Asia
- Brunei - Muhammad Hassan , Sultan ( 1582 - 1598 )
- Bukhara Khanate - Abdullah II , Khan ( 1583 - 1598 )
- Mughal Empire - Akbar I the Great , padishah ( 1556 - 1605 )
- Georgian kingdom -
- Principality of Guria - Giorgi II (III) Gurieli , Prince ( 1564 - 1583 , 1587 - 1600 )
- Imereti kingdom - Rostom , king ( 1588 - 1589 , 1590 - 1605 )
- Kakheti kingdom - Alexander II , king ( 1574 - 1601 , 1602 - 1605 )
- The Kartlian kingdom - Simon I the Great , king ( 1556 - 1569 , 1578 - 1600 )
- Megrelian Principality - Manuchar I Dadiani , Prince ( 1590 - 1611 )
- Samtskhe-Saatabago - Manuchar II , Atabeg ( 1581 - 1614 )
- Dayviet -
- Mack Toan , emperor (Mack dynasty, in the north) ( 1592 - 1593 )
- Mack Kinh Ti , emperor (Mack dynasty, in the north) ( 1592 - 1593 )
- Mack Kinh Kung , emperor (Mack dynasty, in the north) ( 1593 - 1621 )
- Le Thehe-Tong , Emperor (Le Dynasty, in the south) ( 1573 - 1599 )
- India -
- Amber (Jaipur) - Man Singh I , Raja ( 1589 - 1614 )
- Arakkal - Abubakar I , Ali Raja ( 1591 - 1607 )
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate - Burkhan Nizam Shah II , Sultan ( 1591 - 1595 )
- Ahom - Sukhaamfa , Maharaja ( 1552 - 1603 )
- Bidar Sultanate - Amir Barid Shah II , Sultan ( 1591 - 1601 )
- Bijapur Sultanate - Ibrahim Adil Shah II , Sultan ( 1580 - 1627 )
- Bikaner - Rai Singh I , Raja ( 1574 - 1612 )
- Bundi - Bohod Singh , Raja ( 1585 - 1608 )
- Bhavnagar - Visoji of Sartanji , Raja ( 1570 - 1600 )
- Vijayanagar Empire - Venkatapati II , Maharajadhiraja ( 1586 - 1614 )
- Golconda - Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah , Sultan ( 1580 - 1611 )
- Guler - Jagdish Chand , Raja ( 1570 - 1605 )
- Jainthia - Pratap Rai , Raja ( 1580 - 1596 )
- Jaisalmer - Bhim Singh , Raja ( 1578 - 1624 )
- Jalavad (Drangadhra) - Chandrasinzhi Raisinji , sahib ( 1584 - 1628 )
- Gencantal - Hari Singh , Raja ( 1530 - 1594 )
- Jhabua - Kesho Das , Raja ( 1584 - 1607 )
- Dungarpur - Saha Mal , Raja ( 1580 - 1606 )
- Kach - Bharmalji I , Raja ( 1585 - 1631 )
- Kachari - Yasho Narayan (Satrudaman) , king ( 1583 - 1601 )
- Keladi - Khiriya Venkatapp Nayyaka , Raja ( 1586 - 1629 )
- Cochin - Kesava Rama Varma , Maharaja ( 1565 - 1601 )
- Kuch-Bihar - Lakshmi Narayan , Raja ( 1586 - 1621 )
- Ladakh - Tsevan Namgyal , Raja (c. 1575 - c. 1595 )
- Mysore - Raja Vodeyar I , Maharaja ( 1578 - 1617 )
- Mandi - Narain Sen , Raja ( 1575 - 1595 )
- Manipur - Mughyamba , Raja ( 1562 - 1597 )
- Marwar (Jodhpur) - Udai Singh , Raja ( 1583 - 1595 )
- Mewar - Pratap Singh I , Maharana ( 1572 - 1597 )
- Navanagar - Sataji Vibhaji , Jam ( 1569 - 1608 )
- Orchha - Ram Shah , Raja ( 1592 - 1605 )
- Pratabgarh -
- Tej Singh , Maharaja ( 1564 - 1593 )
- Bhanu Singh , Maharaja ( 1593 - 1597 )
- Reva - Birbhadra Singh , Raja ( 1593 - 1618 )
- Sambalpur - Jai Singh , Raja ( 1578 - 1611 )
