List of heads of state 1156

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Africa

• Egypt ( Fatimids )
  • Sultan : al-Fa'iz (1154–1160)

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

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

• Kanem
  • King : Bir I (1133–1160)

• Makuria
  • King : Giorgios IV (1130–1158)

Asia

• Bagan
  • King : Alaungsithu (1113–1167)

• Champa
  • King : Jaya Harivarman I (1147–1166)

• China
  • Jin Dynasty (in northern China)
    • Emperor : Hǎilíngwáng (1149–1161)
  • Northern song
    • Emperor : Gaozong (1127–1162)
  • Xi Xia
    • Emperor : Rénzōng (1139–1193)

• Georgia
  • King : Dimitri I (1125–1155) (1155–1156)
  • King: Giorgi III. (1156–1184)

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

• Ghurids (in Afghanistan)
  • Sultan : Ala ad-Din Husain (1149–1161)

• India
  • Western Chalukya (in the West Indies)
    • King : Tailapa (1151–1162)
  • Chola (in South India)
    • King : Rajaraja Chola II (1146–1163)
  • Hoysala (in today's Karnataka)
    • King : Narasimha I (1152–1173)
  • Cashmere ( Lohara Dynasty )
    • King : Paramanu Deva (1155–1164)

• Iran ( Choresmians )
  • Sultan : Ala ad-Din Atsiz (1128–1156)
  • Sultan: Tajedin Abolfath Il Arsalan (1156–1171)

• Japan
  • Emperor : Go-Shirakawa (1155–1158)

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

• Kara Kitai
  • Khan: Renzong (1150-1164)

• Kambuja ( Khmer )
  • King : Dharanindravarman II (1150–1160)

• Lesser Armenia
  • Prince : Thoros II. (1144–1169)

• Korea ( Goryeo Dynasty )
  • King : Uijong (1146–1170)

• Crusader States
  • Kingdom of Jerusalem
    • King : Baldwin III. (1143–1162)
  • Principality of Antioch
    • Princess : Constance (1130–1163)
  • Tripoli county
    • Count : Raimund III. (1152-1187)

• Seljuks
  • Both Iraq
    • Sultan : Mohammed II. (1153–1160) (in Isfahan )
    • Sultan: Arslan Shah (1153–1160) (in Hamadan )
  • Kerman
    • Sultan : Mohammed I (1142-1156)
    • Sultan: Tughril Shah (1156–1169)
  • Rum Seljuks
    • Sultan : Mas'ud I (1116-1156)
    • Sultan: Kılıç Arslan II (1156–1192)

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

Europe

• Byzantine Empire
  • Emperor : Manuel I. Komnenos (1143–1180)

• Denmark
  • King : Sven III. Grate (1147–1157) (in Zealand and Skåne)
  • King: Knut V. Magnusson (1147–1157) (in Jutland)

• England
  • King : Heinrich II. (1154–1189)

• France
  • King : Ludwig VII. (1137–1180)
  • Angoulême
    • Count : Wilhelm VI. Taillefer (1140–1179)
  • Anjou
    • Count : Henry II of England (1151–1189)
  • Aquitaine
    • Duchess : Eleonore (1137–1204)
    • Duke: Henry II of England (1152–1169) ( de iure uxoris )
  • Armagnac
    • Count : Géraud III (1110–1160)
  • Auvergne (county)
    • Count : Wilhelm VIII. (1155-1182)
  • Auvergne (Dauphiné)
    • Dauphin : Wilhelm VII. (1155–1169)
  • Auxerre
    • Count : Wilhelm III. (1147–1161)
  • bar
    • Count : Rainald II. (1149–1170)
  • Blois
    • Count : Theobald V. (1151–1191)
  • Boulogne
    • Count : Wilhelm I (1153-1159)
  • bourbon
    • Lord : Archambault VII. (1120–1171)
  • Brittany
    • Duke : Odo von Porhoet (1148–1158) ( iure uxoris )
    • Duke: Conan IV. (1156 / 58–1166)
  • Burgundy (Duchy)
    • Duke : Odo II (1143–1162)
  • Burgundy (Free County)
    • Countess Palatine : Beatrix of Burgundy (1148–1184)
    • Count Palatine: Friedrich Barbarossa (1156–1190) ( iure uxoris )
  • Carcassonne
    • Vice Count : Raimund I. Trencavel (1150–1167)
  • Champagne
    • Count : Heinrich I (1152–1181)
  • Chartres
    • Count : Theobald V. (1151–1191)
  • Clermont
    • Count : Rainald II (1101–1157)
  • Comminges
    • Count : Bernard III. (around 1153 – around 1176)
  • Dauphiné
    • Count : Guigues V. (1120–1162)
  • Dreux
    • Count : Robert I the Great (1137–1184)
  • Eu
    • Count : Johann I (1140–1170)
  • Foix
    • Count : Roger Bernard I. (1148–1188)
  • Forcalquier
    • Count : Wilhelm IV (1149–1209)
  • Forez
    • Count : Guigues II (1138–1198)
  • Guînes
    • Count : Arnold I. (1137–1169)
  • Limoges
    • Vice Count : Adémar V. (1148–1199)
  • Mâcon
    • Count : Wilhelm III. (1102-1157)
  • Maine
    • Count : Henry II of England (1151–1189)
  • Marche
    • Count : Hugo VIII of Lusignan (1151–1172)
  • Nantes
    • Count : Hoël III. (1148–1156)
    • Count: Gottfried IV of Anjou (1156–1158)
  • Narbonne
    • Vice Countess : Ermengarde (1143–1192)
  • Nevers
    • Count : Wilhelm III. (1147–1161)
  • Normandy
    • Duke : Henry II of England (1150–1189)
  • Penthièvre
    • Count : Rivallon (1148–1162)
  • Périgord
    • Count : Boson III. (around 1146–1166)
  • Poitou
    • Countess : Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137–1204)
  • Provence
    • Count : Raimund Berengar III. (1144–1166)
  • Rethel
    • Count : Odo von Vitry (1124–1158) ( iure uxoris )
  • Rodez
    • Count : Hugo I. (1135-1159)
  • Rouergue
    • Count : Raimund V. (1148–1194)
  • Saint-Pol
    • Count : Enguerrand Candavène (1143–1170)
  • Sancerre
    • Count : Stephan I (1152–1191)
  • Soissons
    • Count : Ives II. De Nesle (1141–1178)
  • Tonnerre
    • Count : Wilhelm III. (1147–1161)
  • Toulouse
    • Count : Raimund V. (1148–1194)
  • Uzes
    • Lord : Bermond I. d'Uzès (1138–1181)
  • Vaudémont
    • Count : Hugo I. (1118–1165)
  • Vendôme
    • Count : Johann I (1137–1180)

