List of heads of state 1651

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Africa

Ethiopia
- Emperor (Negus Negest) : Fasilides (1632–1667)

Bamum (in today's Cameroon )
- King : Ngouloure (1629–1672)

Bornu (in present-day Niger ) Sefuwa dynasty
- King / May: Ali II (1639–1677)

Dahomey
- King : Houegbadja (1645–1685)

Jolof (in what is now Senegal )
- Buur-ba Jolof : Birayma Mba (1649-1670)

Kano
- King: Shekarau (1649–1651)
- King: Muhammad Kukuna (1651–1652, 1652–1660 )

Congo
- Mani-Congo : Garcia II (1642–1661)

Morocco
- Saadians
  - Sultan : Muhammad V al-Ashgar (1636-1654)
- Alavids
  - Sultan : Moulay Muhammad ash-Sharif (1635–1664)

Munhumutapa Empire
- Ruler : Mavura Mhande Felipe (1629–1652)

Rwanda
- King : Kigeri II. (1648–1672)

Sultanate of Sannar (in what is now Sudan )
- Sultan : Badi II. (1644 / 45–1681)

America

Brazil
- Governor General: João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos e Sousa (1650–1654)

Viceroyalty of New Spain
- Viceroy : Luis Enríquez de Guzmán (1650–1653) (1655–1661 Viceroy of Peru)

Viceroyalty of Peru
- Viceroy : García Sarmiento de Sotomayor (1648–1655) (1642–1648 Viceroy of New Spain)

Asia

Burma
- Arakan
  - King: Thado (1645–1652)
- Taungu
  - King : Pindale (1648–1661)

Brunei
- Sultan : Abdul Jailul Jabbar (1649-1652)

China ( Qing Dynasty )
- Emperor : Shunzhi (1644–1661) (1643–1661 Great Khan of the Manchu)

Georgia
- Imereti
  - King : Alexander III. (1639-1660)
- Kakheti
  - King : Rostom (1648–1656) (1634–1658 King of Kartlien)
- Kartlien
  - King : Rostom (1634–1658) (1648–1656 King of Kakheti)
- Mingrelia
  - Prince : Levan II. Dadiani (1611–1657)

India
- Ahom (Assam)
  - King : Sutamla (1648–1663)
- Dekkan Sultanates (in Central India)
  - Bijapur
    - Sultan : Mohammed Adil Shah (1627–1656)
  - Golkonda (Qutub Shahi dynasty)
    - Sultan: Abdullah Qutb Shah (1626–1672)
- Madurai
  - Nayak : Thirumalai Nayak (1623-1659)
- Mughal Empire
  - Mughal Mughal : Shah Jahan (1627–1657)
- Mysore
  - Maharaja: Narasaraja Wodeyar I (1638–1659)
- Portuguese India
  - Viceroy : Filipe de Mascarenhas (1644–1651) (1630–1631, 1640–1645 governor of Portuguese Ceylon)
  - Viceroy: João da Silva Telo e Menezes ( 1640–1644 , 1651)
  - Interim government councilor: Francisco dos Mártires , Francisco de Melo e Castro , António de Sousa Coutinho (1651–1652)

Indonesia
- Aceh
  - Sultan : Safiyat ud-Din Taj al-Alam bint Iskandar Muda (1641–1675)
- Johor
  - Sultan : Abdul Jalil Shah III. (1623–1677)
- Dutch East Indies
  - Governor General : Carel Reyniersz (1650–1653)

Japan
- Emperor (Tennō) : Go-Kōmyō (1643–1654)
- Shogun : Tokugawa Iemitsu (1623-1651)
- Shogun: Tokugawa Ietsuna (1651-1680)

Cambodia
- King : Chan (1642-1659)

Kazak Khanate
- Khan : Jahangir Khan (Kazak Khanate) (1628–1652)

Korea ( Joseon Dynasty )
- King : Hyojong (1649-1659)

Lan Xang (in what is now Laos )
- King : Sulingvongse (1638–1690)

Nepal
- Bhaktapur
  - King : Jagat Prakash Malla (1644–1673)
- Kantipur
  - King : Pratap Malla (1641–1674)
- Lalitpur
  - King : Siddhi Narasimha (1620–1661)

Persia ( Safavid dynasty)
- Shah : Abbas II (1642–1666)

