Longest and Shortest Reigning British Monarchs

This list includes those that were proclaimed king or queen, not necessarily crowned, since the 1066 conquest.

Type names with no spaces between the name and Roman numeral.

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Reign	Answer
70 years, 7 months, 2 days	Elizabeth II
63 years, 7 months, 2 days	Victoria
59 years, 3 months, 4 days	George III
56 years, 19 days	Henry III
50 years, 4 months, 27 days	Edward III
44 years, 4 months, 7 days	Elizabeth I
38 years, 6 months, 3 days	Henry VI
37 years, 9 months, 6 days	Henry VIII
35 years, 3 months, 28 days	Henry I
33 years, 4 months, 14 days	George II
9 days	Lady Jane Grey
2 months, 16 days	Edward V
9 months, 8 days	Harold II
10 months, 21 days	Edward VIII
2 years, 1 month, 27 days	Richard III
3 years, 10 months, 3 days	James II
5 years, 3 months, 29 days	Mary I
5 years, 10 months, 15 days	Mary II
6 years, 5 months, 8 days	Edward VI
6 years, 11 months, 25 days	William IV

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10 Comments

Level 29

May 15, 2017

Fixed. Thank you.

Level 18

Feb 17, 2018

Still wrong

Level 18

Feb 17, 2018

Jane Grey should also be accepted. Thanks

Level 48

Apr 5, 2019

Great Quiz

Level 48

Jun 21, 2019

The UK was formed in 1707... why are there Monarchs from before on here?

Level 36

May 29, 2025

UK was formed in 1801. Great Britain was formed in 1707.

Level 82

May 5, 2021

Surely just "Jane" should be acceptable? There aren't any other Janes she could be confused with.

Level 15

Nov 2, 2022

Elizabeth is dead can you update it?

Level 36

Mar 18, 2026

Edward VI?

Level 29

Mar 19, 2026

Good catch. In my recent edit, the boy king slipped between the cracks.