List of heads of state 1762

Great Britain and Ireland
- Head of State: King George III. (1760–1801) (1801–1820 King of the United Kingdom, 1760–1806 Elector of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, 1814–1820 King of Hanover)
- Head of Government:
  - Prime Minister Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ( 1754–1756 , 1757–1762)
  - Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1762–1763)

Holy Roman Empire
- King and Emperor : Franz I (1745–1765) (1729–1736 Duke of Lorraine, 1737–1765 Grand Duke of Tuscany)
- Electoral College
  - Archbishopric of Cologne
    - Elector : Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels (1761–1784) (1762–1784 Bishop of Münster)
  - Archbishopric Mainz
    - Elector : Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein (1743–1763) (1756–1763 Bishop of Worms)
  - Archbishopric Trier
    - Elector : Johann Philipp von Walderdorff (1756–1768) (1763–1768 Bishop of Worms)
  - Duchy of Bavaria
    - Elector : Maximilian III. Joseph (1745–1777)
  - Kingdom of Bohemia
    - Queen : Maria Theresa (1740–1780) (1740–1780 Duchess of Milan, 1740–1780 Archduchess of Austria, 1740–1780 Duchess of Parma, 1740–1780 Queen of Hungary)
  - Margraviate of Brandenburg
    - Elector : Friedrich II. (1740–1786) (1740–1786 King of Prussia)
  - Duchy of Brunswick-Lueneburg
    - Elector : George III. (1760–1803) (1760–1801 King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1801–1820 King of the United Kingdom, 1814–1820 King of Hanover)
  - Palatine County near the Rhine
    - Elector : Karl Theodor (1742–1799) (1777–1799 Elector of Bavaria, 1742–1799 Duke of Jülich and Berg)
  - Duchy of Saxony
    - Elector : Friedrich August II. (1733–1763) (1733–1763 King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania)
- spiritual imperial princes
  - Hochstift Augsburg
    - Bishop : Joseph Ignaz Philipp of Hessen-Darmstadt (1740–1768)
  - Bamberg Monastery
    - Bishop : Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim (1757–1779) (1755–1779 Bishop of Würzburg)
  - Hochstift Basel
    - Bishop : Josef Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein (1744–1762)
  - Prince Provost Berchtesgaden
    - Provost : Michael Balthasar von Christalnigg (1752–1768)
    - Bishop: Simon-Nicolas de Montjoie-Hirsingue (1762–1775)
  - Brixen monastery
    - Bishop : Leopold von Spaur (1747–1778)
  - Hochstift Chur (territory 1648 federal, bishop imperial class without immediate land)
    - Bishop : Johannes Baptist Anton von Federspiel (1755–1777)
  - Corvey Abbey
    - Abbot : Philipp von Spiegel zum Desenberg (1758–1776)
  - Balleien of the Teutonic Order
    - Grand Master : Karl Alexander of Lorraine (1761–1780)
  - Eichstätt Monastery
    - Bishop : Raymund Anton von Strasoldo (1757–1781)
  - Prince Provost Ellwangen
    - Provost : Anton Ignaz von Fugger-Glött (1756–1787) (1769–1787 Bishop of Regensburg)
  - Hochstift Freising
    - Bishop : Johann Theodor von Bayern (1727–1763) (1744–1763 Bishop of Lüttich, 1719–1763 Bishop of Regensburg)
  - Fulda Abbey
    - Bishop : Heinrich von Bibra (1759–1788)
  - Hildesheim Monastery
    - Sedis vacancy (1761–1763)
  - Prince Abbey of Kempten
    - Abbot : Honorius Roth von Schreckenstein (1760–1785)
  - Constance monastery
    - Bishop : Franz Konrad von Rodt (1750–1775)
  - Hochstift Lübeck (1555–1803 Protestant administrators)
    - Bishop : Friedrich August von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1750–1785) (1773–1774 Count of Oldenburg, 1774–1785 Duke of Oldenburg)
  - Liège Monastery
    - Bishop : Johann Theodor von Bayern (1744–1763) (1727–1763 Bishop of Freising, 1719–1763 Bishop of Regensburg)
  - Monastery of Münster
    - Bishop : Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels (1762–1784) (1761–1784 Archbishop of Cologne)
  - Hochstift Osnabrück (1662–1802 alternating between Catholic and Lutheran bishops)
    - Sedis vacancy (1761–1764)
  - Paderborn Monastery
    - Sedis vacancy (1761–1763)
  - Passau bishopric
    - Bishop : Joseph Maria von Thun and Hohenstein (1761–1763)
  - Regensburg Monastery
    - Bishop : Johann Theodor von Bayern (1719–1763) (1727–1763 Bishop of Freising, 1744–1763 Bishop of Liège)
  - Archbishopric Salzburg
    - Archbishop : Sigismund Christoph von Schrattenbach (1753–1771)
  - Speyer Monastery
    - Bishop : Franz Christoph von Hutten zum Stolzenberg (1743–1770)
  - Stablo-Malmedy Abbey
    - Abbot : Alexandre Delmonte (1753–1766)
  - Strasbourg Monastery
    - Bishop : Louis César Constantin de Rohan-Guéméné (1756–1779)
  - Hochstift Trento
    - Bishop : Francesco Felice Alberti d'Enno (1758–1762)
  - Hochstift Worms
    - Bishop : Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein (1756–1763) (1743–1763 Archbishop of Mainz)
  - Würzburg Monastery
    - Bishop : Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim (1755–1779) (1757–1779 Bishop of Bamberg)