- Sindh (Tarkhan dynasty) - Jani Beg Tarkhan , Mirza ( 1585 - 1599 )
- Sirohi - Sultan Singh I , Raja ( 1572 - 1610 )
- Sonepur - Madan Gopal Singh Deo , Raja ( 1556 - 1606 )
- Suket - Deep Sen , Raja ( 1590 - 1620 )
- Thanjavur - Ashuthappa Nayyak , Raja ( 1580 - 1614 )
- Handesh Sultanate - Adil Shah IV , Sultan ( 1576 - 1597 )
- Chamba - Balbhadra Verman , Raja ( 1589 - 1613 )
- Chitradurga - Madakari Nayyak I , Nayyak ( 1588 - 1602 )
- Chitral - Mukhtarram Shah Qator I , Mehtar ( 1585 - 1655 )
- Indonesia -
- Ace - Alauddin Riyat Shah Saeed al-Mukammal , Sultan ( 1589 - 1604 )
- Bantam - Mulana Muhammad , Sultan ( 1580 - 1596 )
- Bachan - Alauddin I , Sultan ( 1581 - c. 1609 )
- Kalinyamat - Pangeran Arya Zhepara , Sultan ( 1579 - 1599 )
- Mataram - Senopati , Sultan ( 1587 - 1601 )
- Sulu - Muhammad ul-Halim , Sultan ( 1568 - 1596 )
- Ternate - Said Barakat Shah , Sultan ( 1583 - 1606 )
- Tidore - Gapi Baguna , Sultan (c. 1582 - 1599 )
- Cirebon - Panembahan Ratu , Sultan ( 1570 - 1649 )
- Iran ( Safavids ) - Abbas I the Great , Shahinshah ( 1587 - 1629 )
- Paduspanids -
- Jahangir IV , Malek (in Peel) ( 1590 - 1598 )
- Jahangir III , Malek (in Nur) ( 1586 - 1593/1594 )
- Paduspanids -
- Kazakh Khanate - Tauekel , Khan ( 1582 - 1598 )
- Cambodia - Chey Chetth I , King ( 1576 - 1594 )
- China ( Ming Empire ) - Wanli (Zhu Yijun) , Emperor ( 1572 - 1620 )
- Lansang - Keo Kuman , King ( 1591 - 1596 )
- Malaysia -
- Johor - Ali Jalla Abdul Jalil Shah II , Sultan ( 1571 - 1597 )
- Kedah - Mujaffar Shah III , Sultan ( 1547 - 1602 )
- Kelantan - Adil ud-din ibn al-Marhum , Sultan ( 1579 - 1597 , 1602 - 1605 )
- Pattani - Ratu Hijau , Queen ( 1584 - 1616 )
- Pahang - Abdul Gafur Muhiuddin Shah , Sultan ( 1592 - 1614 )
- Perak - Taj al-Arifin Shah , Sultan ( 1584 - 1594 )
- Maldives - Don Joao , Sultan ( 1583 - 1603 )
- Mogulistan - Abduraim , Khan (in Eastern Mogulistan) ( 1591 - 1636 )
- Mogulia (Yarkand Khanate) - Muhammad III , Khan ( 1591 - 1610 )
- Mongol Empire (Northern Yuan) - Buyan-Setzen , the Great Khan ( 1592 - 1603 )
- Myanmar -
- Arakan (Myau-U) -
- Min Palown , king ( 1572 - 1593 )
- Razagi , king ( 1593 - 1612 )
- Taungu - Nanda Bein , king ( 1581 - 1599 )
- Arakan (Myau-U) -
- Nepal (Malla Dynasty) -
- Bhaktapur - Trelokya Malla , Raja ( 1560 - 1613 )
- Kathmandu (Kantipur) - Shivashimha Malla , Raja ( 1583 - 1620 )
- Lalitpur - Sadashiva Malla , Raja (c. 1580 - c. 1600 )
- Nogai Horde - Uraz Muhammad , Biy ( 1590 - 1598 )
- Oman - Abdullah Ibn Muhammad , Imam ( 1560 - 1624 )
- Ottoman Empire - Murad III , Sultan ( 1574 - 1595 )
- Ramazanogullars (Ramadanides) - Mehmed II , Bey ( 1589 - 1594 )
- Ryukyu - Sho Nei , Van ( 1588 - 1620 )
- Siberian Khanate - Kuchum , Khan ( 1563 - 1598 )
- Thailand -
- Ayutthaya - Naresuan (Sunphet II) , King ( 1590 - 1605 )
