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Monarchs of the World
at the time of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
November 22, 1963

Country Sovereign Born Acceded
Luxembourg Grand Duchess Charlotte 23 January 1896 14 January 1919
Japan Emperor Hirohito 29 April 1901 25 December 1926
Ethiopia Emperor Haile Selassie I 23 July 1892 (27 September)
2 November
(1916) (Regent)
1930 (Emperor)
Muscat & Oman Sultan Said bin Taimur 13 August 1910 10 February 1932
Afghanistan King Mohammed Zahir Shah 15 October 1914 8 November 1933
Liechtenstein Prince Franz Joseph II 16 August 1906 25 July 1938
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
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
Ceylon
Jamaica
Queen Elizabeth II 21 April 1926 6 February 1952
Jordan King Hussein 14 November 1935 11 August 1952
Bhutan King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk 2 May 1928 27 October 1952
Saudi Arabia King Saud 12 January 1902 9 November 1953
Nepal King Mahendra 11 June 1920 13 March 1955
Morocco King Mohammed V 10 August 1909 (1927-53; 1955-57) (Sultan)
1957 (King)
Norway King Olav V 2 July 1903 21 September 1957
Laos King Savang Vatthana 13 November 1907 29 October 1959
Cambodia Prince Norodom Sihanouk 31 October 1922
3 April
(1941-55) (King)
1960
Malaysia Paramount Ruler Raja Putra of Perlis 25 November 1920 21 September 1960
Burundi King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng 1912 (30 November)
1 July
(1915)
1962
Vatican City Pope Paul VI 26 September 1897 21 June 1963


Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh, Jacqueline Kennedy, Queen Elizabeth II, & President John F. Kennedy, 1961.


Jacqueline Kennedy, the Shah of Iran, Queen Farah, & President Kennedy, 1962


President Charles de Gaulle of France, Queen Frederika of Greece, King Baudouin of Belgium, & Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia leading mourners at JFK's funeral, 1963

European Sovereigns
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