Louis nineteen of France was king for only twenty minutes, the shortest reign in history, before abdicating in favor of his nephew.
Why it is true
In eighteen thirty, after his father Charles ten abdicated, Louis technically became king before signing his own abdication twenty minutes later.
Source: Royal Archives
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