- Lannatai - Noeratha Minso , King ( 1579 - 1607/1608 )
- Tibet - Ngawang Drakpa Gyaltsen , gongma ( 1554 - 1556/1557 , 1576 - 1603/1604 )
- Philippines -
- Magindanao - Gugu Sarikul , Sultan ( 1585 - 1597 )
- Khiva Khanate (Khorezm) - Hadji Muhammad , Khan ( 1558 - 1603 )
- Joseon - Songjo , Van ( 1567 - 1608 )
- Sri Lanka -
- Jaffna - Etirimana Sincam , King ( 1591 - 1617 )
- Kandy - Vimaladharmasuria I , King ( 1592 - 1604 )
- Kotte - Dharmapala , King ( 1551 - 1597 )
- Sitawaka -
- Rajasinha I , king ( 1581 - 1593 )
- in 1593 merged with Kandy
- Japan - Go-Yozei (Katahito) , Emperor ( 1586 - 1611 )
America
- New Spain - Luis de Velasco y Castilla , Viceroy ( 1590 - 1595 , 1607 - 1611 )
- Peru - Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza , Viceroy ( 1590 - 1596 )
Africa
- Aussa - Sabraddin Adan , Imam ( 1585 - 1613 )
- Bagirmi - Abdullah , Sultan ( 1568 - 1608 )
- Bamum - Ngapna , MFN (Sultan) ( 1590 - 1629 )
- Beni Abbas - Ahmed Amokran , Sultan ( 1559 - 1600 )
- Kingdom of Benin - Ehengbud , both ( 1580 - 1602 )
- Bornu - Idris Alauma , Mai ( 1564 - 1596 )
- Buganda - Suuna I , tavern (c. 1584 - c. 1614 )
- Varsangali - Abdal , Sultan ( 1585 - 1612 )
- Vogodogo - Sana'a , Naaba (c. 1580 - c. 1600 )
- Garo (Bosch) - Ambirazh , tato ( 1567 - c. 1600 )
- Dandy - Nuh I , Askya ( 1591 - 1599 )
- Jolof - Lat Samba , Buur Ba ( 1566 - 1597 )
- Imerina - Ralambo , king ( 1575 - 1612 )
- Cayor -
- Amari I , Damel ( 1549 - 1593 )
- Samba I , Damel ( 1593 - 1600 )
- Kano - Muhammad Zaki , Sultan ( 1582 - 1618 )
- Kaffa - the unknown king (c. 1565 - c. 1605 )
- Congo - Alvaro II , Manicongo ( 1587 - 1614 )
- Mali - Mahmoud IV (Mamadou III) , Mansa (c. 1590 - c. 1610 )
- Morocco (Saadites) - Ahmad II al-Mansour , Sultan ( 1578 - 1603 )
- Massina - Hammadi II , Ardo ( 1583 - 1603 )
- Mutapa - Gatsi Roussere , mvenemutapa ( 1589 - 1623 )
- Ndongo - Mbandi a Ngola , Ngola ( 1592 - 1617 )
- Nri - Agu , Eze ( 1583 - 1676 )
- Rwanda - Kigeli II , Mwami ( 1576 - 1609 )
- Salum - Maad Maleotan Diouf , Maad ( 1567 - 1612 )
- Swaziland - Dlamini II , leader (c. 1555 - c. 1600 )
- Sennar - Unsa I , mek ( 1592 - 1604 )
- Twifo-Eman (Aquamu) - Asare , aquamuchene (c. 1580 - c. 1595 )
- Ethiopia - Serze-Dyngyl (Malak-Sagad I , Emperor ( 1563 - 1597 )
Europe
- England - Elizabeth I , Queen ( 1558 - 1603 )
- Andorra -
- Henry III, King of Navarre , Co-Prince ( 1572 - 1610 )
- Andres Capella , Bishop of Urhelsky , Co-Prince ( 1588-1609 )
- Wallachia -
- Alexander III the Evil , ruler ( 1592 - 1593 )
- Mihai the Brave , ruler ( 1593 - 1600 )
- Hungary - Rudolph II , King ( 1576 - 1608 )
- Denmark - Christian IV , King ( 1588 - 1648 )
- Ireland -
- Desmond - Domnall McCarthy , King ( 1558 - 1596 )
- Tire Eogine -
- Thurloch Luneh O'Neill , King ( 1567 - 1593 )
- Hugh O'Neill , King ( 1593 - 1607 )
