Less Than A Week
Note: Some of the following have been disputed as genuine monarchs
| Name | Country | Royal house/dynasty | Reign began | Reign ended | Length | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharaoh Seth | Egypt | Thirteenth Dynasty | c.1755 BC | c.1755 BC | 6 days | Pharaoh of the Second Intermediate period. His existence is disputed, being that he is only attested on the Turin Papyrus |
| King John I | France and Navarre | Capet | 15 November 1316 | 20 November 1316 | 5 days | Posthumous son of Louis X, died aged 5 days. |
| Pharaoh Imyremeshaw | Ancient Egypt | Thirteenth Dynasty | c.1765 BC | c.1765 BC | 4 days | Pharaoh of the Second Intermediate period |
| King Crateuas | Macedon | Argead Dynasty | 399 BC | 399 BC | 4 days | Assassinated Archelaus I during a hunt. Succeeded by Archelaus's son Orestes. |
| Pope-elect Stephen | Holy See | 23 March 752 AD | 26 April 752 AD | 3 days | Not normally recognized as a genuine Pope, Stephen died of apoplexy 3 days after his election, missing his consecration. The numbering of Stephens from Stephen I (254-257 AD) to Stephen II (752-757 AD) skips him over, and he was removed from the 1961 List of Popes. | |
| Vua Lê Trung Tông | Vietnam | Lê | October 1005 | October 1005 | 3 days | Assassinated by order of his successor Lê Ngoạ Triều. |
| Vua Lê Quang Trị | Vietnam | Lê | 1516 | 1516 | 3 days | |
| Vua Dục Đức | Vietnam | Nguyễn | 20 July 1883 | 23 July 1883 | 3 days | |
| King Inayatullah Khan Seraj | Afghanistan | Barakzai | 14 January 1929 | 17 January 1929 | 3 days | Inayatullah Khan Seraj replaced his brother King Amanullah Khan who had abdicated. Inayatullah Khan Seraj then abdicated himself three days later in favour of Habibullah Ghazi who was deposed 8 months later. |
| King Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev | Nepal | Shah | 1 June 2001 | 4 June 2001 | <56 hours | Succeeded to the throne after the murder of his father Birendra during the Nepalese royal massacre in which Dipendra allegedly inflicted mortal wounds upon himself. |
| Sultan Sayyid Khalid bin Barghash | Zanzibar | Al Bu Sa'id | 25 August 1896 | 27 August 1896 | 2 days | Seized power after the death of Sayyid Hamad bin Thuwaini Al-Busaid resulting in the 38 minute Anglo-Zanzibar War. Replaced by Sayyid Hamoud bin Mohammed Al-Said after surrender. |
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