign would surpass that of Henry III.
11 October 2009, at the age of 82, her reign would surpass that of James VI.
12 May 2011, at the age of 85, her reign would surpass that of George III.
9 September 2015, at the age of 89, she would surpass Queen Victoria as the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
3 February 2025, at the age of 98, she would become the longest reigning monarch in European history, besting the reign of Louis XIV of France.

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