Have sovereign monarchs and country leaders ever lived and ruled *outside* of their realm?

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Evan_Th

Mary Queen of Scots lived in France from the fifth to nineteenth years of her reign. However, both because of her absence and her youth (she succeeded to the throne when she was six days old), she had no more than nominal authority.

Georgy_K_Zhukov

Sorry, we don't allow throughout history questions. These tend to produce threads which are collections of trivia, not the in-depth discussions about a particular topic we're looking for. If you have a specific question about a historical event or period or person, please feel free to re-compose your question and submit it again.