List of heads of state 1140

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Africa

Egypt ( Fatimids )
- Sultan : al-Hafiz (1130–1149)

Almohads
- Caliph : Abd al-Mu'min (1130–1163)

Almoravids
- Ruler : Ali ibn Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1106–1143)

Ethiopia
- Emperor (Negus Negest) : Gebra Maskal Lalibela (1119–1159)

Hammadids (in eastern Algeria)
- Ruler : Yahya ibn al-Aziz (1121–1152)

Ifriqiya ( Ziriden ) (Tunisia)
- Ruler : Al-Hassan ibn Ziri (1121-1152)

Kanem
- King : Bir I (1133–1160)

Makuria
- King : Giorgios IV (1130–1158)

Asia

Bagan
- King : Alaungsithu (1113–1167)

Champa
- King : Jaya Indravarman III. (1129–1145)

China
- Jin Dynasty (in northern China)
  - Emperor : Xizong (1135–1149)
- Northern song
  - Emperor : Gaozong (1127–1162)
- Xi Xia
  - Emperor : Rénzōng (1139–1193)

Georgia
- King : Dimitri I (1125–1155) (1155–1156)

Ghaznavids (in Northwest India)
- Sultan : Bahram Shah (1118-1157)

India
- Western Chalukya (in the West Indies)
  - King : Jagadekamalla (1138–1151)
- Chola (in South India)
  - King : Kulothunga Chola II. (1133–1150)
- Hoysala (in today's Karnataka)
  - King : Vishnuvardhana (1108-1152)
- Cashmere ( Lohara Dynasty )
  - King : Vijaya Simha (1128–1155)

Iran ( Choresmians )
- Sultan : Ala ad-Din Atsiz (1128–1156)

Japan
- Emperor : Sutoku (1123–1142)

Abbasid Caliphate
- Caliph : al-Muqtafī bi-'llāh (1136–1160)

Kara Kitai
- Khan : Tianyouwuliedi (1124–1144)

Kambuja ( Khmer )
- King : Suryavarman II (1113–1150)

Lesser Armenia
- Prince : Leon I (1129–1140)
- Prince: Stephan I (1140–1144)

Korea ( Goryeo Dynasty )
- King : Injong (1122–1146)

Crusader States
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
  - Queen : Melisende (1131-1153)
- Principality of Antioch
  - Princess : Constance (1130–1163)
- Edessa county
  - Count : Joscelin II. (1131–1149)
- Tripoli county
  - Count : Raimund II. (1137-1152)

Seljuks
- Great Seljuks
  - Sultan : Ahmad Sanjar (1118–1153) (in Nishapur )
- Both Iraq
  - Sultan : Dawud ibn Mahmud (1131–1132) in Isfahan, (1135–1143) in Tabriz
  - Sultan: Mas'ud (1132–1134) in Isfahan (1134–1152) (in Hamadan )
- Kerman
  - Sultan : Arslan Shah (1101–1142)
- Rum Seljuks
  - Sultan : Mas'ud I (1116-1156)

Vietnam (Lý dynasty)
- Emperor : Lý Thiên Tộ (1138–1175)

Europe

Byzantine Empire
- Emperor : John II Comnenus (1118–1143)

Denmark
- King : Erik III. (1137–1146)

England
- King : Stephen of Blois (1135–1141) (1141–1154)

France
- King : Ludwig VII. (1137–1180)
- Angoulême
  - Count : Vulgrin II. Taillefer (1120–1140)
  - Count: Wilhelm VI. Taillefer (1140–1179)
- Anjou
  - Count : Gottfried V. (1129–1151)
- Aquitaine
  - Duchess : Eleonore (1137–1204)
  - Duke: Louis VII of France (1137–1152) ( de iure uxoris )
- Armagnac
  - Count : Géraud III (1110–1160)
- Auvergne (county)
  - Count : Robert III. (1136–1147)
- Auxerre
  - Count : Wilhelm II. (1097–1147)
- bar
  - Count : Rainald I. (1105–1149)
- Blois
  - Count : Theobald IV. (1102-1152)
- Boulogne
  - Count : Mathilda of Boulogne I (1125–1151)
- bourbon
  - Lord : Archambault VII. (1120–1171)
- Brittany
  - Duke : Conan III. (1112–1148)
- Burgundy (Duchy)
  - Duke : Hugo II (1103–1143)
- Burgundy (Free County)
  - Count Palatine : Rainald III. (1127–1148)
- Carcassonne
  - Vice Count : Roger I. Trencavel (1129–1150)
- Champagne
  - Count : Theobald II (1102–1152)
- Chartres
  - Count : Theobald IV. (1102-1152)
- Clermont
  - Count : Rainald II (1101–1157)
- Comminges
  - Count : Bernard I. (around 1105 – around 1145)
- Dauphiné
  - Count : Guigues V. (1120–1162)
- Dreux
  - Count : Robert I the Great (1137–1184)
- Eu
  - Count : Heinrich I (1096–1140)
  - Count : Johann I (1140–1170)
- Foix
  - Count : Roger III. (1124–1148)
- Forcalquier
  - Count : Bertrand III. (1129–1149)
- Forez
  - Count : Guigues II (1138–1198)
- Guînes
  - Count : Arnold I. (1137–1169)
- Limoges
  - Vice Count : Adémar IV. (1139–1148)
- Mâcon
  - Count : Wilhelm III. (1102-1157)
- Marche
  - Count : Aldebert III. (1123–1145)
- Maine
  - Count : Gottfried Plantagenet (1128–1151)
- Nantes
  - Count : Conan II (1112–1148)
- Narbonne
  - Vice Count : Alfonso I (1134–1143)
- Nevers
  - Count : Wilhelm II. (1097–1147)
- Normandy
  - Duke : Eustach IV. (1137–1144)
- Penthièvre
  - Count : Gottfried II. Boterel (1138–1148)
- Périgord
  - Count : Elie IV. (1117 – around 1146)
- Poitou
  - Countess : Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137–1204)
- Provence
  - Count : Berengar Raimund I (1131–1144)
- Rethel
  - Count : Odo von Vitry (1124–1158) ( iure uxoris )
- Rodez
  - Count : Hugo I. (1135-1159)
- Rouergue
  - Count : Alfons Jordan (1120–1148)
- Saint-Pol
  - Count : Hugo III. Candavène (1122–1143)
- Sancerre
  - Count : Theobald IV. (1102-1152)
- Soissons
  - Count : Renaud II (1118–1146)
- Tonnerre
  - Count : Wilhelm II. (1097–1147)
- Toulouse county
  - Count : Alfons Jordan (1108–1148)
- Uzes
  - Lord : Bermond I. d'Uzès (1138–1181)
- Vaudémont
  - Count : Hugo I. (1118–1165)
- Vendôme
  - Count : Johann I (1137–1180)