• Holy Roman Empire
  • King : Friedrich I. Barbarossa (1152–1190) (from 1155 emperor )
  • secular principalities
    • to bathe
      • Margrave : Hermann III. (1130–1160)
    • Bavaria
      • Duke : Heinrich XI. Jasomir god (1143-1156)
      • Duke: Heinrich XII. the lion (1156–1180)
    • mountain
      • Count : Adolf II. (1106–1160)
    • Bohemia
      • Duke : Vladislav II (1140–1172)
    • Brabant
      • Landgrave : Gottfried III. (1142–1190)
    • Flanders
      • Count : Dietrich of Alsace (1128–1168)
    • Funds
      • Count : Heinrich I (1131–1182)
    • Hainaut
      • Count : Balduin IV. (1120–1171)
    • Hohenzollern
      • Count : Friedrich III. (1142-1200)
    • Holland
      • Count : Dietrich VI. (1121–1157)
    • Holstein
      • Count : Adolf II. (1130–1138) (1142–1164)
    • Jülich
      • Count : Wilhelm I (1142–1176)
    • Carinthia
      • Duke : Henry V (1144–1161)
    • Kleve
      • Count : Dietrich II./IV. (1148 / 50–1172)
    • 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 VIII. (1142–1190)
      • 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 : Walram I. (1154–1198)
    • Nordmark
      • Margrave : Albrecht the Bear (1134–1157 / 70) (calls himself Margrave of Brandenburg from 1157)
    • Nuremberg
      • Burgrave : Gottfried III. von Raabs (around 1143–1160)
    • Oldenburg
      • Oldenburg
        • Count : Christian I (1142–1167)
      • Wildeshausen-Bruchhausen
        • Count : Heinrich I (1142–1167)
    • Ortenberg
      • Count : Rapoto I. (1134–1186)
    • Austria
      • Duke : Heinrich II. Jasomirgott (1141–1177) (until 1156 margrave)
    • Palatinate
      • Count Palatine : Hermann von Stahleck (1142 / 43–1156)
      • Count Palatine: Konrad der Staufer (1156–1195)
    • Pomerania (1156–1180) common rule
      • Duke : Ratibor I (1147 / 48–1156)
      • Duke: Bogislaw I (1156–1187)
      • Duke: Casimir I (1156–1180)
    • Saarbrücken
      • Count : Simon I (1135–1182)
    • Saxony
      • Duke : Heinrich III. the lion (1142–1180)
    • Swabia
      • Duke : Frederick IV (1152–1167)
    • Styria
      • Margrave : Ottokar III. (1129–1164)
    • Thuringia
      • Landgrave : Ludwig II. (1140–1172)
    • Veldenz
      • Count : Gerlach II. (1146–1189)
    • Württemberg
      • Count : Ludwig I (1143–1158)
    • Zähringen
      • Duke : Berthold IV. (1152–1186)

• Italy
  • Papal States
    • Pope : Hadrian IV (1154-1159)
  • Montferrat
    • Margrave : Wilhelm V. (1135 / 36–1191)
  • Saluzzo
    • Margrave : Manfred I. (1130 / 48–1175)
  • Savoy
    • Count : Humbert III. (1148–1189)
  • Sicily
    • King : Wilhelm I (1154–1166)
  • Venice
    • Doge : Domenico Morosini (1148–1156)
    • Doge: Vitale Michiel II. (1156–1172)

• Norway (rule disputed)
  • King : Inge Krogrygg (1137–1161)
  • King: Øystein II. Haraldsson (1142–1157)

• Poland
  • Senior Duke : Bolesław IV (1146–1173)
  • Pomeranian
    • Duke : Sobiesław I (1155–1187)

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

• Russia
  • Kiev
    • Grand Duke : Juri Dolgoruki (1149–1150) (1150–1151) (1154–1157)

• Silesia
  • Duke : Bolesław the Frizzy (1146–1163)

• Scotland
  • King : Malcolm IV (1153–1165)

• Sweden
  • King : Sverker I (1130-1156)
  • King: Erik IX. the saint (1156–1160)

• Serbia
  • Großžupan : Uroš II. (1140–1161)

• Spain
  • Almohads: see Africa
  • Aragon
    • Queen : Petronella (1137–1162)
  • Cerdanya
    • Count : Raimund Berengar IV. (1131–1162)
  • Galicia
    • King : Ferdinand II (1154–1188)
  • 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 : Sancho VI. (1150-1194)
  • Urgell
    • Count : Ermengol VII. (1153–1184)

• Hungary
  • King : Géza II (1141–1162)