List of Heads of State in 1156 - 1157 - List of Heads of State in 1158 - List of Heads of State by year
Asia
- Abbasid Caliphate - Al-Muqtafi Liamrillah , Caliph ( 1136 - 1160 )
- Anatolian Beiliks -
- Artukids -
- Fakhr ad-din Kara-Arslan ibn Daud , emir (Hisn-Kaif) ( 1144 - 1167 )
- Alps Najm , Emir (Mardin) ( 1152 - 1176 )
- Danishmendids -
- Yagi Basan , Melik (in Sivas) ( 1142 - 1164 )
- Suhl Karnayn , emir (in Malatya) ( 1152 - 1162 )
- Inalogullary - Mahmoud , Emir ( 1142 - 1183 )
- Mengjuks (Mengucheguides) - Fahr ad-din Bahram Shah , Bey ( 1155 - 1218 )
- Saltukids - Saltuk II , emir ( 1132 - 1168 )
- Shah Armenids - Sukman II Nasir ad-din , emir ( 1128 - 1185 )
- Artukids -
- Principality of Antioch - Constance , Princess ( 1130 - 1163 )
- Armenia -
- Kingdom of Cilicia - Toros II the Great , Prince ( 1145 - 1169 )
- Syunik kingdom - Grigor II Senekerimyan , king ( 1096 - 1166 )
- East Karakhanid Khanate -
- Muhammad III Bogra Khan , Khan (in Kashgar) ( 1156 - 1180 )
- Mahmud Tuga Khan , Khan (in Uzkend) ( 1156 - 1162 )
- Gaznevid state -
- Bahram Shah , Sultan ( 1117 - 1157 )
- Khosrov Shah , Sultan ( 1157 - 1160 )
- The kingdom of Georgia - George III , king ( 1156 - 1184 )
- Gurids - Ala ud-Din Husayn , Sultan ( 1152 - 1161 )
- Fakhr ud-Din Masoud , Malik (in Bamiyan) ( 1152 - 1163 )
- Dayviet - Lee An Tong , Emperor ( 1138 - 1175 )
- Dali (Dazhong) - Duan Zhengxing , King ( 1147 - 1171 )
- West Karakhanid Khanate - Ali Chagra Khan , Khan ( 1156 - 1163 )
- Kingdom of Jerusalem - Baldwin III , King ( 1153 - 1162 )
- Ildehyzids - Shams ad-Din Ildegiz , the great atabek ( 1136 - 1175 )
- India -
- Western Chalukya - Tailapa III , Maharaja ( 1151 - 1164 )
- Kalachuri - Bijala II , Raja ( 1157 - 1167 )
- Kachari - Surajit , king (c. 1155 - c. 1180 )
- Pala - Madanapala , King ( 1144 - 1162 )
- Sena - Vijaya Sena , Raja ( 1096 - 1159 )
- Solanki - Kumarapala , Raja ( 1143 - 1173 )
- Hoisala - Narasimha I , Permanadi ( 1152 - 1173 )
- Chandela - Madanavarman , Raja ( 1128 - 1165 )
- Chola - Rajaraja Chola II , Maharaja ( 1150 - 1173 )
- The Yadavas (Seunadesh) - Amaragangea , Maharaja ( 1150 - 1160 )
- Iran -
- Bavandi - Shah Ghazi Rustam IV , ispahbad ( 1142 - 1165 )
- Khazaraspids - Abu Tahir ibn Muhammad , atabek ( 1148 - 1203 )
- Yemen -
- Zurayids - Imran , Amir ( 1153 - 1166 )
- Najahids - Fatik III bin Muhammad , Amir ( 1137 - 1158 )
- Hamdanids - Hatim III bin Ahmad , Sultan ( 1139 - 1161 )
- Kedah - Mujafar Shah I , Sultan ( 1136 - 1179 )
- Kediri - Jayabhaya , Raja (c. 1135 - c. 1159 )
- China -
- Empire Song - Gao Zong (Zhao Gou) , Emperor ( 1127 - 1162 )
- Western Xia - Ren Zong (Li Renxiao), Emperor ( 1139 - 1193 )
- Naiman Khanate - Narkesh Daiyn, Naiman Khan (1125-1160)
- Kereit Khanate - Khurdzhakus (Kyriakos or Gregory) Buyuruk Khan (1150s — 1171)
- Mongol Khanate - Hutula Khan ( 1156 - 1160 )
