*Are there any other old monarchies that I didn't include in the video?*

Kingdom of Norway: founded by king Harald Fairhair, currently ruled by king Harald Nohair

Everybody else: The king goes or we revolt! Norway: The king stays or we revolt!

2:53 Sweden 4:20 Denmark 5:39 Norway 6:42 UK 8:15 Morocco 9:19 Oman 10:20 Cambodia 11:23 Japan

Correction: The Current Sultan of Oman is Haytham Bin Tariq, as Sultan Qabous Bin Saïd passed away in January of Last Year.

Other ideas relating to monarchies: 1) shortest monarchies 2) most recent monarchies to be abolished/switched to another form of government 3) shortest serving kings/queens (like William Henry Harrison dying in office after only being president for 31 days)

If you consider elected monarchies too, you should have talked about the Holy See/Vatican/Papal States. They (Papal States) were territorially established in 754 AD and the line of succession goes even further than that, to Saint Peter

@7:09 Alfred's grandson Athelstan is widely accepted as the first king of all England after completing the reconquest of the danelaw from the vikings that was started by Alfred. William the conqueror is widely accepted as the first 'modern' English King because he is the most recent person to have claimed the crown working as an external force without such an invitation from parliament as William of orange had

japan really be having the oldest everything

From what I’ve gathered in my research on the Moroccan monarchy in the 20th century for my Uni dissertation, the decision by the French and Spanish colonial powers to preserve to Alaouite dynasty during their colonial occupation of Morocco, which began in 1912, was an important reason why the monarchy survived. In addition, the key role King Mohammed V played in the independence struggle during the 1950s helped consolidate his legitimacy and preserve monarchical rule after Morocco’s independence. His successor, Hassan II faced major challenges to his rule including two coup attempts in 1971 and 1972, which he survived by the skin of his teeth. His use of repression was key to his survival. As for the current monarch, Mohammed VI, who took the throne in 1999, I’m also not sure how he’s managed to preserve his rule. Like you said, he has promised constitutional reforms, but I don’t know if he’s delivered on them. His regime did survive the 2011 Arab Spring, so maybe Morocco has democratised under his reign, at least to some extent. Great video, btw!

The picture used for "Gorm the old" is the statue of Oger le Danois / Ogier the Dane. Ogier the Dane is according to "The song of Roland" a mythical paladin of Charlemagne, hence never King of Denmark.

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Next time newest monarcies? That would be interesting!

This video is interesting and made me think of this : will you make a video on the dynasties that have ruled over different monarchies without separating the Houses; for example, the House of Bourbon or the House of Valois are from the Capetian Dynasty. And thank you for your work ^^

I'm moroccan and i can answer to your questions, first, he constitutional reform is done and morocco became a democratic parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a serious power who was gived to the prime minister, and actually in morocco, the moroccans are proud of their king ! 🇲🇦🇲🇦

I just want to leave the 'I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, GK' comment. Keep up the good work, it's good to know there're still people who are interested in good ol' history! Much love from Lisbon :)

2 of the oldest monarchies, Japan and Morocco, have an interesting connection in that their native names (endonyms) mean Sunrise and Sunset respectively

Proud to be Japanese. Hope it will last permanently.....Sumeragi Iyasaka. Banzai!

Making some research, I've founded that current Spanish monarchs can be traced back to Visigoths kings in the 6th century reigning is quite a similar territory. As and addition, you could have included them too. Anyway, it was a great video. Congratulations!!!

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I lived and worked in Malaysia for 15 years, the Malaysian sultanate system is the most unique in the world, every five years the power of the sultan will be replaced by sultans from other states in Malaysia and installed as His Majesty the Yang Di-pertuan Agong. This unique system of transition is practiced to this day.

I'm Moroccan... thank you for this video! Much love to everybody here! 😊

morocco is a constitutional monarchy. The alaouites dynasty is the 7th monarchy to rule morocco. 1idrissid 2almoravid 3almohads 4marinids 5wattasid 6saady 7alaouites. First alaouites sultan was "mawla arrachid" in year 1666.

shortest one.. Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovene. -totally understandable 😂

Great video, thank you !

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Congrats! Very interesting video

8:45 As a Moroccan, I’m proud to tell you my friend that my country citizens love the king, even tho we used to be poor and some still are, even tho the king has way too much money etc. we love our king and the Prince Hassan III, this is the only way to keep progressing. Unfortunately we’ve seen many Arabic countries and African ones get destroyed by the western ideas of “Monarchy steals the citizen it’s freedom and wealth” which caused revolutions from the citizen only to bring down their very own country 💔 Thank you for your video, it’s really entertaining and explains pretty well

Como sempre, vídeo interessante!

It always great learning about monarchies

You forgot the timestamps in the description

Very interesting, thank you!

Aethelstan is usually considered the first king of England, starting from 927. He was Alfred's grandson. But the British monarchy is also the continuation of the Scottish monarchy, and Scotland became a country before England did. So you could go back to the first king of Scotland in 843.

Not an error per se as you can see the British monarchy as a continuation of both the English or Scottish monarchy, but the Scottish monarchy is actually older than the English one. So just a little thing.

