List of centenarians (royalty and nobility)

The following is an alphabetical list of royal or noble centenarians. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

  Living
Name Lifespan Age Notability
Lydia Kaʻonohiponiponiokalani Aholo 1878–1979 101 Hawaii'an royal[1]
Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle 1909–2013 103 British countess, patron, and activist; also a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)[2]
Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II 1907–2016 109 Ghanaian royal, Queen Mother of Asanteman[3]
Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon 1920–2021 101 British aristocrat, noble and Spouse of the Prime minister of the United Kingdom[4]
Francisco Malabo Beosá 1896–2001 105 Equatoguinean King of the Bubi Kingdom[5]
Dame Frances Campbell-Preston 1918–2022 104 British courtier and author who served as lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother from 1965 to 2002.[6]
Princess Catherine Caradja 1893–1993 100 Romanian noblewoman, princess, aristocrat and philanthropist[citation needed]
Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont 1919–2020 100 British Army officer, politician and historian[7]
Lady Ursula d'Abo 1916–2017 100 English socialite, heiress, memoirist, and VAD wartime volunteer[8]
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin 1924– 100 British peer.[9]
George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth 1919–2022 102 British peer and Lord Lieutenant[citation needed]
Baron Eduard von Falz-Fein 1912–2018 106 Russian-born Liechtensteiner businessman, journalist, and sportsman[10]
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester 1901–2004 102 British royal[11]
Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton 1920–2021 101 British noble and Mistress of the Robes; Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order[12]
Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni of Japan 1887–1990 102 Japanese imperial prince and prime minister[13]
Kunihide, Count Higashifushimi of Japan 1910–2014 103 Japanese prince, head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya[14]
Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, 9th Baron Langford 1912–2017 105 Anglo-Welsh peer and British Army officer; the longest-lived peer on record[15][16]
Judith Hare, Countess of Listowel 1903–2003 100 British-Hungarian noblewoman, Countess[17]
Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg 1918–2019 100 German royal[18]
Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan 1915–2016 100 Japanese imperial prince[19]
Gochomu J. Mudzingwa 1916–2018 101 Zimbabwean tribal chief[20]
François-Agénor-Alexandre-Hélie de Noailles, 9th Duke of Noailles 1905–2009 103 French nobleman[21]
Samuel Odulana Odungade I 1914–2016 101 Nigerian royal, Olubadan of Ibadan[22]
Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne 1901–2002 100 British peer[23]
Mehrdad Pahlbod 1917–2018 101 Iranian royal and politician, Minister of Culture and Arts (1964–1978)[24]
Frank Douglas-Pennant, 5th Baron Penrhyn 1865–1967 101 British peer and Justice of the peace[citation needed]
Hon. Katherine Plunket 1820–1932 111 Anglo-Irish aristocrat and botanical illustrator[25]
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900–2002 101 British queen consort and last Empress of India, consort of George VI[26]
Infanta Maria Adelaide of Portugal 1912–2012 100 Portuguese royal[27]
P. K. S. Raja 1913–2013 100 Indian royal, Zamorin of Calicut[28]
Prince Bhisadej Rajani of Thailand 1922–2022 100 Thai royal[29]
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa of Japan 1923– 100 Japanese princess[30]
Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele 1920–2024 103 English peer, businessman and British Army officer[31][32]
Leonilla, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn 1816–1918 101 Russian-German princess[33]
Marianne, Dowager Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn 1919– 104 German princess[34]
Patricia Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, Countess of Dundee 1910–2012 102 Scottish noblewoman[35]
Archduchess Yolande of Austria 1923–2023 100 Austrian archduchess [citation needed]
Induratana Paribatra 1922– 102 Thai former princess
Rama Varma Kochaniyan Thampuran 1912–2014 101 Member of the Cochin royal family of India[36]
Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow 1912–2013 101 British peer and diplomat[37]
Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram 1915–2017 101 British peer and Army officer[citation needed]
Mary Wilson, Lady Wilson of Rievaulx 1916–2018 102 English poet; wife of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson[38]
Princess Yi Hae-won of Korea 1919–2020 100 Korean royal,[39] princess and claimed empress[40]
Tunku Ampuan Najihah 1923–2023 100 Malaysian royal, Queen consort of Negeri Sembilan [41]

Footnotes edit

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