Who was the youngest king ever?

Alfonso XIII could be considered as the youngest ever king to be crowned as he became a king the day he was born on May 17, 1886. Though his mother Maria Christina of Austria had the power as his regent until he assumed full powers on his sixteenth birthday in 1902.
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Who was youngest king in the world?

The crown prince who became king at the age of three

King Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro Kingdom in Uganda currently holds the spot in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's youngest reigning monarch. A position he took over from Mswati III of Swaziland who became king by 18.
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Who became king at 13 years old?

It is difficult to imagine a 13 years old ruling such a vast empire; but he did it.
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Who became king at the age of 16?

Uzziah took the throne at age 16 and reigned for about 52 years.
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Who was a king at the age of 12 in the Bible?

He was the oldest of the sons of Hezekiah and his mother Hephzibah (2 Kings 21:1). He became king at the age of 12 and reigned for 55 years (2 Kings 21:1; 2 Chronicles 33:1). The biblical account of Manasseh is found in 2 Kings 21:1–18 and 2 Chronicles 32:33–33:20.
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How old was the youngest queen?

Youngest. The youngest British monarch at the start of her reign was Mary, Queen of Scots, who became queen aged 6 days in 1542.
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Who is the kindest king in history?

Nicholas II was the living proof that you could either be a pleasant, loving family man and an amenable, reasonable and humane ruler, or you could be the autocrat of all the Russias, heir to Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great: it was one or the other – not both.
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Who became king at 15?

The Roman emperor Elagabalus may have taken power at the tender age of 15, but his four-year reign was anything but innocent. A native of Syria, Elagabalus seized control of Rome in 218 after his mother and grandmother sparked a revolt by claiming he was the illegitimate son of the recently murdered emperor Caracalla.
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Who was the first king in history?

Meet the world's first emperor. King Sargon of Akkad—who legend says was destined to rule—established the world's first empire more than 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
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How old do you have to be to become king?

According to the Regency Acts in force, if the monarch is under the age of 18 years when he or she succeeds to the throne, a regency is automatically established, and, until the monarch attains the age of 18 years, the royal functions are discharged by the regent in the name and on behalf of the monarch.
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How old was the youngest king in the Bible?

Jehoash was 7 years old when his reign began, and he reigned for 40 years. (2 Kings 12:1,2 Chronicles 24:1) He was succeeded by his son, Amaziah of Judah.
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Who is the youngest queen in the world?

Jetsun Pema (Dzongkha: རྗེ་བཙུན་པདྨ་; Wylie: rje btsun padma; born 4 June 1990) is the Druk Gyaltsuen (Dzongkha: Dragon Queen) of Bhutan, as the wife of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. She is currently the youngest queen consort in the world.
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Who was the most famous king?

Top 10 Most Famous Kings In History
  1. #1: Louis XIV of France. 1638 - 1715.
  2. #2: Henry VIII of England. 1491 - 1547. ...
  3. #3: Alexander III of Macedon. 356 - 23 BC. ...
  4. #4: Cyrus II of Persia. c. ...
  5. #5: Charlemagne. c. ...
  6. #6: Hammurabi. Unknown - c. ...
  7. #7: Peter I of Russia. 1672 - 1725. ...
  8. #8: Tutankhamen. c. ...
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Who was the first king of England?

The first king of all of England was Athelstan (895-939 AD) of the House of Wessex, grandson of Alfred the Great and 30th great-granduncle to Queen Elizabeth II. The Anglo-Saxon king defeated the last of the Viking invaders and consolidated Britain, ruling from 925-939 AD.
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Can William be king instead of Charles?

Even if the Queen wanted to change her successor, she doesn't have the power to do so. It's against the law, specifically the 1701 Act of Settlement, which requires that a monarch's heir must be a direct successor and a Protestant. Prince Charles fits the bill on both accounts.
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Who was king for 20 minutes?

When his father abdicated the throne on August 2nd, 1830, at the demand of protestors, Louis-Antoine became Louis XIX, King of France and Navarre. His reign only lasted 20 minutes, after which he too gave in to demands to abdicate the throne.
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What is a child king?

A child ruler is someone holding an office of sovereign and temporal authority who has not yet reached the age of majority in their culture.
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Who was the cruelest king in history?

Joseph Stalin

He is considered as the most dangerous and cruel ruler in the history because he exercises greater political power than any dictator. He was responsible for the death of more than 20 million of its own people during his 29 years of rule.
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Who was the most handsome English king?

King Henry VIII, who ruled England from April 1509 until his death in January 1547, was known to be an attractive and charismatic man.
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Who is the greatest ruler of all time?

Here are history's greatest rulers:
  • Caesar. ...
  • Alexander the Great. ...
  • Joseph II. ...
  • Genghis Khan. ...
  • Queen Elizabeth I. ...
  • Charlemagne. ...
  • Napoleon. ...
  • Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and led the country through its greatest internal struggle, the Civil War.
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Who became queen at 6 days old?

1542-1567) Born at Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian on 8 December 1542, Mary became Queen of Scots when she was six days old.
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