Philippines
- Maguindanao
  - Sultan: Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat (1619–1671) (1645–1648 Sultan of Sulu)
- Sulu
  - Sultan: Salahud-Din Bakhtiar (1650–1680)

Sri Lanka
- Kandy
  - King : Rajasinha II (1629–1687)
- Dutch Ceylon
  - Governor : Jacob van Kittensteyn (1650–1653)
- Portuguese Ceylon (Ceilaõ)
  - Governor : Manuel Mascarenhas Homem (1645–1653) (1656 Viceroy of Portuguese India, 1656–1661 member of the Interim Government Council of Portuguese India)

Thailand ( Ayutthaya )
- King : Prasat Thong (1629–1656)

Vietnam
- Cao Bằng ( Mạc Dynasty )
  - Ruler: Mạc Kính Vũ (1638–1677)
- Lê dynasty
  - King: Lê Thần Tông ( 1619–1643 , 1649–1662)
- Nguyen (in the south of Vietnam)
  - Ruler: Nguyễn Phúc Tần (1648–1687)
- Trinh
  - Ruler: Trịnh Tráng (1623–1657)

Europe

Andorra
- Co-princes :
  - King of France : Louis XIV (1643–1715)
  - Bishop of Urgell : Pau Duran (1634–1651)

Denmark and Norway
- King : Friedrich III. (1648–1670) (1634–1648 administrator of Bremen, 1623–1629, 1634–1648 administrator of Verden)

Commonwealth of England (1649-1660)
- Lord Protector : Oliver Cromwell (1649–1658)

France
- King : Louis XIV (1643–1715)