The difference with Moroccan’s monarchy’s that the people actually love their king

I would like to note that the image you have representing Gorm the Old of Denmark is not, in fact, a statue depicting him. We do not know what he looked like, so he could've looked similar, but that statue is of old Danish mythical hero Holger Danske (Or Ogier the Dane, I believe, in English). Just wanted to note that.

Two corrections: 1. The Alauoi Dynasty of Morocco came into power in the XVII or XVIII Century. Prior to that, several other dynasties ruled over Morocco, beginning with the Idrissids, and then moving towards the Almoravid, Almohad, Merinid, etc. What this means is that the current Moroccan Dynasty, although old, isn´t really that old, especially when compared to others mentioned in this particular list. 2. Sultan Qaboos died in 2019. His successor, who is a cousin of his, is now the Sultan.

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Something that’s also fascinating about the Japanese Emperors: they are not the head of state. Their official role is „symbol of unity“

The real game of thrones ;-) Interesting that 2 island nations have the oldest and most well known monarchies in world - Great Britain and Japan - coincidence?

The current monarchy of the United Kingdom dates from 1707. If you are basing it on the prior monarchies which were merged then dating from 843 and King Kenneth McAlpin, its is the monarchy of Scotland not England which provides the oldest starting point..

I just love how now that it fits this video you put Morocco's date as 788 but in your other spain ones you put it after independence in 1956

The song playing in the background at the end was a march by John Philip Sousa. I think it was the one called "Hands Across the Sea", but it could be a different one.

I love this kind of thing!

Three other key facts about the UK you left out, 1) The Monarchy was interrupted by the during the Cromwell times, 2) Louis VIII of France was temporarily the King of England, and 3) not all of Ireland left. Also, in coup, the "p" is silent.

Very nice! It's super!

Prince Andrew is the monarch who had the longest period of not sweating -- until his catastrophic armpit-drenching interview in 2020.

Made some good memories in Oman. Sailors and Marines know

6:22 It’s worth noting that Haakon probably wouldn’t have been nearly so warmly welcomed if he hadn’t been a fairly humble man who was in favour of modernisation and democracy.

General knowledge do a video of how the seven emirates of UAE work together and how they came into existence

General Knowledge always knows how to squeeze Portugal into a video 😂

Alfred the Great was the King of Wessex, the precursor to the Kingdom of England. The first accepted English monarch was Æthelstan, Alfred's grandson, declaring himself King of the English in 927, an accepted year for the beginning of the Kingdom of England. The "British" monarchy however, began with Queen Anne in 1707, when the Kingdoms of England and Scotland were joined in the Acts of Union.

1700: God save the king 2021: God save the queen 2062: God save the queen

Correction : the map of Morocco must be included the “western Sahara” because this territory is part of our kingdom thanks for your understanding ❤️

9:43 O man, that's fascinating!

England had been unified for over a century before William conquered it. That unity actually made it easier to conquer, because he only had to defeat one king (Harold Godwinson). The reason 1066 is so critical in English history was a combination of permanent dynastic change (all future houses descending from William the Conqueror), and the major reorganization of England's system of government (not to mention the significant cultural influence of the Norman nobility in shaping English society, language, and identity).

The Kingdom of England was abolished in 1649 when Charles I was beheaded, and Cromwell's Commonwealth took over (a Republic). Cromwell died in 1658, and the Restoration under Charles II happened in 1660. Glorious Revolution in 1688-89 led to more limited changes.

Interesting topic

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With Oman: Qaboos died in 2020 before the pandemic and the current Sultan is Haitham bin Tariq

Thanks for making this video. There is never a government I love more than monarchy being an ardent absolute pan-monarchist!

Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote: "Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive"

Lesotho has their own king and does not consider Queen Elizabeth ll their monarch as shown on the map.

There is something to be said for constitutional monarchy as opposed to republic. Consider Haiti: the president "died suddenly"; there was no vice president, no congress because the term had expired and the prime minister was being replaced. If there was a monarch they could usually find a relative to take the reins and the prime minister would have someone to answer to even if the answer would always be yes of course.

you should do a video about monarchs that are still around but hold no power, like in germany or italy

It is impressive that the Moorish dynasty of Morocco is one thousand years old.

If we didnt have the revolution in 1979 we, the persians would've been second on this list

It's funny how, after thousands and thousands of years, every commoner sharply and desperately wanted to equalize a little power. The newest time is, indeed, not another era, but a real explosion

You forgot to mention the English Civil War, where England became a "republic" and abolished the monarchy.

Hi, I am from Sultanate of Oman. Sultan Qaboos passed away in January 2020, after being in power for 50 years and he had no sons/ no successor. The current sultan is his cousin Haitham bin Tariq.

The current Sultan of Oman is not Sultan Qaboos whose picture was displayed on the video. He passed away in 2020. His cousin Haitham took over as the new and current Sultan of Oman.

Titi Kingdom of Bergville in KwaZulu-Natal is said to have existed since around 200 AD.

Every place was a monarchy before becoming a republic, which in that case the oldest would just also be the oldest civilizations.

love how Denmarks current house doesn't actually rule over half of it's namesake

It's interesting to note that the person with the highest title has the least amount of power.

