List of heads of state 1079

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Africa

• Egypt ( Fatimids )
  • Caliph : al-Mustansir (1036-1094)

• Ethiopia
  • Emperor (Negus Negest) : Yemrehana Krestos (1039-1079)
  • Emperor (Negus Negest): Kedus Harbe (1079–1119)

• Ifrīqiya ( Zirids )
  • Ruler : Tamim ibn Zīri (1062–1108)

• Kanem
  • King : Hume al-Sayfi (1068-1080)

Asia

• Bagan
  • King : Sawlu (1078-1084)

• Champa
  • King : Harivarman IV. (1074-1080)

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

• Georgia
  • King : Giorgi II. (1072-1089)

• Ghaznavids (in Northwest India)
  • Sultan : Ibrāhīm (1059-1099)

• India
  • Western Chalukya (in the West Indies)
    • King : Vikramaditya II. (1076–1127)
  • 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)

• Iran ( Choresmians )
  • Sultan : Anush-Tegin Ghartschai (1077-1097)

• Japan
  • Emperor : Shirakawa (1073-1087)

• Khmer
  • King : Harshavarman III. (1066-1080)

• Korea
  • Goryeo
    • King : Munjong (1046-1083)

• Caliphate of the Muslims
  • Caliph : al-Muqtadi (1075-1094)

• Seljuks Empire
  • Great Seljuks
    • Sultan : Malik Shah I (1072-1092)
  • Kirman Seljuks
    • Sultan : Rukn ad-Din wa-d-Daula Sultan-Shah Ishaq (1074-1085)
  • Syrian Seljuks
    • Sultan : Tutusch I (1078-1095)

• Vietnam (Lý dynasty)
  • Emperor : Lý Càn Đức (1072–1127)

Europe

• Byzantine Empire
  • Emperor : Nikephorus III. (1078-1081)

• Denmark
  • King : Harald Hen (1076-1080)

• 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
    • Duke : Hoël II. (1072-1084)
  • Burgundy (Duchy)
    • Duke : Odo I (1078–1102)
  • 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 : Henry VIII ( 1053-1054 , 1077-1095) (1056-1105 Roman-German king)
  • 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 : Liutold (1077-1090)
  • Lausitz
    • Margrave : Vratislav (1076-1081) (1061-1086 Duke of Bohemia; 1086-1091 King of Bohemia)
  • Luxembourg
    • Count : Konrad I. (1059-1086)
  • Meissen
    • Margrave : Ekbert II. (1068-1089)
  • Lower Lorraine
    • Duke : Konrad (1076-1087)
  • Upper Lorraine
    • Duke : Dietrich II. (1070–1115)
  • Saxony
    • Duke : Magnus (1072–1106)
  • Swabia
    • Duke : Rudolf von Rheinfelden (1057-1079) (1077-1080 antagonist)
    • Duke: Friedrich I. (1079–1105)

• Italy
  • Apulia
    • Duke : Robert Guiskard (1057-1085) (until 1058 Graf) (1078-1081 Duke of Benevento)
  • Capua
    • Prince : Jordan of Capua (1078-1091)
  • Papal States
    • Pope : Gregory VII (1073-1085)
  • Montferrat
    • Margrave : Otto II. (1042-1084)
  • Naples
    • Duke : Sergius V. (1042-1082)
  • Tuscany
    • Margravine : Mathilde ( 1052–1056 , 1069–1115)
  • Venice
    • Doge : Domenico Silvo (1071-1084)

• Croatia
  • King : Dmitar Zvonimir (1074 / 5–1089)

• Norway
  • King : Olav III. (1066-1093)

• Poland
  • King : Bolesław II. (1058-1079) (until 1076 duke)
  • Duke: Władysław I Herman (1079–1102)

• Russia
  • Grand Duke : Vsevolod I (1078-1093)

• Scotland
  • King : Malcolm III. (1058-1093)

• Sweden
  • King : Haakon (around 1070-1079)

• Spain
  • Aragon
    • King : Sancho I (1063-1094) (1076-1094 King of Navarre)
  • Barcelona (1076-1082 joint rule)
    • Count : Berengar Raimund II. (1076-1096 / 7)
    • Count: Raimund Berengar II. (1076-1082)
  • Castile
    • 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)
  • Navarre
    • King : Sancho V (1076-1094) (1063-1094 King of Aragón)

• Hungary
  • King : Ladislaus I (1077-1095)

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