Holy Roman Empire
- King and Emperor : Ferdinand III. (1637–1657) (1637–1657 King of Bohemia, 1637–1657 Archduke of Austria, 1637–1657 King of Hungary)
- Electoral College
  - Archbishopric of Cologne
    - Elector : Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern (1650–1688) (1650–1688 Bishop of Hildesheim, 1650–1688 Bishop of Liège, 1683–1688 Bishop of Münster, 1650–1688 Provost of Berchtesgaden, 1657 Abbot of Stablo-Malmedy)
  - Principality of Mainz
    - Elector : Johann Philipp von Schönborn (1647–1673) (1663–1673 Bishop of Worms, 1642–1673 Bishop of Würzburg)
  - Archbishopric of Trier
    - Elector : Philipp Christoph von Sötern (1623–1652) (1610–1652 Bishop of Speyer)
  - Duchy of Bavaria
    - Elector : Maximilian I (1648–1651) (1597–1648 Duke of Bavaria, 1623–1648 Count Palatine near the Rhine)
    - Elector: Ferdinand Maria (1651–1679)
  - Kingdom of Bohemia
    - Elector : Ferdinand III. (1637–1657) (1637–1657 Emperor, 1637–1657 Archduke of Austria, 1637–1657 King of Hungary)
  - Margraviate of Brandenburg
    - Elector : Friedrich Wilhelm (1640–1688) (1640–1688 Duke of Prussia)
  - Palatine County near the Rhine
    - Elector : Karl I. Ludwig (1648–1680)
  - Duchy of Saxony
    - Elector : Johann Georg I (1611–1656)
- spiritual imperial princes
  - Hochstift Augsburg
    - Bishop : Sigismund Franz of Austria (1646–1665) (1659–1665 Bishop of Trient)
  - Bamberg Monastery
    - Bishop : Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg (1642–1653)
  - Hochstift Basel
    - Bishop : Beatus Albrecht von Ramstein (1646–1651)
    - Bishop: Johann Franz von Schönau (1651–1656)
  - Prince Provost Berchtesgaden
    - Provost : Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern (1650–1688) (1650–1688 Archbishop of Cologne, 1650–1688 Bishop of Hildesheim, 1650–1688 Bishop of Lüttich, 1683–1688 Bishop of Münster, 1657 Abbot of Stablo-Malmedy)
  - Brixen monastery
    - Bishop : Anton Crosini von Bonporto (1648–1663)
  - Archbishopric of Cambrai
    - Archbishop : Gaspard Nemius van den Bosch ou Dubois (1649–1667)
  - Chur Monastery
    - Bishop : Johannes Flugi of Aspermont (1636–1661)
  - Corvey Abbey
    - Abbot : Arnold IV. De Valdois (1638–1661)
  - Balleien of the Teutonic Order
    - Hoch- und Deutschmeister : Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich (1641–1662) (1631–1638 Archbishop of Magdeburg, 1628–1648 Bishop of Halberstadt, 1626–1662 Bishop of Passau, 1626–1662 Bishop of Strasbourg)
  - Eichstätt Monastery
    - Bishop : Marquard II Schenk von Castell (1637–1685)
  - Prince Provost Ellwangen
    - Provost : Johann Jakob Blarer von Wartensee (1621–1654)
  - Hochstift Freising
    - Bishop : Veit Adam von Gepeckh (1618–1651)
    - Bishop: Albrecht Sigismund of Bavaria (1651–1685) (1668–1685 Bishop of Regensburg)
  - Fulda Abbey
    - Abbot : Joachim Graf Gravenegg (1644–1671)
  - Hildesheim Monastery
    - Bishop : Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern (1650–1688) (1650–1688 Archbishop of Cologne, 1650–1688 Bishop of Liège, 1683–1688 Bishop of Münster, 1650–1688 Provost of Berchtesgaden, 1657 Abbot of Stablo-Malmedy)
  - Prince Abbey of Kempten
    - Abbot : Roman Giel von Gielsberg (1639–1673)
  - Constance monastery
    - Bishop : Franz Johann Vogt von Altensumerau and Prasberg (1645–1689)
  - Hochstift Lübeck (1555–1803 Protestant administrators)
    - Administrator : Johann von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1634–1655)
  - Liège Monastery
    - Bishop : Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern (1650–1688) (1650–1688 Archbishop of Cologne, 1650–1688 Bishop of Hildesheim, 1683–1688 Bishop of Münster, 1650–1688 Provost of Berchtesgaden, 1657 Abbot of Stablo-Malmedy)
  - Archbishopric Magdeburg (1566–1631, 1638–1680 Protestant administrators)
    - Administrator : August von Sachsen-Weißenfels (1638–1680)
  - Monastery of Münster
    - Bishop : Christoph Bernhard von Galen (1650–1678) (1661–1678 Abbot of Corvey)
  - Osnabrück Monastery
    - Bishop : Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg (1625–1661) (1631–1648 Bishop of Minden, 1649–1661 Bishop of Regensburg, 1630–1631 Bishop of Verden)
  - Paderborn Monastery
    - Bishop : Dietrich Adolf von der Recke (1650–1661)
  - Passau bishopric
    - Bishop : Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1626–1662) (1631–1638 Archbishop of Magdeburg, 1641–1662 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1628–1648 Bishop of Halberstadt, 1626–1662 Bishop of Strasbourg)
  - Regensburg Monastery
    - Bishop : Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg (1649–1661) (1631–1648 Bishop of Minden, 1625–1661 Bishop of Osnabrück, 1630–1631 Bishop of Verden)
  - Archbishopric Salzburg
    - Archbishop : Paris of Lodron (1619–1653)
  - Speyer Monastery
    - Bishop : Philipp Christoph von Sötern (1610–1652) (1623–1652 Archbishop of Trier)
  - Stablo-Malmedy Abbey
    - Abbot : Wilhelm II of Bavaria (1650–1657)
  - Strasbourg Monastery
