List of heads of state 1162

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Africa

Egypt ( Fatimids )
- Sultan : al-ʿĀdid (1160–1171)

Ethiopia
- Emperor (Negus Negest) : Na'akueto La'ab (1159–1207)

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

Kanem
- King : Bikorom (1160–1176)

Asia

Bagan
- King : Alaungsithu (1113–1167)

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

China
- Jin Dynasty (in northern China)
  - Emperor : Shìzōng (1161–1189)
- Northern song
  - Emperor : Gaozong (1127–1162)
  - Emperor: Xiaozong (1162-1189)
- Xi Xia
  - Emperor : Rénzōng (1139–1193)

Georgia
- King : Giorgi III. (1156–1184)

Ghaznavids (in Northwest India)
- Sultan : Chusrau Malik (1160-1186)

Ghurids (in Afghanistan)
- Sultan: Ghiyath ud-Din Muhammad (1162-1203)

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

Iran ( Choresmians )
- Sultan : Tajedin Abolfath Il Arsalan (1156–1171)

Japan
- Emperor : Nijō (1158–1165)

Kara Kitai
- Khan : Renzong (1150-1164)

Abbasid Caliphate
- Caliph : Al-Mustanjid (1160–1170)

Kambuja ( Khmer )
- King : Yasovarman II (1160–1166)

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

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

Crusader States
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
  - King : Baldwin III. (1143–1162)
  - King: Amalrich I (1162–1174)
- Principality of Antioch
  - Princess : Constance (1130–1163)
- Tripoli county
  - Count : Raimund III. (1152-1187)

Seljuks
- Both Iraq
  - Sultan : Arslan Shah (1161–1176) (in Rayy )
- Kerman
  - Sultan : Tughril Shah (1156–1169)
- Rum Seljuks
  - 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 : Waldemar I the Great (1157–1182)

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 : Bernard IV. (1160–1193)
- Auvergne (county)
  - Count : Wilhelm VIII. (1155-1182)
- Auvergne (Dauphiné)
  - Dauphin : Wilhelm VII. (1155–1169)
- Auxerre
  - Count : Wilhelm IV (1161–1168)
- bar
  - Count : Rainald II. (1149–1170)
- Blois
  - Count : Theobald V. (1151–1191)
- Boulogne
  - Count : Matthew of Alsace (1160–1173) ( iure uxoris )
- bourbon
  - Lord : Archambault VII. (1120–1171)
- Brittany
  - Duke : Conan IV. (1156 / 58–1166)
- Burgundy (Duchy)
  - Duke : Odo II (1143–1162)
  - Duke: Hugo III. (1162–1192)
- 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 : Rudolf I (1157–1191)
- Comminges
  - Count : Bernard III. (around 1153 – around 1176)
- Dauphiné
  - Count : Guigues V. (1120–1162)
  - Countess: Beatrix (1162–1228)
- 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 : Gerald I. (1157–1184)
- Maine
  - Count : Henry II of England (1151–1189)
- Marche
  - Count : Hugo VIII of Lusignan (1151–1172)
- Nantes
  - Count : Henry II of England (1158–1181)
- Narbonne
  - Vice Countess : Ermengarde (1143–1192)
- Nevers
  - Count : Wilhelm IV (1161–1168)
- Normandy
  - Duke : Henry II of England (1150–1189)
- Penthièvre
  - Count : Rivallon (1148–1162)
  - Count: Stephan II. (1162–1164)
- Périgord
  - Count : Boson III. (around 1146–1166)
- Poitou
  - Countess : Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137–1204)
- Provence
  - Count : Raimund Berengar III. (1144–1166)
- Rethel
  - Count : Ithier (1158–1171)
- Rodez
  - Count : Hugo II. (1159–1208)
- 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 IV (1161–1168)
- 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
  - Altena
    - Count : Eberhard I. (1160–1180)
  - Stop
    - Prince : Albrecht I (1160–1170)
  - to bathe
    - Margrave : Hermann IV. (1160–1190)
  - Bavaria
    - Duke : Heinrich XII. the lion (1156–1180)
  - mountain
    - Count : Engelbert I. (1161–1189)
  - Bohemia
    - Duke : Vladislav II (1140–1172)
  - Brabant
    - Landgrave : Gottfried III. (1142–1190)
  - Brandenburg
    - Margrave : Albrecht I (1157–1170)
  - 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 : Florens III. (1157–1190)
  - Holstein
    - Count : Adolf II. (1130–1138) (1142–1164)
  - Jülich
    - Count : Wilhelm I (1142–1176)
  - Carinthia
    - Duke : Hermann (1161–1181)
  - Kleve
    - Count : Dietrich II./IV. (1148 / 50–1172)
  - Lausitz
    - Margrave : Dietrich II. (1157–1185)
  - Limburg
    - Duke : Heinrich II. (1139–1167)
  - lip
    - Lord : Hermann I. (1158–1168)
  - 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 : Otto the Rich (1157–1190)
  - Namur
    - Count : Henry the Blind (1139–1189)
  - Nassau
    - Count : Walram I. (1154–1198)
  - Nuremberg
    - Burgrave : Konrad II of Raabs (1160–1191)
  - 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 : Konrad der Staufer (1156–1195)
  - Pomerania (1156–1180) common rule
    - 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 II. (1158–1181)
  - Zähringen
    - Duke : Berthold IV. (1152–1186)

Italy
- Papal States
  - Pope : Alexander III. (1159–1181)
  - Pope : Viktor IV. (1159–1164) ( antipope )
- 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 : Vitale Michiel II. (1156–1172)

Norway (rule disputed)
- King : Haakon II. Sigurdsson (1157–1162)
- King: Magnus V. Erlingsson (1161–1184)

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 : Rostislaw (1159–1167)

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

Scotland
- King : Malcolm IV (1153–1165)

Sweden
- King : Karl Sverkersson (1161–1167)

Serbia
- Großžupan : Desa (1161–1165)

Spain
- Almohads: see Africa
- Aragon
  - Queen : Petronella (1137–1162)
  - King: Alfonso II (1162–1196)
- Cerdanya
  - Count : Raimund Berengar IV. (1131–1162)
  - Count: Pedro I of Cerdanya (1162–1168)
- Galicia
  - King : Ferdinand II (1154–1188)
- Castile
  - King : Alfonso VIII (1158-1214)
- Leon
  - King : Ferdinand II (1157–1188)
- Navarre
  - King : Sancho VI. (1150-1194)
- Urgell
  - Count : Ermengol VII. (1153–1184)

Hungary
- King : Géza II (1141–1162)
- King: Stephan III. (1162–1172)