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List of centenarians (royalty and nobility)

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

  Living
Name Lifespan Age Notability
Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle 1909–2013 103 British countess[1]
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester 1901–2004 102 British royal[2]
Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II 1907–2016 109 Ghanaian royal, Queen Mother of Asanteman[3]
Tunku Ampuan Najihah 1923–2023 100 Malaysian royal, Queen consort of Negeri Sembilan [4]
Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon 1920–2021 101 British noblewoman[5]
Francisco Malabo Beosá 1896–2001 105 Equatoguinean King of the Bubi Kingdom[6]
Dame Frances Campbell-Preston 1918–2022 104 British courtier, lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother[7]
Princess Catherine Caradja 1893–1993 100 Romanian princess, aristocrat[8]
Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont 1919–2020 100 British Army officer and politician[9]
Lady Ursula d'Abo 1916–2017 100 English socialite[10]
Patricia Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, Countess of Dundee 1910–2012 102 Scottish noblewoman[11]
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin 1924– 100 British peer[12]
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900–2002 101 British queen consort and last Empress of India[13]
George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth 1919–2022 102 British peer and Lord Lieutenant[14]
Baron Eduard von Falz-Fein 1912–2018 106 Russian-born Liechtensteiner businessman[15]
Alexandra Pavlovna Galitzine 1905–2006 101 Russian princess[16]
Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton 1920–2021 101 British noble[17]
Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni of Japan 1887–1990 102 Japanese imperial prince[18]
Induratana Paribatra 1922– 102 Thai former princess[citation needed]
Princess Isabelle of Salm-Salm 1903–2009 105 German Princess[19]
Kunihide, Count Higashifushimi of Japan 1910–2014 103 Japanese prince, head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya[20]
Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, 9th Baron Langford 1912–2017 105 Anglo-Welsh peer[21][22]
Leonilla, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn 1816–1918 101 Russian-German princess[23]
Judith Hare, Countess of Listowel 1903–2003 100 British-Hungarian noblewoman[24]
Infanta Maria Adelaide of Portugal 1912–2012 100 Portuguese royal[25]
Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn 1919– 105 German princess[26]
Marianne Bernadotte 1924– 100 Swedish princess[27]
Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg 1918–2019 100 German royal[28]
Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan 1915–2016 100 Japanese imperial prince[29]
Gochomu J. Mudzingwa 1916–2018 101 Zimbabwean tribal chief[30]
François-Agénor-Alexandre-Hélie de Noailles, 9th Duke of Noailles 1905–2009 103 French nobleman[31]
Samuel Odulana Odungade I 1914–2016 101 Nigerian royal, Olubadan of Ibadan[32]
Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne 1901–2002 100 British peer[33]
Mehrdad Pahlbod 1917–2018 101 Iranian royal and politician[34]
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[35]
P. K. S. Raja 1913–2013 100 Indian royal, Zamorin of Calicut[36]
Prince Bhisadej Rajani of Thailand 1922–2022 100 Thai royal[37]
Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele 1920–2024 103 English peer[38][39]
Rama Varma Kochaniyan Thampuran 1912–2014 101 Member of the Cochin royal family of India[40]
Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow 1912–2013 101 British peer and diplomat[41]
Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram 1915–2017 101 British peer and Army officer[42]
Mary Wilson, Lady Wilson of Rievaulx 1916–2018 102 English wife of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson[43]
Princess Yi Hae-won of Korea 1919–2020 100 Korean royal,[44] princess and claimed empress[45]
Archduchess Yolande of Austria 1923–2023 100 Austrian archduchess[46]
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa of Japan 1923–2024 101 Japanese princess[47]
Eleonore, Countess of Schönborn 1920–2022 101 Austrian countess, mother of Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna[48]

Footnotes

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