List of Shortest-reigning Monarchs - Unknown Periods Thought To Be Less Than A Year

Unknown Periods Thought To Be Less Than A Year

Note: Some of the following have been disputed as genuine monarchs

Name Country Royal house/dynasty Reign began Reign ended Length Comments
Pharaoh Nebiriau II King of Egypt Sixteenth Dynasty c.1600 BC c.1600 BC Obscure Pharaoh of the Second Intermediate period
Pharaoh Tao I the Elder Pharaoh of Egypt Seventeenth Dynasty c.1558 BC c.1558 BC An equally obscure Pharaoh of the Second Intermediate period
Queen Cleopatra IV of Egypt Queen of Egypt Ptolemaic 116 BC 115 BC Pushed out of joint reign by her mother, Cleopatra III
Emperor Triệu Dương Vương Vietnam Triệu 111 BC 111 BC Captured and executed by the Han after his army was destroyed leading to 150 years of Chinese mastery.
King Ildibad King of the Ostrogoths 540 541 Assassinated by a Gepid
Duke Bezprym Duke of Poland 1031 1032 The reason for his downfall was his extreme cruelty. According to the Chronicles of Hildesheim, he was murdered by his own men no later than spring of 1032. Probably the instigators of his death were his half-brothers, although the main conspirator was Otto, who remained free in Germany.
King Eraric King of the Ostrogoths 541 541 Assassinated by a member of his own royal guard.
High King Fogartach mac Néill Ireland Uí Néill 724 724 Claimed by some to be the High King of Ireland for several months during a period of high conflict.
Jaya Harivarman II Champa 1167 1167
Jaya Indravarman V Champa 1191 1191
Emperor Constantine Laskaris Nicaea Laskaris 1204 1205 Constantine Laskaris was declared nominal Byzantine emperor after Alexios V Doukas was deposed as the Byzantine emperor by the Fourth Crusade.
Emperor Mạc Toàn Vietnam Mạc 1592 1592 Mạc Toàn succeeded Mạc Mậu Hợp for a short period after the latter was killed by the forces of Trịnh Tùng.

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