Oldest Monarch

[janeevans]

What Monarch lived to the grandest old age?

Thanks for any help

[kempie]

British or of any nationality?

Queen Victoria died aged 83... link

Franz Joseph I of Austria died aged 86... link

Emperor Hirohito died aged 87... link

[kempie]

...oops!

Typo for QV - should be 81.

[waimarie]

What a remarkable period of reign from that Franz Joseph. He was 18 when he assumed the throne in 1848 and reigned until his death in 1916 with his empire crumbling around him. It is often said this was a classic example of somebody clinging on to the reins (sorry) of power for too long. He was still living in the middle of the 19th century when WW1 was instigated. It is a beguiling thought of 'what would have been' if he had died ten years earlier and his more liberal son, Karl been on the throne in 1914.

[jno]

Ramses II of Egypt lived to 96. To occupy his time, he had 200 wives and concubines, 96 sons and 60 daughters.

[jno]

oh, and some say Pepi II lived to 100, having become pharaoh at the age of 6; but this is disputed.