List of state leaders in 1556
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Africa
- 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: Ahmad III ( 1543-1570 ).
- Jolof ( in present-day Senegal) Buur -ba Jolof: al- Buri Penda (1549-1566)
- Kano Emir Muhammad Kisoki (1509-1565)
- Congo Mani Congo: Diogo I. (1545-1561)
- Morocco ( Saadi ) Sultan Muhammad II al- Schayh (1540-1557)
- Munhumutapa Empire Ruler: Chivere Nyasoro (around 1550-1560 )
- Sultanate of Sennar ( in modern Sudan ) Sultan Abd al -Qadir I. ( 1550/51-1557/58 )
- Songhai calibration ( in West Africa) Ruler: Daoud (1549-1582)
America
- Inca Empire Inca: Sayri Túpac (1544-1561)
- Viceroyalty of New Spain Viceroy Luis de Velasco (1550-1564)
- Viceroyalty of Peru Viceroy Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza (1555-1561)
Asia
- China ( Ming Dynasty ) Kaiser: Jiajing (1521-1567)
- Japan Emperor: Go- Nara (1526-1557)
- Ashikaga Shogun: Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1546-1565)
- Korea ( Joseon Dynasty ) King: Myeongjong (1545-1567)
- Mughal Empire Mughal emperor Humayun (1555-1556)
- Mughal emperor Akbar (1556-1605)
- Persia ( Safavid dynasty ) Shah: Tahmasp I (1524-1576)
- Thailand King Maha Chakrapat (1548-1568)
- Vietnam North ( Mac Dynasty) King: Mac Tuyen Tông (1546-1561)
- King: Lê Trung Tông (1548-1556)
- King: Lê Anh Tông (1556-1573)
Europe
- Andorra Co - Prince: Queen of Navarre: Johanna III. (1555-1572)
- King of Navarre Antoine de Bourbon (1555-1562)
- Bishop of Urgell: Miquel Despuig (1552-1556)
- Bishop of Urgell Joan Pérez García de Oliván (1556-1560)
- Denmark and Norway King Christian III. (1534-1559)
- England and Ireland Queen: Mary Tudor (1553-1558)
- France King, Henry II (1547-1559)
- Holy Roman Empire King Charles V (1519-1556) Emperor from 1520
- King Ferdinand I (1531-1564) Emperor from 1556
- Electorates archbishopric of Cologne Archbishop: Adolf III. Schaumburg (1547-1556)
- Archbishop Daniel Brendel of Homburg (1555-1582)
- Archbishop Johann V. von Isenburg (1547-1556)
- Archbishop John VI. von der Leyen (1556-1567)
- King Ferdinand I (1526-1564)
- Elector Joachim II Hector (1535-1571)
- Elector Frederick II of way (1544-1556)
- Elector: Otto Heinrich (1556-1559)
- Elector: August (1553-1586)
- Baden Baden -Baden Margrave Philibert (1536-1569) ( until 1554 under guardianship )
- Margrave Charles II (1553-1577)
- Duke Albrecht V (1550-1579)
- Margrave Georg Friedrich I (1543-1603)
- Margrave: Interregnum (1554-1557)
- Principality of Calenberg ( Göttingen ) Duke Erich II (1540-1584) ( to 1546 under the guardianship of his mother )
- Duke Ernst III. ( IV ) ( 1551-1567 )
- Duke Franz Otto (1555-1559)
- 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)
- Duke: Karl III. (1545-1608) ( to 1559 under guardianship ) Regent: Nikolaus Graf von Vaudémont (1552-1559)
- Mecklenburg- Güstrow Duke Johann Albrecht I (1547-1556)
- Duke Ulrich (1555-1603) ( co-regent to 1556 )
- Duke Johann Albrecht I (1552-1576)
- Ottonian line Nassau- Beilstein Count Johann III. (1513-1561)
- Prince: William the Silent (1544-1584)
- Count Wilhelm of Empires (1516-1559)
- Nassau -Saarbrücken Count Johann III. (1554-1574)
- Count Philipp III. (1523-1559)
- Count Philipp, the Elder (1511-1558)
- Count Joachim I. (1551-1600)
- Regent Anna (1540-1561) ( regent for her underage sons )
- Palatinate -Neuburg Count Palatine: Otto Heinrich (1505-1557) ( Until 1522 under guardianship )
- Count Palatine Johann II the Younger (1509-1557)
- Count Palatine: Georg Johann I (1544-1592)
- Count Palatine Wolfgang (1532-1569)
- Pomerania -Stettin Duke: Barnim IX. (1532-1569)
- Duke: Philip I (1532-1560)
- Duke Johann Friedrich II the Middle ( 1554-1565/66 )
- Duke Johann Wilhelm ( 1554-1565/73 )
- Duke Johann Friedrich III. the Younger (1554-1565)
- Duke: Francis I (1543-1581)
- Duke: Christoph (1550-1568)
- Doge Agostino Pinello Ardimenti (1555-1557)
- Pope Paul IV (1555-1559)
- Duke: Philip II of Spain (1540-1598) Governor Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba (1555-1556)
- Governor: Cristoforo Madruzzo (1556-1558)
- Duke Guglielmo Gonzaga (1550-1587)
- Margrave: Alberico Cybo - Malaspina I. (1553-1623)
- King: Charles I of Spain (1516-1556)
- King Philip II of Spain (1556-1598) Viceroy: Bernardino de Mendoza (1555-1556)
- Viceroy Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba (1556-1558)
- Duke: Ottavio Farnese (1547-1586)
- Duke Emanuel Philibert (1553-1580)
- King: Charles I of Spain (1516-1556)
- King Philip II of Spain (1556-1598) Viceroy Juan de Vega (1547-1557)
- Duke Cosimo I de ' Medici (1537-1574) ( 1569 Grand Duke )
- Duke: Guidobaldo II della Rovere (1538-1574)
- Doge Francesco Venier (1554-1556)
- Doge Lorenzo Priuli (1556-1559)
- Order of St. John in Malta country Grand Master Claude de la Sengle (1553-1557)
- Livonia Country Masters: Heinrich von Galen (1551-1557)
- 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)
- Poland King Sigismund II Augustus (1548-1572)
- Portugal King Johann III. (1521-1557)
- 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 Gustav I. Wasa (1523-1560)
- Spain King: Charles I (1516-1556)
- King, Philip II (1556-1598)
- Hungary ( rule disputed) King Ferdinand I (1526-1564)
- King: Johann Sigismund Zápolya (1540-1570)
- Walachia Prince: Pătraşcu cel Bun (1554-1558)