List of centenarians (royalty and nobility)
Appearance
The following is an alphabetical list of royal or noble centenarians. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
Living
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
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Lydia Kaʻonohiponiponiokalani Aholo | 1878–1979 | 101 | Hawaii'an royal[1] |
Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle | 1909–2013 | 103 | British countess, patron, and activist; also a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)[2] |
Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II | 1907–2016 | 109 | Ghanaian royal, Queen Mother of Asanteman[3] |
Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon | 1920–2021 | 101 | British aristocrat, noble and Spouse of the Prime minister of the United Kingdom[4] |
Francisco Malabo Beosá | 1896–2001 | 105 | Equatoguinean King of the Bubi Kingdom[5] |
Dame Frances Campbell-Preston | 1918–2022 | 104 | British courtier and author who served as lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother from 1965 to 2002.[6] |
Princess Catherine Caradja | 1893–1993 | 100 | Romanian noblewoman, princess, aristocrat and philanthropist[citation needed] |
Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont | 1919–2020 | 100 | British Army officer, politician and historian[7] |
Lady Ursula d'Abo | 1916–2017 | 100 | English socialite, heiress, memoirist, and VAD wartime volunteer[8] |
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin | 1924– | 100 | British peer.[9] |
George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth | 1919–2022 | 102 | British peer and Lord Lieutenant[citation needed] |
Baron Eduard von Falz-Fein | 1912–2018 | 106 | Russian-born Liechtensteiner businessman, journalist, and sportsman[10] |
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester | 1901–2004 | 102 | British royal[11] |
Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton | 1920–2021 | 101 | British noble and Mistress of the Robes; Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order[12] |
Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni of Japan | 1887–1990 | 102 | Japanese imperial prince and prime minister[13] |
Kunihide, Count Higashifushimi of Japan | 1910–2014 | 103 | Japanese prince, head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya[14] |
Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, 9th Baron Langford | 1912–2017 | 105 | Anglo-Welsh peer and British Army officer; the longest-lived peer on record[15][16] |
Judith Hare, Countess of Listowel | 1903–2003 | 100 | British-Hungarian noblewoman, Countess[17] |
Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg | 1918–2019 | 100 | German royal[18] |
Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan | 1915–2016 | 100 | Japanese imperial prince[19] |
Gochomu J. Mudzingwa | 1916–2018 | 101 | Zimbabwean tribal chief[20] |
François-Agénor-Alexandre-Hélie de Noailles, 9th Duke of Noailles | 1905–2009 | 103 | French nobleman[21] |
Samuel Odulana Odungade I | 1914–2016 | 101 | Nigerian royal, Olubadan of Ibadan[22] |
Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne | 1901–2002 | 100 | British peer[23] |
Mehrdad Pahlbod | 1917–2018 | 101 | Iranian royal and politician, Minister of Culture and Arts (1964–1978)[24] |
Frank Douglas-Pennant, 5th Baron Penrhyn | 1865–1967 | 101 | British peer and Justice of the peace[citation needed] |
Hon. Katherine Plunket | 1820–1932 | 111 | Anglo-Irish aristocrat and botanical illustrator[25] |
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | 1900–2002 | 101 | British queen consort and last Empress of India, consort of George VI[26] |
Infanta Maria Adelaide of Portugal | 1912–2012 | 100 | Portuguese royal[27] |
P. K. S. Raja | 1913–2013 | 100 | Indian royal, Zamorin of Calicut[28] |
Prince Bhisadej Rajani of Thailand | 1922–2022 | 100 | Thai royal[29] |
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa of Japan | 1923– | 101 | Japanese princess[30] |
Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele | 1920–2024 | 103 | English peer, businessman and British Army officer[31][32] |
Leonilla, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 1816–1918 | 101 | Russian-German princess[33] |
Marianne, Dowager Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 1919– | 104 | German princess[34] |
Patricia Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, Countess of Dundee | 1910–2012 | 102 | Scottish noblewoman[35] |
Archduchess Yolande of Austria | 1923–2023 | 100 | Austrian archduchess [citation needed] |
Induratana Paribatra | 1922– | 102 | Thai former princess |
Rama Varma Kochaniyan Thampuran | 1912–2014 | 101 | Member of the Cochin royal family of India[36] |
Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow | 1912–2013 | 101 | British peer and diplomat[37] |
Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram | 1915–2017 | 101 | British peer and Army officer[citation needed] |
Mary Wilson, Lady Wilson of Rievaulx | 1916–2018 | 102 | English poet; wife of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson[38] |
Princess Yi Hae-won of Korea | 1919–2020 | 100 | Korean royal,[39] princess and claimed empress[40] |
Tunku Ampuan Najihah | 1923–2023 | 100 | Malaysian royal, Queen consort of Negeri Sembilan [41] |
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- ^ "Asantehemaa Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem is dead; Reigned for 39 years". 3news.com. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ [Telegraph Obituaries] (15 November 2021). "The Countess of Avon, intellectual and independent-minded widow of the prime minister Anthony Eden and niece of Winston Churchill – obituary". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Fallece a los 105 años de edad el último hijo y heredero legítimo del rey Malabo". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- ^ Obituaries, Telegraph (24 November 2022). "Dame Frances Campbell-Preston, stalwart and long-serving lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother – obituary". The Telegraph – via telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Lord Chalfont obituary". Retrieved 30 December 2020 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ Nicholas, Sadie (8 November 2017). "Lady Ursula d'Abo – The beautiful girl who outshone the Queen". express.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "From Scotland, 100-year-old chief of Clan Bruce hails 'swift and true' Waterloo squadron". The Record. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Death of Baron Eduard von Falz-Fein, founder of the Liechtenstein Olympic Committee", Olympic Games, 22 November 2018 Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ^ "Obituary: Princess Alice". UK News. BBC. 30 October 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
- ^ Fontaine, Nicolas (25 February 2020). "Fortune FitzRoy : la Maîtresse de la garde-robe a 100 ans". Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Higashikuni Naruhiko". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
- ^ 東伏見慈洽さん死去 天皇陛下の叔父. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ^ "Lord Langford dies, aged 105". Daily Post. 13 November 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
- ^ "Longest lived peers and peeresses". Leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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