    - Bishop : Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1626–1662) (1631–1638 Archbishop of Magdeburg, 1641–1662 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1628–1648 Bishop of Halberstadt, 1626–1662 Bishop of Passau)
  - Hochstift Trento
    - Bishop : Carlo Emanuele Madruzzo (1629–1658)
  - Hochstift Worms
    - Bishop : Georg Anton von Rodenstein (1629–1652)
  - Würzburg Monastery
    - Bishop : Johann Philipp von Schönborn (1642–1673) (1647–1673 Archbishop of Mainz, 1663–1673 Bishop of Worms)
- secular imperial princes
  - Principality of Anhalt
    - Anhalt-Bernburg
      - Prince : Christian II. (1630–1656)
    - Anhalt-Dessau
      - Prince : Johann Kasimir (1618–1660)
    - Anhalt-Harzgerode
      - Prince : Friedrich (1635–1670)
    - Anhalt-Koethen
      - Prince : Wilhelm Ludwig (1650–1665) (1650–1659 under guardianship)
      - Regent: August von Anhalt-Plötzkau (1650–1653)
    - Anhalt-Plötzkau
      - Prince : August (1611–1653)
    - Anhalt-Zerbst
      - Prince : Johann VI. (1621-1667)
  - Arenberg
    - Duke : Philipp Franz (1640–1674) (prince until 1644)
  - Margraviate of Baden
    - Baden-Baden
      - Margrave : Wilhelm (1622–1677)
    - Baden-Durlach
      - Margrave : Friedrich V (1622–1659)
  - Brandenburg-Ansbach
    - Margrave : Albrecht II (1634–1667)
  - Brandenburg-Bayreuth
    - Margrave : Christian (1603–1655)
  - Braunschweig-Lüneburg
    - Calenberg-Göttingen
      - Duke: Georg Wilhelm (1648–1665) (1665–1705 Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg)
    - Luneburg
      - Duke : Christian Ludwig (1648–1665) (1641–1648 Duke of Braunschweig-Calenberg-Göttingen)
    - Wolfenbüttel
      - Duke : August II (1635–1666)
  - Hessen-Darmstadt
    - Landgrave : George II (1626–1661)
  - Hessen-Kassel
    - Landgrave : Wilhelm VI. (1637–1663)
  - Hohenzollern-Hechingen
    - Prince : Eitel Friedrich II. (1623–1661)
  - Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
    - Prince : Meinrad I (1638–1681)
  - Jülich and Berg
    - Duke : Wolfgang Wilhelm (1614–1653) (1614–1653 Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg)
  - Leuchtenberg
    - Duke : Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus (1650–1705)
  - Liechtenstein
    - Prince : Karl Eusebius (1627–1684)
  - Lorraine (occupied by France 1634–1641 and 1641–1661)
  - Duchy of Mecklenburg
    - Mecklenburg-Guestrow
      - Duke : Gustav Adolf (1636–1695) (until 1654 under guardianship) (1636–1648 administrator of Ratzeburg)
      - Regent: Adolf Friedrich I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1636–1654)
    - Mecklenburg-Schwerin
      - Duke : Adolf Friedrich I ( 1592–1628 , 1631–1658) (1631–1648 administrator of Schwerin)
  - Nassau-Hadamar
    - Prince : Johann Ludwig (1607–1653) (count until 1650)
  - Austria
    - Archduke : Ferdinand III. (1637–1657) (1637–1657 Emperor, 1637–1657 King of Bohemia, 1637–1657 King of Hungary)
  - Pfalz-Neuburg
    - Count : Wolfgang Wilhelm (1614–1653) (1614–1653 Duke of Jülich and Berg)
  - Palatinate-Veldenz
    - Duke : Leopold Ludwig (1634–1694)
  - Pfalz-Zweibrücken
    - Duke : Friedrich (1635–1661)
  - Duchy of Saxony
    - Saxony-Altenburg
      - Duke : Friedrich Wilhelm II. (1639–1669)
    - Saxe-Gotha
      - Duke: Ernst I (1640–1672) (1672–1675 Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg)
    - Saxe-Weimar
      - Duke : Wilhelm IV. (1620–1662)
  - Saxony-Lauenburg
    - Duke : August (1619–1656)
  - Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf
    - Duke : Friedrich III. (1616–1659)
  - Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
    - Duke: Johann Christian (1627–1653)
  - Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
    - Duke : Ernst Günther (1627–1689)
  - Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
    - Duke : August Philipp (1627–1675)
  - Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
    - Duke : Philipp (1622–1663)
  - Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg
    - Duke : Friedrich (1624–1658)
  - Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
    - Duke : Joachim Ernst (1622–1671)
  - Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
    - Duke : Philipp Ludwig (1627–1689)
  - Württemberg
    - Duke : Eberhard III. (1628–1674)
- other imperial estates (selection)
  - County of Hanau
    - Count : Friedrich Casimir (1642–1685) (1641–1642 Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg)
  - lip
    - Lippe-Biesterfeld
      - Count : Jobst Hermann (1627–1678)
    - Lippe brake
      - Count : Otto (1621–1657)
    - Lippe-Detmold
      - Count : Johann Bernhard (1650-1652)
  - Nassau
    - Ottonian line
      - Nassau-Diez
        Count : Wilhelm Friedrich (1640–1664) (Prince from 1654) (1640–1664 governor of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe)
      - Nassau-Dillenburg
        Count : Ludwig Heinrich (1623–1662) (Prince from 1654)
      - Nassau-Siegen (Catholic line)
        Count : Johann Franz Desideratus (1638–1699) (from 1652 Prince)
      - Nassau-Siegen (reformed line)
        
