List of UK monarchy records

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*"Full article: List of longest reigning Monarchs of the UK"

Longest

The longest reign of a British monarch is the 63 years 7 months and 3 days of Queen Victoria between 1837 and 1901.

The king who had the longest reign was George III who ruled for 59 years 96 days between 1760 and 1820, although his rule effectively ended in 1811, nine years earlier, when he was declared insane and his son George IV was declared Prince Regent. This would shorten his reign to 50 years 3 months and 10 days, in which case he would fall behind James VI (among others). [James Stuart, the Old Pretender, claimed his reign from 16 September 1701 until his death on 1 January 1766, making 64 years 109 days.]

The Queen consort with the longest tenure was Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the consort of George III, for 57 years 70 days between 1761 and 1818.

When Prince Albert Edward acceded as Edward VII, he was both the longest-serving heir-apparent and the longest-serving Prince of Wales, with a tenure of 59 years, 2 months and 13 days.

hortest

The shortest-reigning British monarch was Lady Jane Grey who ruled for 13 days from July 6 1553 until July 19 (although she was only proclaimed queen by the Lords of the Council on July 10).

The king with the shortest definitively known reign was Edgar the Atheling who ruled for 2 months and 12 days in 1066 before submitting to William the Conqueror. Some records indicate that Sweyn Forkbeard reigned for only 40 days in 1013-4.cite book | last = McWhirter | first = Norris
title = Guinness Book of Records | publisher = Guinness Publishing
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The Queen Consort with the shortest tenure was Yolande de Dreux second wife of Alexander III queen for 154 days between 1285 and 1286.

Longevity

*"Full article: List of British monarchs by longevity"

Longest-lived

The longest-lived British monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, the current monarch, who equalled George III's record on 20 December 2007. (King George III died at the age of 81 years, 8 months and 5 days in 1820.) The longest-lived Queen Regnant until that point was Queen Victoria who died at the age of 81 years 7 months and 29 days 1901.

The longest-lived British head of state was Richard Cromwell who lived until the age of 85 years 9 months.

The longest-lived Queen Consort was Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, consort to George VI, and mother of the current longest-lived British monarch, who was 101 years 238 days at the time of her death on 30 March 2002.

hortest-lived

The youngest monarch to die was Margaret, Maid of Norway who died at the age of 7 years, five months, and 18 days in 1290.

The youngest English Monarch to die was Edward V, who was most likely murdered after he was deposed, when he was 12.

Age of accession

Oldest

The oldest monarch to begin his reign was William IV who succeeded to the throne in 1830 at the age of 64 years 10 months — The Prince of Wales would surpass this age on 18 September 2013. The oldest queen at the time of her accession was Mary I 37 years 5 months when she became queen in 1553.

The oldest Queen Consort was Alexandra of Denmark queen to Edward VII who was aged 56 years 53 days when she became queen in 1901.

Youngest

The youngest British monarch at the start her reign was Mary, Queen of Scots who became queen aged 6 days in 1542. The youngest king was Henry VI who was 8 months and 25 days old at the time of his accession.

The youngest Queen Consort was Isabella of Valois, second wife of Richard II, aged 6 years 11 months and 25 days when she became queen in 1396.

Marriage

Most marriages

Henry VIII was married six times, making him Britain's most-married monarch. The Queen who was married most times was Mary, Queen of Scots who had three husbands.

Never married

William II, Edward V, Edward VI, and Elizabeth I all died unmarried.

Youngest

The youngest monarch to marry was David II who married Joan, daughter of Edward II at the age of 4 years 4 months and 13 days in 1328. The youngest queen at the time of her marriage was Mary II who was 15 years 188 days old when she married William III in 1677.

The youngest Queen Consort was Isabella of Valois who married Richard II at the age of 6 years c.357 days in 1396.

Oldest

The oldest monarch at the time of his first marriage was William IV who was 52 years 326 days old when he married Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen in 1818. Mary I was the oldest queen at the time of her first marriage, aged 38 years 157 days when she married Prince Philip of Spain in 1554.

When second or subsequent marriages are included the oldest monarch at the time of his marriage was Edward I whose second marriage was to Marguerite of France in 1299 when he was 60 years 2 months and 23 days old and she was only 19.

The oldest Queen Consort at the time of her marriage was Maud, Countess of Huntingdon who married David I when she was around 40 years old.

Children

Most

The British monarch with the most children was Henry I, who had 29 children (5 legitimate).
The British monarch with the most legitimate children was James II/VII who had 20 children, 8 by his first wife, and 12 by his second. The Queen Regnant with the most children was Queen Anne, who had 18 children (6 of whom survived infancy).

Age of Parents

The youngest Queen Consort to give birth was Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV. In April 1382, at the age of 12, she gave birth to their first child, Edward, who lived only four days. At only 15, Henry is the youngest King Regnant to father a child.
The youngest Queen Regnant to give birth is Mary II, who gave birth to a stillborn child in 1678, when she was just 16.

The oldest parent was Edward I, who fathered his last child, Eleanor, in 1306, when he was 66, almost 67 years old.
The oldest mother was Eleanor of Aquitaine, who gave birth to John, in 1166, when she was 44.

References

ee also

*List of monarchs in the British Isles
*Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom