List of British monarchs by longevity

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.

RankMonarchLife DatesLifespan
BirthDeathDaysLongevity
1Elizabeth II21 April 192634,62594 years, 291 days*
2Victoria24 May 181922 January 190129,82881 years, 243 days
3George III4 June 173829 January 182029,82381 years, 239 days
4Edward VIII23 June 189428 May 197228,46377 years, 340 days
5George II10 November 168325 October 176028,10876 years, 350 days
6William IV21 August 176520 June 183726,23571 years, 303 days
7George V3 June 186520 January 193625,79770 years, 231 days
8Edward VII9 November 18416 May 191025,01468 years, 178 days
9James II and VII24 October 163316 September 170124,79867 years, 327 days
10George IV12 August 176226 June 183024,78967 years, 318 days
11George I7 June 166022 June 172724,48567 years, 15 days
12James VI and I19 June 156627 March 162521,46658 years, 281 days
13George VI14 December 18956 February 195220,50756 years, 54 days
14Charles II8 June 16306 February 168519,97754 years, 253 days
15William III and II14 November 165019 March 170218,75251 years, 125 days
16Anne16 February 166512 August 171418,07349 years, 177 days
17Charles I29 November 16009 February 164917,60448 years, 72 days
18Mary II10 May 16627 January 169511,93032 years, 242 days

*Updated daily according to UTC.
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 Charles, Prince of Wales, were to accede to the throne, he would immediately be ranked in 6th place with an age of 72 years, 84 days. If his son, William, Duke of Cambridge, were to accede any time before September 2030, he would be ranked between Charles I and Mary II.

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