- Karakite Khanate (Western Liao) - Eliy Iliya , Gurkhan ( 1150 - 1163 )
- Jin - Wanyan Digunai (Hailin-wang) , Emperor ( 1149 - 1161 )
- Khmer Empire (Cambujades) - Dharanindravarman II , Emperor ( 1150 - 1160 )
- Koniysky (Rumsky) Sultanate - Kylych-Arslan II , Sultan ( 1156 - 1192 )
- Korea (Koryo) - Eijon , Van ( 1146 - 1170 )
- Lemro - Dataraza , king ( 1153 - 1165 )
- Maldives - Dovemi , Sultan ( 1153 - 1166 )
- Pagan - Situ I , King ( 1112/1113 - 1167 )
- Polonnaruwa - Parakramabahu I , king ( 1153 - 1186 )
- Seljuk Empire -
- Iraqi Sultanate - Muhammad II , Sultan ( 1153 - 1159 )
- Kerman Sultanate - Togrul Shah , Sultan ( 1156 - 1167 )
- Nur ad-Din Mahmoud , Atabek Aleppo ( 1146 - 1174 )
- Nur ad-Din Mahmoud , Emir of Damascus ( 1154 - 1174 )
- Qutb ad-Din Mawdud , Emir Masula ( 1149 - 1170 )
- Sunda - Darmakusumah , Maharaja ( 1156 - 1175 )
- County Tripoli - Raimund III , Count ( 1152 - 1187 )
- Tampa - Jaya Harivarman I , Prince ( 1147 - 1167 )
- State of Khorezmshahs - Taj ad-Din Il-Arslan , Khorezmshahs ( 1156 - 1172 )
- Sheddadids (Ani emirate) - Fadl V , emir ( 1155 - 1161 )
- Shirvan - Minuchikhr III the Great , Shirvanshah ( 1120 - 1160 )
- Japan - Go-Shirakawa , Emperor ( 1155 - 1158 )
Africa
- Almohad - Abd al-Mumin , Caliph ( 1130 - 1163 )
- Ghana - Musa , King ( 1140 - 1160 )
- Gao - Bere Foloco , di (c. 1140 - c. 1170 )
- Zirids - Al-Hassan ibn Ali , Emir ( 1121 - 1163 )
- Kanem - Biri I , Mai ( 1150 - 1176 )
- Kilwa - Dawood ibn Suleiman , Sultan ( 1131 - 1170 )
- Makuria - George IV , Tsar (c. 1130 - c. 1158 )
- Nri - Namoke , Eze ( 1090 - 1158 )
- Fatimid Caliphate - Al-Faiz Binasrullah , Caliph ( 1154 - 1160 )
- Ethiopia - Gebre Meskel Lalibela , Emperor ( 1119 - 1159 )
Europe
- England - Henry II Plantagenet , King ( 1154 - 1189 )
- Bosnia - Boric , Ban ( 1154 - 1167 )
- Hungary - Geza II , King ( 1141 - 1162 )
- The Republic of Venice - Vitale II Miquel , Doge ( 1156 - 1172 )
- Byzantine Empire - Manuel I Comnenus , Emperor ( 1143 - 1180 )
- Denmark -
- Knud V , king ( 1146 - 1157 )
- Sven III , King ( 1146 - 1157 )
- Valdemar I the Great , King ( 1157 - 1182 )
- Ireland - Muirhertach Mac Lochline , High King ( 1156 - 1166 )
- Isileh - Muirhertach Mac Lochline , King ( 1136 - 1143 , 1145 - 1166 )
- Desmond - Diarmight More McCarthy , King ( 1143 - 1175 , 1176 - 1185 )
- Dublin - Brothard Mack Thorkail King ( 1148 - 1160 )
- Connaught - Ruidry Wa Conhobyr King ( 1156 - 1183 )
- Leinster - Diarmight Mack Moorhad , King ( 1126 - 1171 )
- Mid -
- Donnhad Mack Domnayle Wa Mahe Sehline , King ( 1155 - 1155 , 1156 - 1157 , 1158 - 1160 )
- Diarmight Mac Domnayle Wa Mael Sehline , King ( 1155 - 1156 , 1157 - 1158 , 1160 - 1169 )
- Ulster -
- Ku Ulad mak Konkhobir mak Donn Sleibe , king ( 1131 - 1157 )
- Aed Mack Con Ulad Mack Duynn Sleibe , King ( 1157 - 1158 )
- Thomond - Toyrdelbach Poppy Diarmait , King ( 1142 - 1167 )
- Spain -