- Spain - Philip II , King ( 1556 - 1598 )
- Italy -
- The Republic of Venice - Pasquale Ciconia , Doge ( 1585 - 1595 )
- Gvastalla - Ferrante II Gonzaga , Earl ( 1575 - 1621 )
- Genoa Republic -
- Giovanni Agostino Giustiniani Campi , Doge ( 1591 - 1593 )
- Antonio Grimaldi-Cheba , Doge ( 1593 - 1595 )
- Mantova - Vincenzo I Gonzaga , Duke ( 1587 - 1612 )
- Massa and Carrara - Alberico I , Prince ( 1568 - 1623 )
- Montechiarugolo - Pomponio Torelli , Count ( 1545 - 1608 )
- Duchy of Parma - Ranuccio I Farnese , Duke ( 1592 - 1622 )
- Piombino - Jacopo VII Appiani , Prince ( 1589 - 1603 )
- Tuscan Duchy - Ferdinando I , Grand Duke ( 1587 - 1609 )
- Urbino - Francesco Maria II della Rovere , Duke ( 1574 - 1621 , 1623 - 1631 )
- Ferrara, Modena and Reggio - Alfonso II d'Este , Duke ( 1559 - 1597 )
- Crimean Khanate - Gaza II Gerai , Khan ( 1588 - 1596 , 1596 - 1607 )
- Principality of Moldova - Aron Tiran , ruler ( 1591 - 1592 , 1592 - 1595 )
- Monaco - Hercule , Senior ( 1589 - 1604 )
- Navarra - Henry III , King ( 1572 - 1610 )
- Netherlands (Republic of the United Provinces) - Moritz of Orange , State of Halter ( 1585 - 1625 )
- Norway - Christian IV , King ( 1588 - 1648 )
- Papal Region - Clement VIII , pope ( 1592 - 1605 )
- Portugal - Philip I (King of Spain Philip II) , King ( 1581 - 1598 )
- Commonwealth - Sigismund III Vase , King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania ( 1587 - 1632 )
- Courland and Semigalia -
- Frederick , Duke ( 1587 - 1595 , 1617 - 1642 )
- Wilhelm , Duke ( 1587 - 1595 )
- Courland and Semigalia -
- Russian Empire - Fedor Ivanovich , Tsar ( 1584 - 1598 )
- Holy Roman Empire - Rudolph II , Emperor ( 1576 - 1612 )
- Austria - Rudolph V (Emperor Rudolph II) , Archduke ( 1576 - 1608 )
- Inner Austria - Ferdinand II , Archduke ( 1590 - 1619 )
- Front Austria and Tyrol - Ferdinand II , Archduke ( 1564 - 1595 )
- Anhalt -
- Johann George I , Prince ( 1586 - 1603 )
- Christian I , Prince ( 1586 - 1603 )
- Bernard , Prince ( 1586 - 1596 )
- Augustus , Prince ( 1586 - 1603 )
- Rudolph , Prince ( 1586 - 1603 )
- Johann Ernst , Prince ( 1586 - 1601 )
- Ludwig I , Prince ( 1586 - 1603 )
- Ansbach - Georg Friedrich , Margrave ( 1543 - 1603 )
- Bavaria - William V the Pious , Duke ( 1579 - 1597 )
- Baden -
- Baden-Baden - Eduard Fortunat , Margrave ( 1588 - 1596 )
- Baden-Durlach - Ernst Friedrich , Margrave ( 1584 - 1604 )
- Baden-Rodemahern - Philip III , Margrave ( 1588 - 1620 )
- Bayreth (Kulmbach) - Georg Friedrich , Margrave ( 1553 - 1603 )
- Brandenburg - Johann Georg , Elector ( 1571 - 1598 )
- Braunschweig -
- Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel - Heinrich Julius , Duke ( 1589 - 1613 )
- Braunschweig-Grubenhagen - Wolfgang , Duke ( 1567 - 1595 )
- Braunschweig-Luneburg - Ernst II , Duke ( 1592 - 1611 )
