List of state leaders in 1566
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Africa
- Ethiopia Kaiser ( Negus Nagast ): Sarsa Dengel ( 1563-1597 )
- Bornu ( in present-day Niger) Sefuwa Dynasty King / May: Idris III. Alooma (1564-1596)
- Ifriqiya (eastern Algeria, Tunisia) ( Hafsids ) Caliph: Ahmad III ( 1543-1570 ).
- Jolof ( in present-day Senegal) Buur -ba Jolof: al- Buri Penda (1549-1566)
- Buur -ba Jolof: Lat - Samba (1566-1597)
- Kano King: Abu -Bakr Kado (1565-1573)
- Congo Mani Congo: Bernardo I. (1561-1566)
- Mani Kongo Henrique I. (1566-1567)
- Morocco ( Saadi ) Sultan Abdallah al - Galib (1557-1574)
- Munhumutapa Empire Ruler: Chisamharu Negomo Mupuzangutu (1560-1589)
- Sultanate of Sennar ( in modern Sudan ) Sultan Abu Sakikin ( 1557/58-1568 )
- Songhai calibration ( in West Africa) Ruler: Daoud (1549-1582)
America
- Inca Empire Inca: Titu Cusi Yupanqui (1561-1570)
- Viceroyalty of New Spain Viceroy; Gastón de Peralta (1566-1567)
- Viceroyalty of Peru Viceroy Lope García de Castro (1564-1569)
Asia
- China ( Ming Dynasty ) Kaiser: Jiajing (1521-1567)
- Japan Kaiser: Ogimachi (1557-1586)
- Shogun Ashikaga: vacant (1566-1568)
- Korea ( Joseon Dynasty ) King: Myeongjong (1545-1567)
- Mughal Empire Mughal emperor Akbar (1556-1605)
- Persia ( Safavid dynasty ) Sultan Tahmasp I. (1524-1576)
- Thailand King Maha Chakrapat (1548-1568)
- Vietnam North ( Mac Dynasty) King: Mac Mau Hop (1562-1592)
- King: Lê Anh Tông (1556-1573)
Europe
- Andorra Co - Prince: Queen of Navarre: Johanna III. (1555-1572)
- King of Navarre: Henry III. (1562-1610)
- Bishop of Urgell: Pere de Castellet (1561-1571)
- Denmark and Norway King Frederick II (1559-1588)
- England and Ireland Queen: Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
- France King Karl IX. (1560-1574)
- Holy Roman Empire King Maximilian II (1564-1576)
- Electorates archbishopric of Cologne Archbishop: Frederick IV of Wied (1562-1567)
- Archbishop Daniel Brendel of Homburg (1555-1582)
- Archbishop John VI. von der Leyen (1556-1567)
- King Maximilian II (1564-1576)
- Elector Joachim II Hector (1535-1571)
- Elector Friedrich III. (1559-1576)
- Elector: August (1553-1586)
- Baden Baden -Baden Margrave Philibert (1536-1569) ( to 1554 under guardianship )
- Margrave Charles II (1553-1577)
- Duke Albrecht V (1550-1579)
- Margrave Georg Friedrich I (1543-1603)
- Margrave Georg Friedrich I (1557-1603)
- Principality of Calenberg ( Göttingen ) Duke Erich II (1540-1584) ( to 1546 under the guardianship of his mother )
- Duke Ernst III. ( IV ) ( 1551-1567 )
- Duke Heinrich (1559-1569)
- Duke: William the Younger (1559-1592)
- Duke: Henry II (1514-1568)
- Hanau -Lichtenberg Graf: Philip IV (1538-1590)
- Count Philipp Ludwig I (1561-1580) (1561-1575 under guardianship ) Regent: John VI. of Nassau- Dillenburg (1561-1575)
- Ruler: Philip IV of Hanau -Lichtenberg (1561-1575)
- Landgraf: Philip I the Magnanimous (1509-1567)
- Graf: Charles I (1525-1576)
- Duke Wilhelm V of Empires (1539-1592)
- Count Simon VI. (1563-1613) ( to 1579 under guardianship ) Regent: Hermann Simon Graf von Sternberg and Pyrmont (1563-1579)
- Duke: Karl III. (1545-1608) ( to 1559 under guardianship )
- Mecklenburg- Güstrow Duke Ulrich (1555-1603) ( co-regent to 1556 )
- Duke Johann Albrecht I (1552-1576)
- Count Joachim I. (1551-1600)
- Count Johann II (1561-1591)
- Count Edzard II (1561-1599)
- Palatinate -Neuburg Count Palatine Wolfgang (1557-1569)
- Count Palatine: Georg Johann I (1544-1592)
- Count Palatine Wolfgang (1532-1569)
- Pomerania -Stettin Duke: Barnim IX. (1532-1569)
- Duke Johann Friedrich (1560-1569)
- Duke: Bogislaw XIII. (1560-1569)
- Duke Ernst Ludwig (1560-1592)
- Duke: Barnim X. (1560-1569)
- Duke Johann Friedrich II the Middle ( 1554-1565/66 )
- Duke Johann Wilhelm ( 1554-1565/73 )
- Duke: Francis I (1543-1581)
- Duke: Christoph (1550-1568)
- Doge Simone Spinola (1565-1567)
- Pope Pius V (1566-1572)
- Duke: Philip II of Spain (1554-1598) Governor Gabriel de la Cueva (1564-1571)
- Duke Guglielmo Gonzaga (1550-1587)
- King Philip II of Spain (1556-1598) Viceroy: Perafan de Ribera (1559-1571)
- Duke: Ottavio Farnese (1547-1586)
- Duke Emanuel Philibert (1553-1580)
- King Philip II of Spain (1556-1598) Viceroy: García Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio (1564-1566)
- Viceroy: Carlos de Aragón (1566-1568) (1571-1577)
- Duke Cosimo I de ' Medici (1537-1574) ( 1569 Grand Duke )
- Duke: Guidobaldo II della Rovere (1538-1574)
- Doge Gerolamo Priuli (1559-1567)
- Order of St. John in Malta country Grand Master Jean de la Valette (1557-1568)
- Kurland and Semgallen Duke Gotthard Kettler (1561-1587)
- Vltava Prince Alexandru Lapusneanu (1552-1561) (1564-1568)
- Monaco Seigneur: Honoré I (1532-1581)
- Navarra Queen Johanna III. (1555-1572)
- Ottoman Empire Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566)
- Sultan Selim II (1566-1574)
- Poland King Sigismund II Augustus (1548-1572)
- Portugal King Sebastian (1557-1578) ( to 1568 under guardianship ) Regent: Cardinal Henry (1557-1568)
- Regent: Catherine of Castile (1557-1568)
- Prussia Duke Albrecht (1525-1568)
- Russia Zar: Ivan IV the Terrible (1533-1584) ( to 1547 Grand Duke )
- Scotland Queen: Mary Stuart (1542-1567)
- Sweden King Erik XIV (1560-1568)
- Spain King, Philip II (1556-1598)
- Hungary ( rule disputed) King Maximilian (1564-1576)
- King: Johann Sigismund Zápolya (1540-1570)
- Walachia Prince: Petre cel Tanar (1559-1568)