| Country | Sovereign | Born | Acceded | ||
| British Isles | Queen Victoria | 24 May | 1819 | 20 Jun | 1837 |
| Austria-Hungary | Emperor Franz Joseph I | 18 Aug | 1830 | 2 Dec | 1848 |
| Netherlands & Luxemburg | King Willem III | 19 Feb | 1817 | 17 Mar | 1849 |
| Monaco | Prince Charles III | 8 Dec | 1818 | 20 Jun | 1856 |
| Liechtenstein | Prince Johann II | 5 Oct | 1840 | 12 Nov | 1858 |
| Montenegro | Prince Nikola | 7 Oct | 1841 | 13 Aug | 1860 |
| Germany | Emperor Wilhelm I | 22 Mar | 1797 | 2 Jan | 1861 |
| 18 Jan | 1871 | ||||
| Portugal | King Luis I | 31 Oct | 1838 | 11 Nov | 1861 |
| Greece | King George I | 24 Dec | 1845 | 30 Mar | 1863 |
| Denmark | King Christian IX | 8 Apr | 1818 | 16 Nov | 1863 |
| Belgium | King Leopold II | 9 Apr | 1835 | 17 Dec | 1865 |
| Roumania | King Carol I | 20 Apr | 1839 | 20 Apr | 1866 |
| 26 Mar | 1881 | ||||
| Servia | King Milan I | 22 Aug | 1854 | 10 Jun | 1868 |
| 6 Mar | 1882 | ||||
| Sweden & Norway | King Oscar II | 21 Jan | 1829 | 18 Sep | 1872 |
| Turkey | Sultan Abdul Hamid II | 22 Sep | 1842 | 31 Aug | 1876 |
| Italy | King Umberto I | 14 Mar | 1844 | 9 Jan | 1878 |
| France | President Jules Grévy | 15 Aug | 1807 | 30 Jan | 1879 |
| Russia | Emperor Alexander III | 10 Mar | 1845 | 13 Mar | 1881 |
| Spain | King Alfonso XIII | 17 May | 1886 | 17 May | 1886 |
| Bulgaria | Prince Ferdinand I | 26 Feb | 1861 | 7 Jul | 1887 |
From left: George (V) of Wales (1865-1936), Wilhelm of Prussia (1882-1951), Alexandra (1878-1942) and Beatrice (1884-1966) of Edinburgh (on the floor), Marie Duchess of Edinburgh (1853-1920), Wilhelm (II) of Prussia (1859-1941), Irene of Hesse-Damstadt (1866-1943), Victoria Melita (1876-1936) and Marie (1875-1938) of Edinburgh, Alfred of Edinburgh (1874-1899) (in kilt), Alfred Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), Victoria of Prussia (1866-1929), Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867-1900), Elizabeth of Russia (1864-1918), Helena Victoria (1870-1948) and Marie Louise (1872-1956) of Schleswig-Holstein, Auguste Viktoria of Prussia (1858-1921), Ludwig IV of Hesse-Darmstadt (1837-1892), Alexandra Princess of Wales (1844-1925), Arthur Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), Louise (1867-1931) and Maud (1869-1938) of Wales, Alix (1872-1918) and Ernst Ludwig (1868-1937) of Hesse-Darmstadt, Helen Duchess of Albany (1861-1922) (kneeling) with her children Alice (1883-1981) and Charles Edward (1884-1954), Victoria of Wales (1868-1935), Albert Edward Prince of Wales (1841-1910), Patricia (1886-1974) and Margaret (1882-1920) of Connaught (seated), Margarete of Prussia (1872-1954), Serge of Russia (1857-1905), Sophie (1870-1932) and Heinrich (1862-1929) of Prussia, Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (1860-1919), Henry of Battenberg (1858-1896), Beatrice of Battenberg (1857-1944) holding her son Alexander (1886-1960), Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938), Louise Margaret Duchess of Connaught (1860-1917), Louise Marchioness of Lorne (1848-1939), Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1879-1945) (seated), Victoria of Germany (1840-1901), John Marquess of Lorne (1845-1914), Louis of Battenberg (1854-1921), Christian (1831-1917) and Helena (1846-1923) of Schleswig-Holstein, Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen (1851-1925), Albert of Schleswig-Holstein (1869-1931), Friedrich (III) of Germany (1831-1888), Albert Victor Duke of Clarence (1864-1892), Alice (1885-1969) and Victoria (1863-1950) of Battenberg.
