The Oldest Monarchies in The World

Monarchies aren’t the most popular form of government in our current day and age, mostly because this automatically means that your next head of state is just going to be, well, the child of your current one. There’s very little democracy involved. As a result, most current kings and queens have had their status reduced to something a bit more ceremonial than what you’d expect from a president, for example.

Some countries – mostly in Europe – still swear by a monarchy, so let’s take a look at some countries that have held true to that form of government for the longest time.

Denmark

Where Germany isn’t very fond of monarchs, Denmark has had a king or queen since 935 AD. In true Scandinavian fashion, they’ve sworn by the monarchy ever since. Their current monarch is queen Margrethe II, who somehow decided that naming the heir of a country “Frederik” was a good idea.

Morocco

This is one of the very oldest monarchies in the world, starting as early as 788 AD. Their monarch has only been called a “King” since 1957 however – they’ve had a plethora of other titles before that. They current king is Mohammed VI, who will one day leave his country to his son, Prince Moulay Hassan.

Great Britain

Assuming we take the unification of Great Britain as the cutoff date, this kingdom has been going strong since 1066. In terms of political influence and power, it’s safe to say that the Queen is probably the most powerful monarch in our current time. We know who the current Queen is, because Elizabeth II has been the Queen of England for over 65 years now. Let that sink in for a while.