- secular imperial princes
  - Principality of Anhalt
    - Anhalt-Bernburg
      - Prince : Viktor II. Friedrich (1721–1765)
    - Principality of Anhalt-Dessau
      - Prince : Leopold III. Friedrich Franz (1751–1817) (1751–1758 under guardianship) (from 1807 duke)
    - Principality of Anhalt-Köthen
      - Prince : Karl Georg Lebrecht (1755–1789)
    - Anhalt-Zerbst
      - Prince : Friedrich August (1747–1793) (1747–1752 under guardianship)
  - Arenberg
    - Duke : Karl Maria Raimund (1754–1778)
  - Margraviate of Baden
    - Baden-Baden
      - Margrave : August Georg Simpert (1761–1771)
    - Baden-Durlach
      - Margrave : Karl Friedrich (1738–1771) (1738–1746 under guardianship) (1771–1803 Margrave of Baden, 1803–1806 Elector of Baden, 1806–1811 Grand Duke)
  - Brandenburg-Ansbach
    - Margrave : Karl Alexander (1757–1791) (1769–1791 Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth)
  - Brandenburg-Bayreuth
    - Margrave : Friedrich III. (1735–1763)
  - Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
    - Duke : Charles I (1735–1780)
  - Hessen-Darmstadt
    - Landgrave : Louis VIII (1739–1768)
  - Hessen-Kassel
    - Landgrave : Friedrich II. (1760–1785)
  - Hohenzollern-Hechingen
    - Prince : Josef Friedrich Wilhelm (1750–1798)
  - Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
    - Prince : Joseph Friedrich Ernst (1715–1769) (until 1720 under guardianship)
  - Jülich and Berg
    - Duke : Karl Theodor (1742–1799) (1777–1799 Elector of Bavaria, 1742–1799 Elector of the Palatinate, 1742–1799 Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg)
  - Liechtenstein
    - Prince : Josef Wenzel ( 1712–1718 , 1748–1772) (1732–1745 Regent of Liechtenstein)
  - Mecklenburg
    - Mecklenburg-Schwerin
      - Duke : Friedrich (1756–1785)
    - Mecklenburg-Strelitz
      - Duke : Adolf Friedrich IV. (1752–1794)
  - Nassau
    - Ottonian line
      - Nassau-Diez
        Prince : Wilhelm V (1751–1806) (1751–1796 governor of the Netherlands)
    - Walramic line
      - Nassau-Saarbrücken
        Prince : Wilhelm Heinrich (1735–1768) (until 1741 under guardianship)
      - Nassau-Usingen
        Prince : Karl (1718–1775) (until 1733 under guardianship)
      - Nassau-Weilburg
        Prince : Karl Christian (1753–1788)
  - Austria
    - Archduchess : Maria Theresa (1740–1780) (1740–1780 Queen of Bohemia, 1740–1780 Duchess of Milan, 1740–1780 Duchess of Parma, 1740–1780 Queen of Hungary)
  - Pfalz-Neuburg
    - Duke : Karl Theodor (1742–1799) (1742–1777 Elector Palatinate, 1777–1799 Elector Palatinate-Bavaria, 1733–1799 Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach, 1742–1794 / 99 Duke of Jülich and Berg)
  - Pfalz-Sulzbach
    - Duke : Karl Theodor (1733–1799) (1742–1777 Elector Palatinate, 1777–1799 Elector Palatinate-Bavaria, 1742–1799 Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg, 1742–1794 / 99 Duke of Jülich and Berg)
  - Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
    - Duke : Christian IV (1735–1775)
  - Duchy of Saxony
    - Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
      - Duke : Franz Josias (1729–1764)
    - Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
      - Duke : Friedrich III. (1732–1772)
    - Saxony-Hildburghausen
      - Duke : Ernst Friedrich III. (1745–1780) (1745–1748 under guardianship)
    - Saxony-Meiningen
      - Duke : Anton Ulrich (1746–1763)
    - Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
      - Duke : Karl August (1758–1828) (1758–1775 under guardianship, 1815–1828 Grand Duke)
      - Regent: Anna Amalia von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1759–1775)
  - Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
    - Prince : Johann Friedrich (1744–1767)
  - Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
    - Prince : Christian Günther III. (1758–1794)
  - Waldeck
    - Prince : Karl August Friedrich (1728–1763)
  - Württemberg
    - Duke : Karl Eugen (1737–1793)
- other imperial estates (selection)
  - lip
    - Lippe-Biesterfeld
      - Count : Friedrich Karl August (1736–1781)
    - Lippe-Detmold
      - Count : Simon August (1734–1782)
    - Lippe-Biesterfeld-Weißenfeld
      - Count : Ferdinand Ludwig (1736–1781)
  - Ortenburg
    - Count : Karl III. (1725–1776) (1725–1739 under guardianship)
  - Reuss
    - Reuss older line
      - Reuss overburden
        Count : Heinrich XI. (1723–1768) (1768–1778 Count of Reuss-Greiz, 1778–1800 Prince of Reuss older line)
      - Reuss undergrowth
        Count : Heinrich III. (1733–1768)
    - Reuss younger line
      - Reuss-Ebersdorf
        Count : Heinrich XXIV. (1747–1779)
      - Reuss-Gera
        Count : Heinrich XXX. (1748–1802)
      - Reuss-Lobenstein
        Count : Heinrich II. (1739–1782)
      - Reuss-Schleiz
        Count : Heinrich XII. (1744–1784)
  - Schaumburg-Lippe
    - Count : Wilhelm (1748–1777)

