| Country | Sovereign | Born | Acceded |
 Empire of Brazil |  Emperor Pedro II | 2 Dec 1825 | 7 Apr 1831 |
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British Empire |  Queen Victoria, Empress of India | 24 May 1819 | 20 Jun 1837 |
 Kingdom of Persia |  Naser al-Din Shah Qajar | 16 Jul 1831 | 5 Sep 1848 |
 Austro-Hungarian Empire |  Emperor Franz Joseph I | 18 Aug 1830 | 2 Dec 1848 |
 Kingdom of the Netherlands |  King Willem III | 19 Feb 1817 | 17 Mar 1849 |
 Kingdom of Portugal |  King Luís I | 31 Oct 1838 | 11 Nov 1861 |
 Kingdom of Greece |  King George I | 24 Dec 1845 | 30 Mar 1863 |
 Kingdom of Denmark |  King Christian IX | 8 Apr 1818 | 16 Nov 1863 |
 Kingdom of Joseon (Korea) |  King Gojong | 8 Sep 1852 | 13 Dec 1863 |
 Kingdom of Belgium |  King Leopold II | 9 Apr 1835 | 17 Dec 1865 |
 Empire of Japan |  Emperor Mutsuhito | 3 Nov 1852 | 3 Feb 1867 |
 Kingdom of Siam |  King Chulalongkorn | 20 Sep 1853 | 1 Oct 1868 |
 German Empire |  Emperor Wilhelm I | 22 Mar 1797 | 18 Jan 1871 |
 Empire of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) |  Emperor Yohannes IV | 11 Jul 1837 | 11 Jul 1871 |
 Kingdom of Sweden and Norway |  King Oscar II | 21 Jan 1829 | 18 Sep 1872 |
 Kingdom of Hawaii |  King Kalākaua | 16 Nov 1836 | 12 Feb 1874 |
 Chinese Empire |  Guangxu Emperor | 14 Aug 1871 | 25 Feb 1875 |
 Ottoman Empire |  Sultan Abdul Hamid II | 22 Sep 1842 | 31 Aug 1876 |
 Kingdom of Italy |  King Umberto I | 14 Mar 1844 | 9 Jan 1878 |
 Russian Empire |  Emperor Alexander III | 10 Mar 1845 | 13 Mar 1881 |
 Kingdom of Roumania |  King Carol I | 20 Apr 1839 | 25 Mar 1881 |
 Kingdom of Nepal |  King Prithvi | 18 Aug 1875 | 17 May 1881 |
 Kingdom of Servia |  King Milan I | 22 Aug 1854 | 6 Mar 1882 |
 Kingdom of Madagascar |  Queen Ranavalona III | 22 Nov 1861 | 30 Jul 1883 |
 Kingdom of Spain |  King Alfonso XIII | 17 May 1886 | 17 May 1886 |
Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Service, Westminster Abbey, 21 June 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.