        Count : Johann Moritz (1623–1679) (Prince from 1652)
        
        Count: Georg Friedrich (1623–1674) (from 1664 Prince)
        
        Count: Heinrich (1623-1652)
    - Walramic line
      - Nassau-Idstein
        Count : Johann (1629–1677) (1627–1629 Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Weilburg)
      - Nassau-Saarbrücken
        
        Count : Johann Ludwig (1640–1659) (1659–1690 Count of Nassau-Ottweiler)
        
        Count: Gustav Adolf (1640–1677)
        
        Count: Walrad (1640–1659) (1659–1688 Count of Nassau-Usingen, 1688–1702 Prince of Nassau-Usingen)
      - Nassau-Weilburg
        Count : Ernst Casimir (1632–1655) (1627–1632 Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Weilburg)
  - Oldenburg
    - Count : Anton Günther (1603–1667)
  - Ortenburg
    - Count : Friedrich Casimir (1627–1658)
  - Ostfriesland
    - Count : Enno Ludwig (1648–1660) (1648–1651 under guardianship) (from 1654 Prince)
    - Regent: Juliane von Hessen-Darmstadt (1648–1651)
  - Reuss
    - Reuss older line
      - Reuss overburden
        Lord : Heinrich I (1629–1681) (count from 1673)
      - Reuss undergrowth
        Lord : Heinrich V. ( 1604–1616 , 1625–1667) (1616–1625 Lord of Reuss-Greiz, 1643–1667 Lord of Reuß-Burgk)
    - Reuss younger line
      - Reuss-Gera
        Lord : Heinrich II. (1635–1670)
      - Reuss-Lobenstein
        Lord : Heinrich X. (1647–1671) (1635–1647 Lord of Reuss-Gera)
      - Reuss-Saalburg
        Lord : Heinrich I (1647–1666) (1640–1647 Lord of Reuss-Gera, 1666–1673 Lord of Reuss-Schleiz, 1673–1692 Count of Reuss-Schleiz)
      - Reuss-Schleiz
        Lord : Heinrich IX. (1647–1666) (1635–1647 Lord of Reuss-Gera)
  - Schaumburg-Lippe
    - Count : Philip I (1647–1681)
  - Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
    - Count : Albert Anton (1646–1710) (1646–1662 under guardianship)
    - Regent: Emilie von Oldenburg (1646–1662)
  - Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (common rule)
    - Count : Christian Günther II. (1642–1666) (in Arnstadt)
    - Count: Anton Günther I (1642–1666) (in Sondershausen)
    - Count: Ludwig Günther II. (1642–1681) (in Ebeleben, from 1666 in Arnstadt)
  - Waldeck-Eisenberg
    - Count : Heinrich Wolrad (1645–1664)
  - Waldeck Wildungen
    - Count : Christian Ludwig (1645–1706)
    - Count: Josias II (1645–1669)

