Editing Reign (section)

===Abdication===
{{Main|List of monarchs who abdicated}}
* Emperor [[Ferdinand I of Austria]], King of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]], King of [[Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia|Lombardy-Venetia]] (r. 1835–1848) was abdicated due to his disabilities ([[Feeble-minded|feeble-mindedness]] and [[epilepsy]]).  His successor, Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz Josef]] (r. 1848&ndash;1916) reigned for 68 years.
* King [[Edward VIII]] of the United Kingdom reigned from January to December 1936 before he abdicated the throne. After his abdication he became known as the [[Duke of Windsor]]. No other monarch of the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] (1707–1800), the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]], or any [[Dominion]] or [[Commonwealth realm]] has ever abdicated, though forced abdications did occur on rare occasions in the [[England|Kingdom of England]] and the [[Scotland|Kingdom of Scotland]] prior to their merger in 1707.
* Queen [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] reigned from 1890 to 1948, before abdicating in favor of her daughter, Queen [[Juliana of the Netherlands|Juliana]] who then reigned until 1980 when she abdicated in favor of her daughter, Queen [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]]. Beatrix followed suit and abdicated in 2013 in favor of her son and heir apparent, King [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|Willem-Alexander]].