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

CountrySovereignBornAcceded
NorwayKing Haakon VII3 August187218 November1905
NepalKing Tribhuvan13 June190611 December1911
Luxembourg Grand Duchess Charlotte 23 January 189614 January1919
JapanEmperor Hirohito29 April190125 December1926
EthiopiaEmperor Haile Selassie I
(Regent 1916)
23 July18922 November1930
Muscat & OmanSultan Said bin Taimur13 August191010 February1932
Saudi ArabiaKing Ibn Saud15 January187614 August1932
AfghanistanKing Mohammed Zahir Shah15 October19148 November1933
Liechtenstein Prince Franz Joseph II 16 August 1906 25 July1938
Vatican CityPope Pius XII2 March18762 March1939
IraqKing Faisal II2 May 19354 April1939
CambodiaKing Norodom Sihanouk31 October192225 April1941
IranShah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi26 October191926 September1941
ThailandKing Bhumibol Adulyadej5 December19279 June1946
Greece King Paul I 14 December 1901 1 April 1947
Denmark King Frederik IX 11 March 1899 20 April 1947
YemenKing Ahmad bin Yahya189117 February1948
Netherlands Queen Juliana 30 April 19096 September 1948
Monaco Prince Rainier III 31 May 1923 9 May 1949
Sweden King Gustaf VI Adolf11 November188229 October1950
BelgiumKing Baudouin I 7 September 1930 16 July 1951
LibyaKing Idris I12 March188924 December1951
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Pakistan
Ceylon
Queen Elizabeth II21 April 1926 6 February 1952
EgyptKing Fuad II16 January195226 July1952
JordanKing Hussein14 November193511 August1952
BhutanKing Jigme Dorji Wangchuk2 May192827 October1952

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