Ahab became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa, king of Judah, and reigned for twenty-two years.

However, Sargon took this process further, conquering many of the surrounding regions to create an empire that reached westward as far as the Mediterranean Sea and perhaps Cyprus ( Kaptara ); northward as far as the mountains ( a later Hittite text asserts he fought the Hattite king Nurdaggal of Burushanda, well into Anatolia ); eastward over Elam ; and as far south as Magan ( Oman ) — a region over which he reigned for purportedly 56 years, though only four " year-names " survive.

Algardi's first major commission came about in 1634, when Cardinal Ubaldini ( Medici ) contracted for a funeral monument for his great-uncle, Pope Leo XI, the third of the Medici popes, who had reigned for less than a month in 1605.

For according to them, there were seven islands in that sea in their time, sacred to Persephone, and also three others of enormous size, one of which was sacred to Hades, another to Ammon, and another one between them to Poseidon, the extent of which was a thousand stadia ; and the inhabitants of it — they add — preserved the remembrance from their ancestors of the immeasurably large island of Atlantis which had really existed there and which for many ages had reigned over all islands in the Atlantic sea and which itself had like-wise been sacred to Poseidon.

Thus, three eclipse calculations may be evidence for the suggestion that Romulus reigned from 746 BC to 709 BC, and Rome was founded during 745 BC.

Aeacus while he reigned in Aegina was renowned in all Greece for his justice and piety, and was frequently called upon to settle disputes not only among men, but even among the gods themselves.

Called al-Nasir li-Din Allah (" the Defender of God's Faith "), he ascended the throne in his early 20s, and reigned for half a century as the most powerful prince of Iberia.

Urukagina ( reigned c. 2380 BC – 2360 BC, short chronology ) had an early code that has not survived ; a later king, Ur-Nammu, left the earliest extant written law-system, the Code of Ur-Nammu ( c. 2100-2050 BC ), which prescribed a formal system of penalties for specific cases in 57 articles.

* Cyril Lucaris ( Patriarch Cyril I of Constantinople ), reigned for six terms between 1612 and 1638

Neriglissar however reigned for only four years, being succeeded by the youthful Labashi-Marduk in 560 BC.

Labashi-Marduk reigned only for a matter of months, being deposed by Nabonidus in late 560 BC.

The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba says that Domnall reigned for four years, matching the notices in the Annals of Ulster of his brother's death in February 858 and his own in April 862.

Bede states that when Æthelberht died in 616 he had reigned for fifty-six years, placing his accession in 560.

After the turbulent Year of the four emperors in 69, the Flavian Dynasty reigned for three decades.

Napoleon's infant son, Napoleon II, was recognized by the Council of Peers, as Emperor from the moment of his father's abdication, and therefore reigned ( as opposed to ruled ) as Emperor for fifteen days, 22 June to 7 July 1815.

Wu Zetian then reigned for about 15 years ( 690-705 AD ).

At first, only Elizabeth made a virtue of her virginity: in 1559, she told the Commons, " And, in the end, this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin ".

Empress Kōgyoku reigned for four years.

Empress Jitō reigned for eleven years.

The Empress had reigned as Kōken for ten years.

Empress Shōtoku had reigned for five years.

The Japanese have traditionally accepted this sovereign's historical existence, and an Imperial misasagi or tomb for Annei is currently maintained ; however, no extant contemporary records have been discovered which confirm a view that this historical figure actually reigned.

The Japanese have traditionally accepted this sovereign's historical existence, and an Imperial misasagi or tomb for Itoku is currently maintained ; however, no extant contemporary records have been discovered which confirm a view that this historical figure actually reigned.

The Mongolic-speaking Xianbei originally formed a part of the Donghu confederation, but existed even before that time, as evidenced by a mention in the Guoyu (" 晉語八 " section ) which states that during the reign of King Cheng of Zhou ( reigned 1042-1021 BC ) the Xianbei came to participate at a meeting of Zhou subject-lords at Qiyang ( 岐阳 ) ( now Qishan County ) but were only allowed to perform the fire ceremony under the supervision of Chu ( 楚 ), since they were not vassals by covenant ( 诸侯 ).

Mindaugas was the only King of Lithuania ; while most of the Lithuanian Grand Dukes from Jogaila onward also reigned as Kings of Poland, the titles remained separate.

He had reigned only three months, but in this short time had shown more wisdom and grace than anyone had expected.

As pope, Leo VII reigned for only three years.

The schism ended in 1417 at the Council of Constance after only two Popes had reigned in opposition to the Papacy in Rome.

Although Albert himself only reigned for a year, from then on, every emperor was a Habsburg, with only one exception, and Austria's rulers wee also the Holy Roman Emperors, till 1806.

