10 Dynasties That Reigned the Longest in History

5. Champa Dynasty (192-1832)

Another dynasty from Vietnam that reign one of the longest in history is Champa Dynasty. It has a total of 1,740 year as a ruling clan. The name of the kingdom which is Champa was an Indianized kingdom of Malayo_Polynesian origin and controlled what is now southern and central Vietnam from approximately the 7th century through to 1832. It has the oldest known written Malay language from the 4th century AD, predating Sumatran texts by 300 years. [Coedes, 1939] Champa was preceded in the region by a kingdom called Lin-yi or Lam Ap (in existence since 192 A.D.), but the historical relationship between Lin-yi and Champa is not clear. Champa reached its apogee in the 9th and 10th centuries A.D. Thereafter began a gradual decline under pressure from the Dai Vet which was then Northern Vietnam. In 1471, Viet troops sacked the northern Cham capital of Vijaya, and in 1697 the southern principality of Panduranga became a vassal of the Vietnamese emperor. In 1832, the Vietnamese emperor Minh Mang annexed the remaining Cham territories.

6. Belle Dynasty or Balliol Dynasty (960-to the present)

The second longest dynasty in existence and continuously reigning for 1,049 years already is the Belle Dynasty of Flanders, Belgium. It is also known as Balliol Dynasty. It can be traced back to the Treaty of Verdun signed in Thionville in 843 CE.

7. Bagratid Dynasty (813-1810)

This dynasty had ruled Georgia for 997 years. It is also called the Bagrationi Dynasty. Their ascendancy lasted from the early Middle Ages until the early 19th century. In modern usage, this royal line is frequently referred to as the Georgian Bagratids, a Hellenized form of their dynastic name.

The origin of the Bagrationi dynasty is disputed, as well as the time when they first appeared on Georgian soil. Traditional Georgian history writing begins the Bagrationi chronology in the 6th century and relates the family to earlier dynasties.

8. Shilla Dynasty (57 BCE-935)

The Shilla Dynasty reigned for 992 years. Shilla was one of the Three Kingdoms on the now-Korean peninsula, and the longest sustaining dynasty in Asian history. It was founded by King Park Hyeokgeose and is regarded to be the originator of the Korean family name Park; the dynasty was to see the Kyungju Kim clan hold rule for most of its 992-year history. What began as chiefdom in the Samhan confederacies, once allied with China, Shilla eventually conquered the other two kingdoms, Baekje in 660 and Goguryeo in 668. Thereafter, Unified Shilla or Later Shilla, as it is often referred to, occupied most of the Korean peninsula, while the northern part re-emerged as Balhae, a successor-state of Goguryeo. After nearly 1000 years of rule, Shilla fragmented into the brief Later Three Kingdoms, handing over power to its successor dynasty Goryeo in 935.

9. Tu’i Tonga Dynasty (900-1865)

This dynasty in Tonga reigned for more than 900 years. It is a line of Tongan kings, which originated in the 10th century with the mythical Aho ‘eitu; withdrew from political power in the 15th century by yielding to the Tu’i Ha atakalaua; and died out with Laufilitonga in 1865. Today its descendants still live forth in the chiefly line of Kalaniuvalu. Tradition names 39 holders of the title, but there is an alternative list with 48 names. It ruled for 965 years all in all.

10. Zhou Dynasty (1046 BCE -256 BCE)

The Zhou Dynasty of China had ruled for 790 years from 1046 BCE up to 256 BCE. The Zhou Dynasty was preceded by the Shang Dynasty and followed by the Qin Dynasty. The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese History. During the Zhou, the use of iron was introduced to China, while this period of Chinese history produced what many consider the zenith of Chinese bronze-ware making. Three of the greatest Chinese philosophers, Confucius, Laozi and Mencius, who made the greatest impact on later generations of Chinese, lived during this period.

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