List of state leaders in 1542

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Africa

• ( Abdalwadiden ) (now in West Algeria, Tlemcen capital ) Sultan Ahmad II (1541-1543) (1544-1550)

• Ethiopia Kaiser ( Negus Nagast ): Claudius ( 1540-1559 )

• Bornu ( in present-day Niger) Sefuwa Dynasty King / May: Dunama VI. (1539-1557)

• Ifriqiya (eastern Algeria, Tunisia) ( Hafsids ) Caliph Al Hassan (1526-1534) (1535-1543)

• Jolof ( in present-day Senegal) Buur -ba Jolof: Birayma Dyeme - Kumba (1527-1543)

• Kano Emir Muhammad Kisoki (1509-1565)

• Congo Mani Congo: Afonso I (1509-1545)

• Morocco Wattasids ( in the north) Sultan Abu l - Abbas Ahmad (1524-1549)

• Sultan Muhammad II al- Schayh (1540-1547)

• Munhumutapa Empire Ruler: Neshangwe Munembire ( about 1530 - about 1550 )

• Sultanate of Sennar ( in modern Sudan ) Sultan: Nayil ( 1533/34-1550/51 )

• Songhai calibration ( in West Africa) Ruler: Ishaq I. (1539-1549)

America

• Inca Empire Inca: Manco Capac II (1533-1544)

• Viceroyalty of New Spain Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza (1535-1550)

Asia

• China ( Ming Dynasty ) Kaiser: Jiajing (1521-1567)

• India Sultanate of Delhi ( Suriden ) Sultan Sher Khan Suri (1540-1545)

• Japan Emperor: Go- Nara (1526-1557)
• Ashikaga Shogun: Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1521-1546)

• Korea ( Joseon Dynasty ) King Jung Jong (1506-1544)

• Persia ( Safavid dynasty ) Sultan Tahmasp I. (1524-1576)

• Thailand King: Chaiya Radschathirat (1534-1546)

• Vietnam North ( Mac Dynasty) King: Mac Hien Tông (1541-1546)

• King: Lê Cung Hoàng (1533-1548)

Europe

• Andorra Co - Prince: King of Navarre Henry II (1516-1555)
• Bishop of Urgell: Francesc de Urries (1534-1551)

• Denmark and Norway King Christian III. (1534-1559)

• England King: Henry VIII (1509-1547) (from 1541 also in Ireland)

• France King Francis I (1515-1547)

• Holy Roman Empire King Charles V (1519-1556) Emperor from 1520
• King Ferdinand I (1531-1564) Emperor from 1556
• Electorates archbishopric of Cologne Archbishop Hermann V of Wied (1515-1547)

• Archbishop Albrecht of Brandenburg (1514-1545)

• Archbishop John IV Ludwig von Hagen (1540-1547)

• King Ferdinand I (1526-1564)

• Elector Joachim II Hector (1535-1571)

• Elector Ludwig V. (1508-1544)

• Elector Johann Friedrich I. ( 1532-1547/54 ) ( from 1547 Electorate of Albertine line)

• Baden Baden -Baden Margrave Philibert (1536-1569) ( to 1554 under guardianship )

• Margrave: Ernst (1515-1553)

• Duke Wilhelm IV (1508-1550) ( in Munich)
• Duke: Louis X (1514-1545) ( in Landshut )

• Margrave George the Pious (1515-1543)

• Margrave Albrecht II Alcibiades (1527-1554) ( to 1541 under the regency of his uncle )

• Principality of Calenberg ( Göttingen ) Duke Erich II (1540-1584) ( to 1546 under the guardianship of his mother ) Regent: Elisabeth of Brandenburg (1540-1546)

• Duke: Philip I (1485-1551)

• Duke Ernst I. the Confessor (1520-1546)

• Duke: Henry II (1514-1568)

• Hanau -Lichtenberg Graf: Philip IV (1538-1590)

• Count Philipp III. (1529-1561)

• Landgraf: Philip I the Magnanimous (1509-1567)

• Graf: Charles I (1525-1576)

• Duke Wilhelm V of Empires (1539-1592)

• Count Bernhard VIII (1536-1563)

• Herzog Anton II (1508-1544)

• Mecklenburg- Güstrow Duke Albrecht VII ( 1503/20-1547 )

• Duke: Henry V ( 1503/20-1552 )

• Ottonian line Nassau- Beilstein Count Johann III. (1513-1561)

• Prince: Renatus (1538-1544)

• Count Wilhelm of Empires (1516-1559)

• Nassau -Saarbrücken Count Johann Ludwig I (1472-1545)

• Count Philipp III. (1523-1559)

• Count Philipp, the Elder (1511-1558)

• Count Christoph I. (1524-1551)

• Graf: Anna (1540-1561) ( regent for her underage sons )

• Palatinate -Neuburg Count Palatine: Otto Heinrich (1505-1557) ( Until 1522 under guardianship )
• Count Palatine Philipp the Warlike (1505-1548) ( Until 1522 under guardianship )

• Count Palatine Johann II the Younger (1509-1557)

• Count Palatine Wolfgang (1532-1569)

• Pomerania -Stettin Duke: Barnim IX. (1532-1569)

• Duke: Philip I (1532-1560)

• Duke Moritz (1541-1553) (from 1547 Elector )

• Duke Magnus I. (1507-1543)

• Duke Ulrich (1498-1550)

• Italian States Ferrara, Modena and Reggio Duke: Ercole II d' Este (1534-1559)

• Doge Leonardo Cattaneo della Volta (1541-1543)

• Pope Paul III. (1534-1549)

• Duke: Philip II of Spain (1540-1598) Governor Alfonso d' Avalos (1538-1546)

• Duke Francesco III. Gonzaga (1540-1550)

• Margravine: Ricciarda Cybo - Malaspina (1519-1546) (1547-1553)

• King: Charles I of Spain (1516-1556) Viceroy Pedro Alvarez de Toledo (1532-1553)

• Margrave: Gabriel ( 1537-1543/48 )

• Duke: Karl III. (1504-1553)

• King: Charles I of Spain (1516-1556) Viceroy: Ferrante Gonzaga (1535-1546) ( Interim)

• Duke Cosimo I de ' Medici (1537-1574) ( 1569 Grand Duke )

• Duke: Guidobaldo II della Rovere (1538-1574)

• Doge Pietro Lando (1538-1545)

• Order of St. John in Malta country Grand Master Juan de Homedes (1536-1553)

• Livonia Country Masters: Hermann von Brüggenei (1535-1549)

• Vltava Prince Petru Rareş (1527-1538) (1541-1546)

• Monaco Seigneur: Honoré I (1532-1581)

• Moscow Grand Duke: Ivan IV the Terrible (1533-1584) (from 1547 Tsar )

• Navarra King, Henry II (1517-1555)

• Ottoman Empire Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566)

• Poland King Sigismund I (1506-1548)

• Portugal King Johann III. (1521-1557)

• Prussia Duke Albrecht (1525-1568)

• Scotland King: James V (1513-1542)
• Queen: Mary Stuart (1542-1567)

• Sweden King Gustav I. Wasa (1523-1560)

• Spain King: Charles I (1516-1556)

• Hungary ( rule disputed) King Ferdinand I (1526-1564)
• King: Johann Sigismund Zápolya (1540-1570)

• Walachia Prince Radu Paisie (1535-1545)