- Ampuryas - Hugo III , Count (c. 1154 - c. 1173 )
- Aragon - Petronila , Queen ( 1137 - 1164 )
- Barcelona - Ramon Berenguer IV , Earl ( 1131 - 1162 )
- Castile and Leon -
- Alfonso VII , king ( 1126 - 1157 )
- Sancho III , King of Castile ( 1157 - 1158 )
- Ferdinand II , King of Leon ( 1157 - 1188 )
- Mallorca (Taifa) - Ishaq , Emir ( 1156 - 1183 )
- Navarra - Sancho VI , King ( 1150 - 1194 )
- Upper Palyars - Arthau (Artaldo) III , Count (c. 1124 - c. 1167 )
- Lower Palyars - Arnau Miro I , Count ( 1124 - 1174 )
- Provence - Raymond Berenguer II , Earl ( 1144 - 1166 )
- Urhel - Ermengol VII , Count ( 1154 - 1184 )
- Kievan Rus (Old Russian State) -
- Yuri Vladimirovich Dolgoruky , Grand Duke of Kiev ( 1149 - 1151 , 1155 - 1157 )
- Izyaslav Davydovich , Grand Duke of Kiev ( 1155 - 1155 , 1157 - 1158 , 1161 - 1161 )
- Vladimir-Suzdal Principality -
- Yuri Vladimirovich Dolgoruky , Prince ( 1113 - 1149 , 1151 - 1157 )
- Andrey Yuryevich Bogolyubsky , prince ( 1157 - 1174 )
- Principality of Volyn -
- Vladimir Mstislavich , prince ( 1154 - 1157 )
- Mstislav Izyaslavich , prince ( 1157 - 1170 )
- Principality of Galich - Yaroslav Vladimirovich Osmomysl , prince ( 1153 - 1187 )
- Principality of Gorodno - Boris Vsevolodovich , prince ( 1141 - c. 1166 )
- Dorogobuzh principality - Vladimir Andreevich , prince ( 1150 - 1152 , 1156 - 1170 )
- Principality of Lutsk - Yaroslav Izyaslavich , prince ( 1154 - 1180 )
- Principality of Murom - Vladimir Svyatoslavich , prince ( 1147 - 1149 , 1153 - 1161 )
- Novgorod-Seversky principality -
- Svyatoslav Olgovich , Prince ( 1146 - 1157 )
- Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich , prince ( 1157 - 1164 )
- Principality of Novgorod -
- Mstislav Yuryevich , Prince ( 1155 - 1157 )
- Svyatoslav Rostislavich , prince ( 1157 - 1160 , 1161 - 1168 )
- Pereyaslav principality - Gleb Yurievich , prince ( 1154 - 1169 )
- Principality of Polotsk - Rostislav Glebovich , prince ( 1151 - 1159 )
- Principality of Vitebsk - Vseslav Vasilkovich , Prince ( 1132 - 1162 , 1175 - 1178 , c. 1181 - 1186 )
- The Principality of Drutsk - Gleb Rostislavich , Prince ( 1151 - 1158 )
- Principality of Minsk - Volodar Glebovich , prince ( 1151 - 1159 , 1165 - 1167 )
- Principality of Ryazan - Vladimir Svyatoslavich , prince ( 1153 - 1161 )
- Principality of Smolensk - Rostislav Mstislavich , prince ( 1127 - 1159 )
- Principality of Turov -
- Boris Yurievich , Prince ( 1154 - 1157 )
- Yuri Yaroslavich , prince ( 1157 - 1167 )
- Principality of Chernigov -
- Izyaslav Davydovich , prince ( 1151 - 1157 )
- Svyatoslav Olgovich , Prince ( 1157 - 1164 )
- Norway -
- Ingi I The Hunchback , King ( 1136 - 1161 )
- Eystein II Haraldsson , King ( 1142 - 1157 )
- Hakon II Broad-shouldered , King ( 1157 - 1162 )
- Kingdom of the Islands - Somerled , King ( 1156 - 1164 )
- Papal Region - Adrian IV , Pope ( 1154 - 1159 )
