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

CountrySovereignBornAcceded
Luxembourg Grand Duchess Charlotte 23 January 189614 January1919
JapanEmperor Hirohito29 April190125 December1926
EthiopiaEmperor Haile Selassie I23 July1892(27 September)
2 November
(1916) (Regent)
1930 (Emperor)
Muscat & OmanSultan Said bin Taimur13 August191010 February1932
AfghanistanKing Mohammed Zahir Shah15 October19148 November1933
Liechtenstein Prince Franz Joseph II 16 August 1906 25 July1938
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
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
Ceylon
Jamaica
Queen Elizabeth II21 April 1926 6 February 1952
JordanKing Hussein14 November193511 August1952
BhutanKing Jigme Dorji Wangchuk2 May192827 October1952
Saudi ArabiaKing Saud12 January19029 November1953
NepalKing Mahendra11 June192013 March1955
MoroccoKing Mohammed V10 August1909(1927-53; 1955-57) (Sultan)
1957 (King)
NorwayKing Olav V2 July190321 September1957
LaosKing Savang Vatthana13 November190729 October1959
CambodiaPrince Norodom Sihanouk31 October1922
3 April
(1941-55) (King)
1960
MalaysiaParamount Ruler Raja Putra of Perlis25 November192021 September1960
BurundiKing Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng1912(30 November)
1 July
(1915)
1962
Vatican CityPope Paul VI26 September189721 June1963


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

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