- Waldeck -
- Waldeck-Wildungen - Wilhelm Ernst , Count ( 1585 - 1598 )
- Waldeck-Landau - Franz III , Count ( 1579 - 1597 )
- Waldeck Eisenberg -
- Christian Earl ( 1588 - 1607 )
- Wolrad IV , Count ( 1588 - 1607 )
- East Frisia - Edzard II , Earl ( 1540 - 1599 )
- Württemberg -
- Ludwig III , Duke ( 1568 - 1593 )
- Frederick I , Duke ( 1593 - 1608 )
- Ganau -
- Ganau-Lichtenberg - Philip V , Earl ( 1590 - 1599 )
- Ganau-Münzenberg - Philip Ludwig II , Earl ( 1580 - 1612 )
- Hesse -
- Hesse-Darmstadt - George I , Landgraph ( 1567 - 1596 )
- Hesse-Kassel - Moritz , Landgrave ( 1592 - 1627 )
- Hesse-Marburg - Ludwig IV , Landgrave ( 1567 - 1604 )
- Hohenzollern-Gechingen - Eitel Frederick IV , Count ( 1576 - 1605 )
- Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - Charles II , Count ( 1576 - 1606 )
- Hohenzollern-Heigerloch - Johann Christoph , Count ( 1592 - 1620 )
- Holstein-Gottorp - Johann Adolf , Duke ( 1590 - 1616 )
- Holstein-Pinneberg - Adolph XIV , Count ( 1576 - 1601 )
- Cologne Elector - Ernst of Bavaria , Elector ( 1583 - 1612 )
- Lorraine - Charles III , Duke ( 1545 - 1608 )
- Mainz Elector - Wolfgang von Dahlberg , Elector ( 1582 - 1601 )
- Mecklenburg -
- Mecklenburg-Guestrow - Ulrich , Duke ( 1555 - 1603 )
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin -
- Adolf Frederick I , Duke ( 1592 - 1610 , 1621 - 1658 )
- Johann Albrecht II , Duke ( 1592 - 1610 )
- Montbeliard - Friedrich of Württemberg , count ( 1558 - 1608 )
- Nassau -
- Nassau-Wilburg -
- Albert Earl ( 1559 - 1593 )
- Wilhelm Earl ( 1593 - 1597 )
- Johann Casimir Count ( 1593 - 1602 )
- Philip IV , Earl ( 1559 - 1602 )
- Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein - Johann Ludwig I , Earl ( 1568 - 1596 )
- Nassau-Dillenburg - Johann VI , Earl ( 1559 - 1606 )
- Nassau-Otweiler - Ludwig II , Count ( 1593 - 1602 )
- Nassau-Saarbrücken - Philip III (Philip IV of Nassau-Wilburg) , Count ( 1574 - 1602 )
- Nassau-Wilburg -
- Oldenburg - Johann VII , Earl ( 1573 - 1603 )
- Pomerania -
- Pomerania-Barth - Boguslav XIII , Duke ( 1569 - 1605 )
- Pomerania-Wolgast - Philip Julius , Duke ( 1592 - 1625 )
- Pomerania-Darlowo - Barnim X , Duke ( 1569 - 1600 )
- Pomerania-Stettin (Szczecin) - Johann Frederick I , Duke ( 1569 - 1600 )
- Prussia - Albrecht Friedrich , Duke ( 1568 - 1618 )
- Palatinate - Frederick IV , Elector ( 1583 - 1610 )
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld - Charles I , palatinate ( 1569 - 1600 )
- Palatinate-Zimmern-Sponheim - Richard , Palatinate ( 1569 - 1598 )
- Palatinate-Sulzbach - Otto Heinrich , palatinate ( 1569 - 1604 )
- Palatinate-Neuburg - Philippe Ludwig , palatinate ( 1569 - 1614 )
- Palatinate-Zweibrucken - Johann I , Palatinate ( 1569 - 1604 )
- Palatinate-Zweibrucken-Foenstrauss-Parkstein - Friedrich , palatinate ( 1569 - 1597 )
