List of centenarians (royalty and nobility)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as royalty and nobility – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name Lifespan Age Notability
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester1901–2004102British royal[1]
Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II1907–2016109Ghanaian royal[2]
Leonilla Ivanovna Bariatinskaia, Princess of Sayn Wittgenstein Sayn1816–1918101Russian princess[3]
Francisco Malabo Beosá1896–2001105Equatoguinean King of the Bubi Kingdom[4]
Infanta Maria Adelaide of Portugal1912–2012100Portuguese royal[5]
Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne1901–2002100British peer[6]
Lady Ursula d'Abo1916–2017100English socialite, heiress, memoirist, and VAD wartime volunteer[7]
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother1900–2002101British Queen consort and last Empress of India (consort of George VI)[8]
Judith Hare, Countess of Listowel1903–2003100British-Hungarian noblewoman, Countess[9]
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni1887–1990102Japanese imperial prince and Prime Minister[10]
Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle, DBE1909–2013103British countess, patron, and activist[11]
Rama Varma Kochaniyan Thampuran1912–2014101Member of the Cochin royal family of India[12]
Count Higashifushimi Kunihide1910–2014103Japanese prince, head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya[13]
Colonel Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, 9th Baron Langford, Constable of Rhuddlan Castle1912–2017105Anglo-Welsh peer and British Army officer; the longest-lived peer on record[14][15]
Takahito, Prince Mikasa1915–2016100Japanese imperial prince[16]
François de Noailles, 9th Duke of Noailles1905–2009103French nobleman[17]
Samuel Odulana Odungade I1914–2016101Olubadan of Ibadan[18]
P. K. S. Raja1913–2013100Indian royal, Zamorin of Calicut[19]
Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow1912–2013101British peer and diplomat[20]
Princess Isabelle of Salm-Salm1903–2009105Germany-Austrian noblewoman and princess

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary: Princess Alice". UK News. BBC. 30 October 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  2. ↑ "Asantehemaa Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem is dead; Reigned for 39 years". 3news.com. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Guinness World Records 2004. New York City: Bantam Books. 2003. p. 138. ISBN 9780606309516.
  4. ↑ "Fallece a los 105 años de edad el último hijo y heredero legítimo del rey Malabo". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Morreu Maria Adelaide de Bragança van Uden" (in Portuguese). DN.pt. 24 February 2012. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  6. ↑ "Lord Oranmore and Browne". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 10 August 2002. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Nicholas, Sadie (8 November 2017). "Lady Ursula d'Abo – The beautiful girl who outshone the Queen". express.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  8. ↑ Bates, Stephen (3 April 2002), "Piper's farewell for Queen Mother", The Guardian Retrieved 2007-02-26.
  9. ↑ "Judith, Countess of Listowel, dies". The Daily Telegraph. 2003-07-21. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  10. ↑ "Higashikuni Naruhiko". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
  11. ↑ Who's Who 2013 (165 ed.). A & C Black. 2013. p. 21. ISBN 1408154919.
  12. ↑ "Sixer Thampuran' to turn 100". The New Indian Express. 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
  13. ↑ 東伏見慈洽さん死去 天皇陛下の叔父. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  14. ↑ "Lord Langford dies, aged 105". Daily Post. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Longest lived peers and peeresses". Leighrayment.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Prince Mikasa, Emperor Akihito's uncle, turns 100". The Japan Times. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  17. ↑ "Hertog van Noailles op 103-jarige leeftijd overleden" (in Dutch). Monarchen.nl. 2009-01-14. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  18. ↑ "Nigeria's Olubadan, ruler of Ibadan land, dies at 101". BBC. 2016-01-20. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  19. ↑ Rajagopal, Krishnadas (2013-03-27). "Zamorin of Calicut passes away". The Hindu. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
  20. ↑ "Lord Thurlow". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
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