Denmark is actually considered by most historians to be the oldest monarchy in Europe, Glücksburg is also just a junior branch of Oldenburg, so technically the Oldenburg dynasty still rules Denmark.

Regarding Morocco it’s not about how they managed to maintain power over all this period, it’s the tribes who chose them, the different tribes where always in conflict and had issues until they all decided to give allegiance to a king who will unite all and rule the country, with years people started to trust the monarch more than any other tribe or their own and gained lots of respect which boosted the popularity of the monarch and lead to a successful continuation of people giving allegiance to their king until today.

@General Knowledge . One of the first Danish kings is King Angantyr in the year 700, and ever since Denmark has been an unbroken monarchy. Since the year 936, the monarchy has been inherited from the king to his son. Denmark was baptized as Christian in 965. The flag Dannebrog fell from the sky to us on June 15, 1219. The Queen is the head of Denmark and the Danish Commonwealth politically and religiously. The expression "We" represents "King and God". The Queen must not indulge in "party"-political debate.

Interestingly, the war loving Vikings disappeared from the history at about the time these Scandinavian kingdoms established. I wonder what happened that led to this sudden change of heart

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King Aethelstan was the first person with the title, King of England. Not William I. However William I did establish the current Dynasty and is the base of which monarchs base their numbers (Hence why Edward the confessor came before Edward I). Although if you asked William, he was actually the legitimate successor the the house of Wessex.

To answer your questions about how the Alaouite Dynasty has survived for so long,we have to go back the beginning. Morocco has always been a kingdom and the earlier dynasties were changed with a little bit of power struggle until the new one took over. At the height of Morocco's power were the Almoravid dynasties. At it's peak, they controlled current Morocco all the way down to the border and part of Senegal and most importantly they controlled lower half of Spain/Portugal. The alaouit Dynasty sultans and kings are direct descendent of prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) and is the only Dynasty that took the reign with literally no power struggle and purely from Bayah; which an Islamic religious expression of allegiance. They established the Makhzen which still lives to this day which is the term of their rule as a political, economical, and national security Institution. And finally, the alaouite kings were so smart on how to manage the different times and adapt proactively. They are loved by all Moroccans and are a source of pride since the stability they bring is rare, especially in a world that is full of political tension and power struggle (most notabely the North African neighbours). Like any other country, Kingdom of Morocco had the weak and bad periods politically throughout history, but generally speaking and especially since current king Mohammed 6 may Allah assist him, was proclaimed on the throne in 1999 in a weak state from a political and economical point of view to truly revolutionize the country on all front. Still a lot of work is needed, but we are very optimistic.

Moroccan monarchy has tow beginning The first in the time of the moorish king bakka of Mauritania established in the 2nd century BC. The 2nd beginning under the Islamic rule Start in 6th February 789 AD

I feel like Japan is the oldest country because it was gained independence by Emperor Jimmu. Egypt and Iran were just kingdoms then, not countries.

Kingdom of Morocco. With the royal family a direct bloodline of Muhammed PBUH. Not an absolute monarchy, it is a constitutional monarchy. Morocco has recently become a democratic government.

House of Normandy, The House of Anjou and the Plantagenes are the same, York and Lancater are minor branch of it. Tudor, Stuarts, Orange just the one(co-monarch with a Stuarts), Hannover, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha(then fake Windsor name during WWI).

In Nusantara Achipelago : Hey you forget about me we have also Old Monarchy too!!!

The true name of Windsor is Saxe-Coburg Gotha. Windsor is a replacement of it to make it sound less German

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Morocco is a constitutional monarchy since a long time ago lol

What about a video for longest existing monarchies? Like China or Egypt.

Hey, what is your view on the Portuguese monarchy?

I think you missed one Thailand I know it’s had different names, but they’ve had a monarchy a minimum of 800 years

While the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway were founded in the 10th and 9th Centuries respectively, the lineages of their current Monarchies are more recent. Sweden's current Monarchy has a lineage that goes back to 1523 when it left the Kalmar Union, and Norway's current Monarchy has a lineage that traces back to 1905 when it left the union with Sweden. Neither of them had an independent Monarch during the Kalmar Union from 1397-1523. In fact, Norway did not have an independent Monarch from 1397 to 1905, when they invited Prince Carl of Denmark to be their King. The Danish Monarchy is the oldest existing continuous Monarchy in Scandinavia, with an unbroken line of succession from 936 onwards when Gorm the Old became King of Denmark.

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And the Qing Dynasty (even though not a monarchy) had lasted the longest until 1912

Qaboos bin Said of house Al-Said passed away last year. The current Sultan of Oman is Haitham bin Tariq Al-Said.

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It could also be argued that the Current British Monarch was founded in 927 when AEthelstan was the first to rule all of modern England. You could also say that the current British monarchy didn't begin until 1603 when the English and Scottish Monarchy's united. Or until 1707 when Great Britain was Officially formed. It could also be argued that it didn't begin until 1660 when Charles II was restored to the Throne, after the Monarchy ended in 1649 following the execution of Charles I.