Michael Evans points out that Harold was only one of several kings of pre-Conquest England to die following short reigns, and lives, including Edmund I ( reigned 939 – 946 ), Eadred ( reigned 946 – 955 ), Eadwig ( reigned 955 – 959 ), Edmund Ironside ( reigned 1016 ), and Harthacnut ( reigned 1040 – 1042 ).

He reportedly only reigned in Megara while Athens and the rest of Attica were under the control of an alliance of Nobles led by his uncle Metion ( son of Erechtheus of Athens ) and his sons ( including in some accounts Daedalus ).

Amyntas had three sons ; the first two, Alexander II and Perdiccas III reigned only briefly.

Tsar Theodore Svetoslav ( reigned 1300 – 1322 ) restored Bulgarian prestige from 1300 onwards, but only temporarily.

Elizabeth created a world in which aesthetics reigned supreme, producing a Court in which an understood competition existed amongst courtiers to see who could look best, second only to Her Majesty.

Emperor Go-Daigo's eight era name changes are mirrored in number only in the reign of Emperor Go-Hanazono, who also reigned through eight era name changes.

She died of postnatal complications less than two weeks after the birth of her only child, a son who reigned as Edward VI.

If only one monarch has used a particular name, no ordinal is used ; for example, Queen Victoria is not known as " Victoria I ", and ordinals are not used for English monarchs who reigned before the Norman conquest of England.

He had reigned since he was only a few months old and his actions had been controlled by regents.

It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover — George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United Kingdom, and George IV of the United Kingdom — who reigned in continuous succession from August 1714 to June 1830.

After five days, Majorian was beheaded near the river Iria ( August 7, 461 ): He was about forty years old and had reigned for four.

Dardanus reigned for sixty four or sixty five years and was succeeded by his son Erichthonius.

* The British Mandate of Iraq High Commissioners – After Ottoman Iraq was conquered by British forces, the mandate territory had four incumbents, after a single civilian Administrator ( 10 January 1919 – 1 October 1920 Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson ), continuing ten years after the accession to the throne and most of the rule of the country's first Malik ( King, reigned 23 August 1921 – 8 September 1933 ) Faysal I ( b. 1885 – d. 1933 ):

For this reason, Christian August had to leave Stettin and return to Zerbst, but he only reigned four months until his own death.

He reigned as world champion for nearly two years, winning four fights during that time.

Of the first three, only Cadell reigned for more than a few years, but the youngest of the four, Rhys ap Gruffydd ( The Lord Rhys ), ruled from 1155 to 1197, and after Owain Gwynedd's death in 1170 made Deheubarth the most powerful of the Welsh kingdoms.

He was said to have been Pope after another Pope John who reigned four months after Pope John XIV ( 983 – 984 ) and was named " Papa Ioannes XIV Bis " or " Pope John XIVb ".

Pope Adeodatus II was already an elderly man when he was elected pope and, even though he reigned for four years, not a great deal was accomplished during his pontificate.

The wheel characteristically has four shelves, or stages of life, with four human figures, usually labeled on the left regnabo ( I shall reign ), on the top regno ( I reign ) and is usually crowned, descending on the right regnavi ( I have reigned ) and the lowly figure on the bottom is marked sum sine regno ( I have no kingdom ).

Consecrated as Pope Clement III in Rome in March of 1084, he commanded a significant following in Rome and elsewhere, especially during the first half of his pontificate, and reigned in opposition to four successive popes in the anti-imperial line: Gregory VII, Victor III, Urban II, and Paschal II.

Agis succeeded his father as king in 245 BC, at around the age of 20, and reigned four years.

Emperor Hiệp Hòa ( 協和 ), also known as Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Dật ( 阮福洪佚 ), was the sixth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty and reigned for four months ( 30 July 1883 – 29 November 1883 ).

Manuel married three times and left several children, four of whom reigned after him.

He had reigned only four months, during which period he had already driven into exile eighty of the citizens, when the citadel of Sicyon ( which had narrowly escaped falling into the hands of the Aetolians shortly before ) was surprised in the night by a party of Sicyonian exiles, headed by young Aratus.

Thus, all four of Mercedes ' grandparents belonged to the House of Bourbon, since the descendants of Louis XIII reigned in Spain, France ( the Orleans branch 1830-1848 ), and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ).

And so, for ten glorious days, there was Carnival and joyous celebration in St. Paul — feasting, dancing, fun and frolic reigned over by Boreas and the Queen of Snows, the fairest maiden of the realm, along with the four Winds, who were each accompanied by a lovely Princess from the realm of Boreas.

He reigned until 1018, when he was defeated in battle by Llywelyn ap Seisyll and killed together with his four sons.