Holy Roman Empire
- King : Konrad III. (1138–1152)
- secular principalities
  - to bathe
    - Margrave : Hermann III. (1130–1160)
  - Bavaria
    - Duke : Leopold (1139–1141)
  - mountain
    - Count : Adolf II. (1106–1160)
  - Bohemia
    - Duke : Soběslav I (1125–1140)
    - Duke: Vladislav II (1140–1172)
  - Brabant
    - Landgrave : Gottfried II. (1139–1142)
  - Flanders
    - Count : Dietrich of Alsace (1128–1168)
  - Funds
    - Count : Heinrich I (1131–1182)
  - Hainaut
    - Count : Balduin IV. (1120–1171)
  - Hohenzollern
    - Count : Friedrich II. (1125–1142)
  - Holland
    - Count : Dietrich VI. (1121–1157)
  - Holstein
    - Count : Heinrich von Badewide (1137–1142)
  - Jülich
    - Count : Gerhard VI. (1138–1142)
  - Carinthia
    - Duke : Ulrich I (1135–1144)
  - Kleve
    - Count : Arnold I. (1119–1147)
  - Lausitz
    - Margrave : Konrad the Great (1136–1157)
  - Limburg
    - Duke : Heinrich II. (1139–1167)
  - lip
    - Lord : Bernhard I (before 1123–1158)
  - Lorraine (list of rulers )
    - Lower Lorraine
      - Duke : Gottfried VII. (1139 / 1140–1142)
    - Upper Lorraine
      - Duke : Matthew I (1139–1176)
  - Luxembourg
    - Count : Heinrich IV. (1136–1196)
  - Margraviate of Meissen
    - Margrave : Konrad the Great (1125–1157)
  - Namur
    - Count : Henry the Blind (1139–1189)
  - Nassau
    - Count : Ruprecht I (1123-1154)
  - Nordmark
    - Margrave : Albrecht the Bear (1134–1157 / 70) (calls himself Margrave of Brandenburg from 1157)
  - Nuremberg
    - Burgrave : Konrad I of Raabs (around 1137–1143)
  - Oldenburg
    - Oldenburg
    - Count : Egilmar II. (1108–1142)
  - Ortenberg
    - Count : Rapoto I. (1134–1186)
  - Austria
    - Margrave : Leopold IV. (1136–1141)
  - Palatinate
    - Count Palatine : Heinrich Jasomirgott (1139–1142)
  - Saarbrücken
    - Count : Simon I (1135–1182)
  - Saxony
    - Duke : Albrecht I (1138–1142)
  - Swabia
    - Duke : Friedrich II. The one-eyed (1105–1147)
  - Styria
    - Margrave : Ottokar III. (1129–1164)
  - Thuringia
    - Landgrave : Ludwig I (1131–1140)
    - Landgrave: Ludwig II. (1140–1172)
  - Veldenz
    - Count : Gerlach I (1121–1146)
  - Württemberg
    - Count : Konrad II. (1110–1143)
  - Zähringen
    - Duke : Conrad I (1122-1152)

Italy
- Papal States
  - Pope : Innocent II (1130–1143)
- Montferrat
  - Margrave : Wilhelm V. (1135 / 36–1191)
- Saluzzo
  - Margrave : Manfred I. (1130 / 48–1175)
- Savoy
  - Count : Amadeus III. (1103–1148)
- Sicily
  - King : Roger II (1105-1154) (count until 1130)
- Venice
  - Doge : Pietro Polani (1130–1148)

Norway (rule disputed)
- King : Inge Krogrygg (1137–1161)

Poland
- Senior Duke : Władysław II, the displaced (1138–1146)

Portugal
- King : Alfonso I (1112–1185) (count until 1139)

Russia
- Kiev
  - Grand Duke : Isjaslav II. (1139–1146)

Silesia
- Duke : Władysław II, the expellee (1138–1146)

Scotland
- King : David I (1124-1153)

Sweden
- King : Sverker I (1130-1156)

Serbia
- Großžupan : Uroš I. (1118–1140)
- Großžupan: Uroš II. (1140–1161)

Spain
- Almoravids: see Africa
- Aragon
  - Queen : Petronella (1137–1162)
- Cerdanya
  - Count : Raimund Berengar IV. (1131–1162)
- Galicia
  - King : Alfonso VII (1112-1154)
- Castile (1072–1157 personal union with León)
  - King : Alfonso VII (1126–1157)
- León (1072–1157 personal union with Castile)
  - King : Alfonso VII (1126–1157)
- Navarre
  - King : García IV. Ramírez (the restorer) (1134–1150)
- Urgell
  - Count : Ermengol VI. (1102-1153)

Hungary
- King : Béla II (1131–1141)