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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. To maintain consistency within the table, the dates of birth and death for each monarch are given in New Style. Two measures of the longevity are given—this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each monarch. The first column is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; the second column breaks this number down into years, and days, with the years being the number of whole years the monarch lived, and then days after their last birthday. Elizabeth II is the longest lived British sovereign with a lifespan of 96 years, 140 days.

Rank Monarch Life dates Lifespan
Birth Death Days Longevity
1 Elizabeth II 21 April 1926 8 September 2022 35,204 96 years, 140 days
2 Victoria 24 May 1819 22 January 1901 29,828 81 years, 243 days
3 George III 4 June 1738 29 January 1820 29,823 81 years, 239 daysdagger
4 Edward VIII 23 June 1894 28 May 1972 28,463 77 years, 340 days
5 George II 10 November 1683 25 October 1760 28,108 76 years, 350 days
6 Charles, Prince of Wales 14 November 1948 Living 27,767 76 years, 8 days
7 William IV 21 August 1765 20 June 1837 26,235 71 years, 303 days
8 George V 3 June 1865 20 January 1936 25,797 70 years, 231 days
9 Edward VII 9 November 1841 6 May 1910 25,014 68 years, 178 days
10 James II and VII 24 October 1633 16 September 1701 24,798 67 years, 327 days
11 George IV 12 August 1762 26 June 1830 24,789 67 years, 318 days
12 George I 7 June 1660 22 June 1727 24,485 67 years, 15 days
13 James VI and I 19 June 1566 27 March 1625 21,466 58 years, 281 days
14 George VI 14 December 1895 6 February 1952 20,507 56 years, 54 days
15 Charles II 29 May 1630 6 February 1685 19,977 54 years, 253 days
16 William III and II 14 November 1650 19 March 1702 18,752 51 years, 125 days
17 Anne 16 February 1665 12 August 1714 18,073 49 years, 177 days
18 Charles I 29 November 1600 9 February 1649 17,604 48 years, 72 days

*Updated daily according to UTC.
dagger While Queen Victoria lived for only 4 days more than George III in terms of years and days format, she actually lived for five days more because there were 20 leap days during Victoria's life and only 19 leap days during the life of George III.

If William, Prince of Wales, was to accede to the throne before September 2030, he would immediately be ranked in 19th place with an age of 42 years, 154 days. If his son, George, Prince of Wales, were to accede any time before October 2061, he would be ranked below Charles I.

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