List of heads of state 1072

Africa

China
- Liao (in North China)
  - Emperor : Liao Daozong (1055–1101)
- Northern song
  - Emperor : Shenzong (1067-1085)
- Xi Xia
  - Emperor : Huìzōng (1067-1086)

India
- Western Chalukya (in the West Indies)
  - King : Someshvara II. (1068-1076)
- Chola (in South India)
  - King : Kulothunga Chola I. (1070–1119)
- Hoysala (in today's Karnataka)
  - King : Vinayaditya (1047–1108)
- Cashmere ( Lohara Dynasty )
  - King : Kalasha (1063-1089)

Seljuks Empire
- Great Seljuks
  - Sultan : Alp Arslan (1063-1072)
  - Sultan: Malik Shah I (1072-1092)
- Kirman Seljuks
  - Sultan : Qawurd (1048-1073)

Vietnam (Lý dynasty)
- Emperor : Lý Nhật Tôn (1054-1072)
- Emperor: Lý Càn Đức (1072–1127)

England
- King : William I the Conqueror (1066–1087) (1035–1087 Duke of Normandy)

France
- King : Philip I (1060–1108)
- Anjou
  - Count : Fulko IV. (1068–1109)
- Aquitaine
  - Duke : Wilhelm VIII. (1058-1086)
- Auvergne
  - Count : Robert II (1064-1096)
- Brittany
  - Duchess : Hawisa (1066-1072)
  - Duke: Hoël II. (1072-1084)
- Burgundy (Duchy)
  - Duke : Robert I (1032-1076)
- Burgundy (Free County)
  - Count Palatine : Wilhelm I (1057-1087)
- Maine
  - Count : Hugo V. (1069-1093)
- Normandy
  - Duke : William II (1035-1087) (1066-1087 King of England)
- Toulouse county
  - Count : Wilhelm IV. (1060-1094)

Holy Roman Empire
- Roman-German king : Heinrich IV. (1056–1105) (from 1084 emperor )
- Bavaria
  - Duke : Welf I. (1070-1077, 1096-1101 )
- Bohemia
  - Duke : Vratislav II. (1061-1092) (from 1086 king) (1076-1081 Margrave of Lusatia)
- Flanders
  - Count : Robert I. (1071-1093)
- Holland
  - Count : Dietrich V. (1061-1091)
- Carinthia
  - Duke : Berthold I (1061-1072)
- Lausitz
  - Margrave : Dedo I. ( 1046-1069 , 1069-1075)
- Luxembourg
  - Count : Konrad I. (1059-1086)
- Meissen
  - Margrave : Ekbert II. (1068-1089)
- Lower Lorraine
  - Duke : Gottfried IV. (1069-1076)
- Upper Lorraine
  - Duke : Dietrich II. (1070–1115)
- Saxony
  - Duke : Ordulf (1059-1072)
  - Duke: Magnus (1072–1106)
- Swabia
  - Duke : Rudolf von Rheinfelden (1057-1079) (1077-1080 antagonist)

Italy
- Amalfi
  - Duke : Sergius III. (IV.) (1069-1073)
- Apulia
  - Duke : Robert Guiskard (1057-1085) (until 1058 Graf) (1078-1081 Duke of Benevento)
- Aversa
  - Count : Richard (1049-1078) (1058-1078 Prince of Capua)
- Benevento (common rule)
  - Duke : Landulf VI. ( 1038-1053 , 1054-1077)
  - Duke: Pandulf IV. (1056-1074)
- Capua
  - Prince : Richard I (1058-1078) (1049-1078 Count of Aversa)
- Papal States
  - Pope : Alexander II (1061-1073)
- Montferrat
  - Margrave : Otto II. (1042-1084)
- Naples
  - Duke : Sergius V. (1042-1082)
- Salerno
  - Prince : Gisulf II. (1052-1077)
- Tuscany
  - Margravine : Mathilde ( 1052–1056 , 1069–1115)
    - Regent: Beatrix of Lorraine ( 1052-1056 , 1069-1076)
- Venice
  - Doge : Domenico Silvo (1071-1084)

Spain
- Aragon
  - King : Sancho I (1063-1094) (1076-1094 King of Navarre)
- Barcelona
  - Count : Raimund Berengar I (1035-1076)
- Galicia
  - King : Sancho II (1071-1072) (1065-1072 King of Castile; 1072 King of León)
  - King: García ( 1065-1071 , 1072-1073)
- Castile
  - King : Sancho II (1065-1072) (1071-1072 King of Galicia; 1072 King of León)
  - King: Alfonso VI. (1072–1109) (1073–1109 King of Galicia; 1065–1072; 1072–1109 King of León)
- Leon
  - King : Alfonso VI. (1065–1072, 1072–1109 ) (1073–1109 King of Galicia; 1072–1109 King of Castile)
  - King: Sancho II (1072) (1071–1072 King of Galicia; 1065–1072 King of Castile)
  - King: Alfonso VI. ( 1065–1072 , 1072–1109) (1073–1109 King of Galicia; 1072–1109 King of Castile)
- Navarre
  - King : Sancho IV (1054-1076)

Zeta (in present-day Montenegro)
- Prince : Mihailo Vojislavljević (around 1055 – around 1082)