Italian states
- Genoa
  - Doge : Agostino Centurione (1650-1652)
- Guastalla
  - Duke : Ferrante III. Gonzaga (1632-1678)
- Papal States
  - Pope : Innocent X (1644–1655)
- Milan (1535–1706 to Spain)
  - Duke : Philip IV of Spain (1621–1665)
    - Governor : Luis de Benavides Carrillo (1648–1656)
- Mantua (1533–1708 personal union with Montferrat)
  - Duke : Carlo II. Gonzaga (1637-1665)
- Massa and Carrara
  - Prince : Carlo I. Cybo-Malaspina (1623–1662)
- Mirandola
  - Duke : Alessandro II Pico (1637–1691)
- Modena and Reggio
  - Duke : Francesco I d'Este (1629–1658)
- Montferrat (1533–1708 personal union with Mantua)
  - Duke : Carlo II. Gonzaga (1637-1665)
- Naples (1503–1707 / 14 to Aragon or Spain )
  - King : Philip IV of Spain (1621–1665)
    - Viceroy : Iñigo Vélez de Guevara, 8th Count of Oñate (1648–1653)
- Parma and Piacenza
  - Duke : Ranuccio II. Farnese (1646–1694)
- Piombino
  - Prince : Niccolò I. Ludovisi (1634–1664)
- San Marino
  - Capitani Reggenti : Carlo Tosini ( 1647 , 1650–1651, 1654–1655, 1661–1662, 1665–1666, 1671–1672, 1675–1676, 1679–1680, 1683–1684 ) and Paolo Antonio Onofri ( 1635, 1639, 1642 –1643, 1646–1647 , 1650–1651, 1659–1660, 1663, 1667–1668, 1671, 1675, 1681–1682, 1685–1686 )
  - Capitani Reggenti: Alessandro Belluzzi (1651, 1656–1657, 1660–1661, 1666–1667, 1672–1673, 1680, 1687 ) and Vincenzo Lorenzoni ( 1634–1635, 1639, 1646 , 1651, 1656, 1660, 1664 )
  - Capitani Reggenti: Carlo Loli ( 1646 , 1651–1652, 1655, 1658–1659, 1664, 1668, 1672, 1677–1678, 1682, 1686, 1689–1690 ) and Gregorio Ceccoli ( 1644 , 1651–1652)
- Savoy
  - Duke : Charles Emanuel II (1638–1675)
- Sicily (1412–1713 to Aragon or Spain )
  - King : Philip IV of Spain (1621–1665)
    - Governor : Melchor Centelles de Borgia (1650–1651)
    - Presidente del Reino: Antonio Ronquillo Briceño (1651)
    - Presidente del Reino: Martín de León y Cárdenas (1651)
    - Viceroy: Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar Gómez de Sandoval y Mendoza (1651–1655)
- Tuscany
  - Grand Duke : Ferdinando II. De 'Medici (1621–1670)
- Venice
  - Doge : Francesco Molin (1646–1655)

Khanate of Crimea
- Khan : İslâm III. Giray (1644-1654)

Courland
- Duke : Jakob Kettler (1642–1682)

Malta
- Grand Master : Jean de Lascaris-Castellar (1636–1657)

Moldova (under Ottoman rule)
- Prince : Vasile Lupu (1634–1653)

Monaco
- Prince : Honoré II (1604–1662) (lord until 1633)

Netherlands
- Republic of the Seven United Provinces
  - Friesland
    - Governor : Wilhelm Friedrich von Nassau-Dietz (1640–1664) (1640–1664 governor of Groningen and Drenthe, 1640–1654 Count of Nassau-Dietz, 1654–1664 Prince of Nassau-Dietz)
  - Drenthe and Groningen
    - Governor : Wilhelm Friedrich von Nassau-Dietz (1640–1664) (1640–1664 governor of Friesland, 1640–1654 Count of Nassau-Dietz, 1654–1664 Prince of Nassau-Dietz)
  - Holland and Zeeland
    - Governor : vacant (1650–1672)
  - Overijssel and Gelderland
    - Governor : vacant (1650–1675)
  - Utrecht
    - Governor : vacant (1650–1672)
- Spanish Netherlands (formally part of the Holy Roman Empire until 1714/95)
  - Governor : Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1647–1656) (1631–1638 Archbishop of Magdeburg, 1641–1662 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1628–1648 Bishop of Halberstadt, 1626–1662 Bishop of Passau, 1626–1662 Bishop of Strasbourg)

Ottoman Empire
- Sultan : Mehmed IV (1648-1687)

Poland
- King : John II Casimir (1648–1668)

Portugal
- King : John IV (1640–1656)

Prussia
- Duke : Friedrich Wilhelm (1640–1688) (1640–1688 Elector of Brandenburg)

Russia
- Tsar : Alexei I (1645–1676)

Sweden
- Queen : Christina (1632-1654)

Transylvania
- Prince : Georg II. Rákóczi (1648–1657)

Spain
- King : Philip IV (1621–1665) (1621–1640 King of Portugal)

Hungary
- King : Ferdinand III. (1637–1657) (1637–1657 Emperor, 1637–1657 King of Bohemia, 1637–1657 Archduke of Austria)

Wallachia (under Ottoman rule)
- Prince : Matei Basarab (1632–1654)