- Poland - Boleslaw IV Curly , Prince-Princeps ( 1146 - 1173 )
- Principality of Greater Poland - Meshko , prince ( 1138 - 1179 , 1181 - 1202 )
- The Principality of Sandomierz - Henry , Prince ( 1146 - 1166 )
- Principality of Silesia - Boleslav the Curly , Prince ( 1146 - 1163 )
- Principality of Mazovia - Boleslav Kudryavy , prince ( 1138 - 1173 )
- Pomerania -
- Pomerania-Demmin - Casimir I , Prince ( 1156 - 1180 )
- Pomerania-Stettin - Boguslav I , Prince ( 1156 - 1187 )
- Pomerelia (Pomerania) - Sobeslav I , Prince ( 1155 - 1177 )
- Portugal - Afonso I the Great , King ( 1139 - 1185 )
- Holy Roman Empire - Frederick I Barbarossa , Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, King of Germany ( 1155 - 1190 )
- Austria - Henry II Jazomirgott , Duke ( 1156 - 1177 )
- Bavaria -
- Henry XI Jazomirgott , Duke ( 1141 - 1156 )
- Henry XII Leo , Duke ( 1156 - 1180 )
- Baden - Herman III , Margrave ( 1130 - 1160 )
- Bar - Renault II , Count ( 1149 - 1170 )
- Berg - Adolph II (IV) , Count ( 1106 - 1160 )
- Brandenburg - Albrecht the Bear , Margrave ( 1157 - 1170 )
- Upper Lorraine - Mathieu I , Duke ( 1139 - 1176 )
- Württemberg - Ludwig I , Count ( 1143 - 1158 )
- Geldern - Henry I , Earl ( 1131 - 1182 )
- Holland -
- Dirk VI , Earl ( 1121 - 1157 )
- Floris III , Earl ( 1157 - 1190 )
- Holstein - Adolf II , Earl ( 1130 - 1137 , 1142 - 1164 )
- Carinthia - Henry V , Duke ( 1144 - 1161 )
- Kleve - Dietrich II , Count ( 1147 - 1172 )
- Limburg - Henry II , Duke ( 1139 - 1167 )
- Louvain - Gottfried III the Bold , Earl ( 1142 - 1190 )
- Luzhitsky (Saxon East) stamp - Dietrich II , Margrave ( 1156 - 1185 )
- Luxembourg - Henry IV the Blind , Count ( 1136 - 1196 )
- Meissen stamp - Otton II the Rich , Margrave ( 1156 - 1190 )
- Montbeliard - Thierry II , Earl ( 1105 - 1163 )
- Montferrat - Wilhelm V the Old , Margrave (c. 1136 - 1191 )
- Namur - Henry I (Henry IV of Luxembourg) , Count ( 1139 - 1189 )
- Nassau - Wallram I , Earl ( 1154 - 1198 )
- Lower Lorraine - Gottfried VII , Duke ( 1142 - 1190 )
- Oldenburg - Christian I , Earl ( 1143 - 1167 )
- Rhine Palatinate - Konrad , Palatinate ( 1156 - 1195 )
- Saarbrücken - Simon I , Earl ( 1135 - 1182 )
- Savoy - Humbert III , Earl ( 1148 - 1189 )
- Saxony - Heinrich Leo , Duke ( 1142 - 1180 )
- Saluzzo - Manfred I Margrave ( 1125 - 1175 )
- Spoleto - Welfth VI , Duke ( 1152 - 1160 )
- Thuringia - Ludwig II Iron , Landgraph ( 1140 - 1172 )
- Zeringen - Bertold IV , Duke ( 1152 - 1186 )
- Czech Republic - Vladislav II , Prince ( 1140 - 1158 )
- Principality of Brno - Konrad II , prince ( 1156 - c. 1161 )
- Znojemsky principality - Konrad II , prince ( 1123 - c. 1161 )
- Principality of Olomouc - Ota III Detleb , Prince ( 1140 - 1160 )
- Swabia - Frederick IV , Duke ( 1152 - 1167 )
- Styria (Quarantine mark) - Otakar III , Margrave ( 1129 - 1164 )
- Eno (Gennegau) - Baudouin IV , Count ( 1120 - 1171 )
