Q. Who among the following is the longest reigning monarch in the world?
Answer:
Louis XIV
Notes:
- Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II becomes the world’s second-longest reigning monarch in history, after France’s Louis XIV.
- Brunei's Hassanal Bolkiah assumed the throne of the Muslim nation in 1967, which makes his reign a total of 54 years so far.
- Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has been on the throne for 50 years. Queen came to power in 1972.
- Sweden's Carl XVI Gustaf assumed the throne after his grandfather passed away in 1973.
- eSwatini's (formerly known as Swaziland) Mswati III ascended the throne in 1986 aged 18.