Talk:Records of heads of state

Wrong leader as the longest serving elected woman
The longest serving democratically elected woman was the Icelandic Vigdís Finnbogadóttir at 16 years, not the Irish-woman at 14 years. Could someone change it for me? I don't have the time right now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.157.118.82 (talk) 06:21, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

What? (conflicting info)

 * The shortest reign is believed to be that of Luis Filipe of Portugal who was assassinated at the same time as his father on 1 February 1908. He could thus be claimed to have been King of Portugal for 20 minutes.[1] However the Portuguese monarchy lacked automatic succession and so any claim that he was de facto king does not hold up to scrutiny.

This appears to be a case where someone has corrected something without realising how dumb it ends up sounding. If I'm reading it correctly it's saying... Luis Filipe was the shortest serving head of state. Actually we kid, he was never the head of state so he can't have been the shortest serving. The article then gives no hint as to who was the shortest serving head of state who actually served. Nil Einne (talk) 08:43, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Should be fixed 174.48.76.112 (talk) 23:53, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've removed that entry, aswell as the supposed Louis XIX of France entry. GoodDay (talk) 05:38, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

he does not count. he acullay outlive his dad by 25 minutes so still longer then Louis. he did not even rule William the enderman6713 (talk) 17:17, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Tallest Monarch

 * The height of the tallest monarch is listed here as 11 foot and change (330+cm), while on the monarch's own page the height is given as 7 foot and change. I would tend to believe the latter, but have no information one way or the other. Could someone check and fix? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:C6:3CD:7268:A918:20A0:2ABD:6FDA (talk) 20:51, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

emperor koan
Where is emperor koan he ruled japan for 101 years 392 bce-291 bce Gpshshdhe (talk) 13:18, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Oldest ruling house
Why is Elizabeth II arbitrarily chosen as descended from Arnulf of Metz when basically every contemporary European royal shares that descent and statistically it is unlikely that any person of European ancestry does not share it?...royal genealogies share many common ancestors and I'm not sure what the criterion is for pointing to a particular modern ruler.96.250.80.27 (talk) 22:14, 16 February 2021 (UTC)


 * And why Arnulf, why not Cerdic of Wessex Who lived many decades prior to Arnulf? Oleryhlolsson (talk) 23:09, 16 February 2021 (UTC)


 * BECAUSE...the tie to Arnulf is documented at every stage while the father and grandfather of Ealhmund of Kent alleged to have existed by his son are never attested by contemporary records and may have been fabricated so that his son could claim the throne of Wessex.96.250.80.27 (talk) 08:32, 22 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Actually I would find it more interesting to list which of the present day extant monarchies who for the longest time can show that ALL their (subsequent) monarchs share a common ancestry?
 * For instance all ruling Japanese monarchs from at least 642 seem to share the same ancestry. In Europe Napoleon brought so much 'disorder' to the history of many European monarchies, that many of them can't point to a common ancestor for all their monarchs further back than to the begining of the 19th century (Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden & Norway), but in Liechtenstein, Monaco, United Kingdom and Denmark the point for the oldest common ancestor for all subsequent monarchs stretches further back than that. In United Kingdom/Great Britain/England (sorry Scotland, but your history is way to messy with many interregnums and occasional direct rule from the English monarch), all monarchs since 1066 descends from Robert I, Duke of Normandy (the father of William the Conqueror) and in Denmark all monarchs since 1047 descends from Estrid Svendsdatter (the mother of Sweyn II Estridsson). Oleryhlolsson (talk) 00:22, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I was perhaps a bit unfair towards Scotland. I forgot that all English monarchs since at least 1154 descended from the Scottish royal house as well, so it dosen't realy matter, whether the kings of England for some years ruled in Scotland, they were still of the same descend as the more 'regular' Scottish monarchs. So by looking at the history of the Scottish monarchy we can conclude, that all monarchs of Scotland since 848 share the same ancestry - they all descend from Alpín mac Echdach the father of Kenneth I MacAlpin and Domnall I mac Ailpín. The problem about England and Scotland of course is, that they for a period (1649/1652-1660) were republics without any ruling monarchs! Denmark and Liechtenstein on the other hand has never been republics. So which European county has the longest unbroken record of shared common ancestry among its monarchs, Denmark or Scotland? Oleryhlolsson (talk) 00:53, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Longest-serving and longest current serving male president
The article says this is Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, but the linked article with the actual list says it's Paul Biya — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sejtam (talk • contribs) ˜˜˜˜


 * Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is the longest-serving president, having held that title since 1979. Paul Biya, on the other hand, has technically only been "president" since 1982 and was only prime minister before that - and thus not really a "head of state". Ionmars10 (talk) 18:11, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

@Lonmars10 You are not wrong Prime minsters are head of governments while presidents are of States. Snsnssnuw2 (talk) 18:56, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Source for tallest
The only source on Maharana Pratap Jayanti is a brief pop online news article using language like 'the brave Rajput warrior', and 'one of the strongest warriors in India', is clearly hagiographic (in a not uncommon way, in context...), and itself cites no sources. I can't even find any other references on this online that don't point to the same article. Even the Wikipedia page on the monarch himself does not mention his height once. Especially for such a claim, without a proper source, this should either be deleted or the language greatly weakened.

Western Samoa
Western Samoa was a monarchy under Malietoa Tanumafili II. Certainly, we can't call him specifically "president", at the same time not calling Fidel Castro as such. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.144.245.25 (talk) 15:42, 8 September 2022 (UTC)