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Citations needed?

In a list such as this, one can reasonably assume that the necessary sources that assert the length of these reigns are in the article linked here -- for example, the citations for the reigns of Sobhuza II of Swaziland or Pepy II of Ancient Egypt could be found in their articles. Which is fine. However, for a number of these monarchs there is no link, nor an article yet. IMHO, these need a citation to remain in this list. (Although isn't the fact a person was a monarch sufficient to meet the notability requirement, thus there should be an article about that person?) -- llywrch (talk) 15:27, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Other royal records

Could there be a 'minor list' of other royal records?

Charles Prince of Wales has been 'heir to the monarchy' since his mother succeeded - a record that is unlikely to be matched for any heir across the world for a considerable time.

Otto von Habsburg was the 'heir or claimant' to some royal title (even if it is not quite clear what).

There are probably a few others who could be added. Jackiespeel (talk) 21:44, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Parakramabhahu of Anuradhapura

The entry for "King Parakramabhahu, Anuradhapura" appears to contradict the article on Monarchs of Anuradhapura, which lists four other Kings during the period indicated. It is also in a different format from the other entries in the list.

I am also supsicious of entries that claim accession and demise both on Jnauary 1, and an exact multiple of ten years apart. This hints that exact dates are not known.

The second list, of approximate reigns, lists the same reign for a different king of the same kingdom, except that it is from 437 to 367 BC, rather than 367 to 437 CE. Is the entry an alternate name of the same king?

--Cctimar (talk) 18:34, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Eric of Pomerania

I believe that Eric of Pomerania should be added to this list in his capacity as king of Norway 1389–1442 (53 years; as king of Dennmark and Sweden he only ruled for 43 years). One might argue that he was only nominally a king until his mother died in 1412, but the list alreday includes several other monarchs who have succeeded to their thrones as minors and have had to wait several years to become de facto rulers. /FredrikT (talk) 11:00, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Queen Elizabeth II rein

H.M. Queen Elizabeth II has reined a total of 63 years and 1 day (as of February 7,2015). I tried to edit it from 62 years but couldn't. Please fix/ tell me how to edit this situation. Johnalexander Zarcp February 8, 2015

Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor

ruled 53 years (1440-1493), please add.--Hyphantes (talk) 17:04, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Idris ibni Muhammad al-Qadri, Tunku Besar of Tampin?

There seems to be an error with the monarch mentioned in the title of this section. The source given fails to give the date of his accession to the title in the precision presented on this list. 101090ABC (talk) 20:05, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bernhard VII

How are we defining monarch to be included in this list? Both Bernhard's and Lippe's pages describe him as a Lord not a King or Prince with Lippe only becoming a principality in 1789.

162.44.224.30 (talk) 09:15, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Victoria and Elizabeth II's reigns

There seems to be a problem with the chart. As of today (7 September) it says Elizabeth II has reigned 63 years and 212 days and Victoria 63 years and 216 days ie there is a four day difference. However, in two day's time, on Wednesday 9 September, Elizabeth II will become the Commonwealth's longest reigning monarch:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34112486

Something is wrong here! Stronach (talk) 08:05, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's due to the times of day at which each monarch became Queen - i.e. what time their predecessor died - and the time at which Victoria died. Since the Wikipedia template only works with whole days and not hours/minutes there's a discrepancy of a day. It may be worth adding a note to explain this as it's likely to get a lot of hits in the next day or so. I'll do it later if no-one beats me to it.  — An optimist on the run! (logged on as Pek the Penguin) 08:14, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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