- Julich - William I , Earl ( 1143 - 1176 )
- Serbia -
- Duklya - Desa Vukanovich , zupan ( 1148 - 1162 )
- Raska - Uros II , the Great Zupan ( 1145 - 1161/1162 )
- Sicilian Kingdom - William I the Evil , King ( 1154 - 1166 )
- Apulia and Calabria - Roger IV , Duke ( 1156 - 1161 )
- Taranto -
- Simon , Prince ( 1144 - 1157 )
- William II Good , Prince ( 1157 - 1189 )
- Wales -
- Gwynedd - Owain ap Grifid , King ( 1137 - 1170 )
- Deheibart - Rice ap Grifid , King ( 1155 - 1197 )
- Powys - Madog ap Maredid , King ( 1132 - 1160 )
- France - Louis VII , King ( 1137 - 1180 )
- Aquitaine - Alienora , Duchess ( 1137 - 1204 )
- Armagnac - Gero III , count ( 1110 - 1160 )
- Angouleme - Guillaume VI , Count ( 1140 - 1179 )
- Anjou - Henry II Plantagenet , Count ( 1151 - 1189 )
- Blois - Thibault V , Count ( 1152 - 1191 )
- Brittany - Conan IV , Duke ( 1156 - 1166 )
- Nantes - Geoffrey I of Anjou , Earl ( 1156 - 1158 )
- Rennes - Coel IV , Earl ( 1156 - 1166 )
- Boulogne - Wilhelm Earl ( 1153 - 1159 )
- Burgundy (Duchy) - Ed II , Duke ( 1143 - 1162 )
- Burgundy (county) - Beatrice I , Palatinate ( 1148 - 1184 )
- Vermandois - Hugo II , Count ( 1152 - 1160 )
- Macon - Gerot I , Count ( 1155 - 1184 )
- Nevers - Guillaume III , Count ( 1148 - 1161 )
- Normandy - Henry II Plantagenet , Duke ( 1150 - 1189 )
- Auvergne - Guillaume VIII , Count ( 1155 - 1182 )
- Provence -
- Raimund V Toulouse , Marquis ( 1148 - 1194 )
- Alphonse II of Toulouse , Marquis ( 1148 - c. 1175 )
- Roussillon - Gosfred III , count ( 1113 - 1164 )
- Toulouse -
- Raymond V , Earl ( 1148 - 1194 )
- Alphonse II , Count ( 1148 - c. 1175 )
- Flanders - Thierry of Alsace , count ( 1128 - 1168 )
- Foix - Roger Bernard I , Count ( 1148 - 1188 )
- Chalon - Guillaume I , Earl ( 1113 - 1166 )
- Champagne - Henry I , Count ( 1152 - 1181 )
- Aquitaine - Alienora , Duchess ( 1137 - 1204 )
- Sweden - Eric IX Holy King ( 1156 - 1160 )
- Scotland - Malcolm IV , King ( 1153 - 1165 )
Manuel I Comnenus
1143-1180
Emperor of ByzantiumAlfonso VII
1126-1157
King of Castile and LeonFrederick I Barbarossa
1155-1190
Holy Roman EmperorHenry II Plantagenet
1154-1189
King of englandLouis VII
1137-1180
King of franceAfonso I the Great
1139-1185
King of portugalYuri Vladimirovich Dolgoruky
1149-1151, 1155-1157
Grand Duke of KievSit I
1112-1167
King of PaganGao zong
1027-1162
Emperor of ChinaPetronilla
1137-1164
Queen of aragonGesa II
1141-1162
King of hungarySancho VI Wise
1150-1194
King of navarraBoleslav IV Kinky
1146-1173
Prince Prince of PolandValdemar I the Great
1157-1182
King of DenmarkBaldwin III
1153-1162
King of jerusalemMalcolm IV
1153-1165
King of scotlandWilhelm I Evil
1154-1166
King of sicilyGo shirakawa
1155-1158
Emperor of JapanEric IX Saint
1156-1160
King of swedenGeorge III
1156-1184
King of GeorgiaDirk VI
1121-1157
Count of HollandVitale II Mikel
1156-1172
Doge of VeniceAdrian IV
1154-1159
Pope