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Sovereign Monarchs of the World
at the time of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
June 2, 1953

Country Sovereign Born Acceded
Norway King Haakon VII 3 August 1872 18 November 1905
Nepal King Tribhuvan 13 June 1906 11 December 1911
Luxembourg Grand Duchess Charlotte 23 January 1896 14 January 1919
Japan Emperor Hirohito 29 April 1901 25 December 1926
Ethiopia Emperor Haile Selassie I
(Regent 1916)
23 July 1892 2 November 1930
Muscat & Oman Sultan Said bin Taimur 13 August 1910 10 February 1932
Saudi Arabia King Ibn Saud 15 January 1876 14 August 1932
Afghanistan King Mohammed Zahir Shah 15 October 1914 8 November 1933
Liechtenstein Prince Franz Joseph II 16 August 1906 25 July 1938
Vatican City Pope Pius XII 2 March 1876 2 March 1939
Iraq King Faisal II 2 May 1935 4 April 1939
Cambodia King Norodom Sihanouk 31 October 1922 25 April 1941
Iran Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 26 October 1919 26 September 1941
Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej 5 December 1927 9 June 1946
Greece King Paul I 14 December 1901 1 April 1947
Denmark King Frederik IX 11 March 1899 20 April 1947
Yemen King Ahmad bin Yahya 1891 17 February 1948
Netherlands Queen Juliana 30 April 1909 6 September 1948
Monaco Prince Rainier III 31 May 1923 9 May 1949
Sweden King Gustaf VI Adolf 11 November 1882 29 October 1950
Belgium King Baudouin I 7 September 1930 16 July 1951
Libya King Idris I 12 March 1889 24 December 1951
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Pakistan
Ceylon
Queen Elizabeth II 21 April 1926 6 February 1952
Egypt King Fuad II 16 January 1952 26 July 1952
Jordan King Hussein 14 November 1935 11 August 1952
Bhutan King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk 2 May 1928 27 October 1952

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