- Savoy - Carl Emmanuel I , Duke ( 1580 - 1630 )
- Saxony - Christian II , Elector ( 1591 - 1611 )
- Saxe-Weimar - Frederick William I , Duke ( 1573 - 1602 )
- Saxe-Coburg -
- Johann Casimir , Duke ( 1572 - 1633 )
- Johann Ernst , Duke ( 1572 - 1596 )
- Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg -
- Franz II , Duke ( 1581 - 1619 )
- Maurice , Duke ( 1581 - 1612 )
- Trier Elector - Johann von Schönenberg , Elector ( 1581 - 1599 )
- Czech Republic - Rudolph II , King ( 1576 - 1611 )
- Silesian principalities -
- Principality of Brzeg - Barbara of Brandenburg , Princess ( 1586 - 1595 )
- Principality of Voluv - Joachim Friedrich of Brzeg , Prince ( 1592 - 1602 )
- Principality of Legnica - Frederick IV of Legnica , Prince ( 1571 - 1596 )
- Principality of Olav - Anna Württemberg , Princess ( 1592 - 1594 )
- Principality of Olesnitsa - Charles II of Münsterberg , Prince ( 1565 - 1617 )
- Teshinsky (Tseshin) principality - Adam Wenceslas , prince ( 1579 - 1617 )
- Silesian principalities -
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt - Albrecht VII , count ( 1583 - 1605 )
- Julich Kleve Berg - Johann Wilhelm , Duke ( 1592 - 1609 )
- Austria - Rudolph V (Emperor Rudolph II) , Archduke ( 1576 - 1608 )
- Transylvania - Gigmond Bathory , Prince ( 1581 - 1599 , 1601 - 1602 )
- France - Henry IV , King ( 1589 - 1610 )
- Auvergne - Charles de Valois , Earl ( 1589 - 1606 )
- Sweden - Sigismund III , King ( 1592 - 1599 )
- Scotland - James VI , King ( 1567 - 1625 )
Elizabeth I
1558-1603
Queen of EnglandPhilip II
1581-1598
King of Spain and PortugalAkbar I the Great
1556-1605
The Padis of the Mughal EmpireMurad III
1574-1595
Ottoman SultanHenry IV
1589-1610
King of France and NavarreRudolph II
1576-1612
Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Czech RepublicAbbas I the Great
1587-1629
Shahinshah of IranSigismund III Vase
1592-1599
King of Poland, Sweden and Grand Duke of LithuaniaChristian IV
1588-1648
King of Denmark and NorwayMoritz of Orange
1585-1625
Staltery of the NetherlandsFedor Ivanovich
1584-1598
Tsar of all RussiaAhmad II al-Mansour
1578-1603
Sultan of MoroccoWanli
1572-1620
Emperor of ChinaJacob VI Stuart
1567-1625
King of scotlandAbdullah II
1583-1598
Bukhara KhanNaresuan
1590-1605
King of Ayutthaya (Siam)Ibrahim Adil Shah II
1580-1627
Sultan of BijapurMuhammad Quli Qutb Shah
1580-1611
Sultan of GolcondaKatahito
1586-1611
Emperor of JapanGaza II Gerai
1588-1596, 1596-1607
Crimean KhanMihai the Brave
1593-1600
Lord of WallachiaAlfonso II d'Este
1559-1597
Duke of Modena, Ferrara and ReggioFrancesco Maria II della Rover
1574-1621, 1623-1631
Duke of UrbinoPasquale Chiconya
1585-1595
Doge of VeniceFerdinando I Medici
1587-1609
Grand Duke of TuscanyVincenzo I Gonzaga
1587-1612
Duke of MantuaRanuccio I Farnese
1592-1622
Duke of ParmaClement VIII
1592-1605
Pope