- Thu May 29, 2025 8:28 pm
#90050
Nicholas II for about a year. Or Alexander I of Russia if you buy into the legends.
On that note, a fairly common trick question in pub quizzes was "Who was the longest lived ruler of England?". People would usually assume it was Victoria or George III, but in fact it was Richard Cromwell, who died in relative obscurity at a grand old age, as after the Restoration he was deemed no real threat to anyone.
Elizabeth II replaced him as the right answer.
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