List of rulers of Iceland facts for kids
This is a list of rulers of Iceland, ruling from 1262 to 1944.
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Possession of Norway (1262–1814)
Name | Lifespan | Reign start | Reign end | Notes | Family | Image |
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Haakon IV
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1 April 1204 – 16 December 1263 (aged 59) | 1262 | 16 December 1263 | Son of Haakon III | Fairhair | |
Magnus VI
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1 May 1238 – 9 May 1280 (aged 42) | 16 December 1263 | 9 May 1280 | Son of Haakon IV | Fairhair | |
Eric II | 1268 – 15 July 1299 | 9 May 1280 | 15 July 1299 | Son of Magnus VI | Fairhair | |
Haakon V | 1270 – 8 May 1319 | 15 July 1299 | 8 May 1319 | Son of Magnus VI | Fairhair | |
Magnus VII | 1316 – 1 December 1374 | 1319 | 15 August 1343 | Grandson of Haakon V | Bjelbo | |
Haakon VI | 1340 – 11 September 1380 | 15 August 1343 | 11 September 1380 | Son of Magnus VII | Bjelbo | |
Olaf IV | 1370 – 23 August 1387 | 29 July 1380 | 23 August 1387 | Son of Haakon VI | Bjelbo | |
Margaret I | c. 1353 – 28 October 1412 | 1388 | 28 October 1412 | Mother of Olaf IV | Estridsen | |
Eric III | c. 1381 – 3 May 1459 | 28 October 1412 | 1442 | Son of Wartislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania | Griffins | |
Christopher I | 26 February 1416 – 5 January 1448 (aged 31) | 1442 | 5 January 1448 | Son of John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt | Palatinate-Neumarkt | |
Charles I | 5 October 1409 – 14 May 1470 (aged 60) | 20 November 1449 | 1450 | Son of Knut Tordsson Bonde | Bonde | |
Christian I | 1426 – 21 May 1481 | 1450 | 21 May 1481 | Son of Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg | Oldenburg | |
John I | 2 February 1455 – 20 February 1513 (aged 58) | 1483 | 20 February 1513 | Son of Christian I | Oldenburg | |
Christian II | 1 July 1481 – 25 January 1559 (aged 77) | 22 July 1513 | 20 January 1523 | Son of John I | Oldenburg | |
Frederick I | 7 October 1471 – 10 April 1533 (aged 61) | 1523 | 10 April 1533 | Son of Christian I | Oldenburg | |
Christian III | 12 August 1503 – 1 January 1559 (aged 55) | 1537 | 1 January 1559 | Son of Frederick I | Oldenburg | |
Frederick II | 1 July 1534 – 4 April 1588 (aged 53) | 1 January 1559 | 4 April 1588 | Son of Christian III | Oldenburg | |
Christian IV | 12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648 (aged 70) | 4 April 1588 | 28 February 1648 | Son of Frederick II | Oldenburg | |
Frederick III | 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670 (aged 60) | 1 May 1648 | 9 February 1670 | Son of Christian IV | Oldenburg | |
Christian V | 15 April 1646 – 25 August 1699 (aged 53) | 9 February 1670 | 25 August 1699 | Son of Frederick III | Oldenburg | |
Frederick IV | 11 October 1671 – 12 October 1730 (aged 59) | 25 August 1699 | 12 October 1730 | Son of Christian V | Oldenburg | |
Christian VI | 30 November 1699 – 6 August 1746 (aged 46) | 12 October 1730 | 6 August 1746 | Son of Frederick IV | Oldenburg | |
Frederick V | 31 March 1723 – 14 January 1766 (aged 42) | 6 August 1746 | 14 January 1766 | Son of Christian VI | Oldenburg | |
Christian VII | 29 January 1749 – 13 March 1808 (aged 59) | 14 January 1766 | 13 March 1808 | Son of Frederick V | Oldenburg | |
Frederick VI | 28 January 1768 – 3 December 1839 (aged 71) | 13 March 1808 | 7 February 1814 | Son of Christian VII | Oldenburg |
Possession of Denmark (1814–1918)
Name | Lifespan | Reign start | Reign end | Notes | Family | Image |
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Frederick VI | 28 January 1768 – 3 December 1839 (aged 71) | 7 February 1814 | 3 December 1839 | Son of Christian VII | Oldenburg | |
Christian VIII | 18 September 1786 – 20 January 1848 (aged 61) | 3 December 1839 | 20 January 1848 | Son of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and grandson of Frederick V | Oldenburg | |
Frederick VII | 6 October 1808 – 15 November 1863 (aged 55) | 20 January 1848 | 15 November 1863 | Son of Christian VIII | Oldenburg | |
Christian IX | 8 April 1818 – 29 January 1906 (aged 87) | 15 November 1863 | 29 January 1906 | Son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and great-grandson of Frederick V | Glücksburg | |
Frederick VIII | 3 June 1843 – 14 May 1912 (aged 68) | 29 January 1906 | 14 May 1912 | Son of Christian IX | Glücksburg | |
Christian X | 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947 (aged 76) | 14 May 1912 | 1 December 1918 | Son of Frederick VIII | Glücksburg |
Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944)
Name | Lifespan | Reign start | Reign end | Notes | Family | Image |
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Christian X |
26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947 (aged 76) | 1 December 1918 | 17 June 1944 | Son of Frederick VIII | Glücksburg |
Republic of Iceland (1944—present)
For more details, see List of Presidents of Iceland and List of Prime Ministers of Iceland
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