Italian states
- Genoa
  - Doge : Agostino Lomellini (1760–1762)
  - Doge: Rodolfo Emilio Brignole Sale (1762–1764)
- Papal States
  - Pope : Clement XIII. (1758–1769)
- Milan (1706–1800 to Austria)
  - Duchess : Maria Theresa (1740–1780) (1740–1780 Queen of Bohemia, 1740–1780 Archduchess of Austria, 1740–1780 Duchess of Parma, 1740–1780 Queen of Hungary)
    - Governor : Francesco III. d'Este (1754–1771) (1737–1780 Duke of Modena)
- Massa and Carrara
  - Duchess : Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina (1731–1790) (until 1744 under guardianship)
- Modena and Reggio
  - Duke : Francesco III. d'Este (1737–1780) (1754–1771 Governor of Milan)
- Naples (1735–1806 personal union with Sicily)
  - King : Ferdinand VII. (1759–1799, 1799–1806, 1815–1816 ) (until 1767 under guardianship) (1759–1816 King of Sicily, 1816–1825 King of the Two Sicilies)
  - Regency council under Bernardo Tanucci (1759–1767)
- Parma and Piacenza
  - Duchess : Maria Theresa (1740–1780) (1740–1780 Queen of Bohemia, 1740–1780 Duchess of Milan, 1740–1780 Archduchess of Austria, 1740–1780 Queen of Hungary)
- Piombino
  - Prince : Gaetano Boncompagni-Ludovisi (1745–1777)
- Sardinia (since 1720 part of Savoy)
  - King : Karl Emanuel III. (1730–1773) (1720–1730 and 1732–1773 Duke of Savoy)
    - Viceroy : Francesco Tana (1758–1762)
    - Viceroy: Giovanni Battista Pellegrino Alfieri di Cortemiglia (1762–1763)
- Savoy
  - Duke : Charles Emanuel III. ( 1720–1730 , 1732–1773) (1730–1773 King of Sardinia)
- Sicily (1735–1806 in personal union with Naples)
  - King : Ferdinand III. (1759–1816) (until 1767 under guardianship) (1759–1799, 1799–1806, 1815–1816 King of Naples, 1816–1825 King of both Sicilies)
  - Regency council under Bernardo Tanucci (1759–1767)
    - Viceroy : Giovanni Fogliani Sforza d'Aragona (1755–1773)
- Tuscany
  - Grand Duke : Franz Stephan (1737–1765) (1745–1765 Emperor, 1729–1736 Duke of Lorraine)
- Venice
  - Doge : Francesco Loredan (1752–1762)
  - Doge: Marco Foscarini (1762–1763)

Khanate of Crimea
- Khan : Qırım Giray (1758–1764, 1768–1769 )

Courland
- Duke : Charles of Saxony (1758–1763)

Malta
- Grand Master : Manuel Pinto de Fonseca (1741–1773)

Moldova (under Ottoman rule)
- Prince : Grigore Callimachi (1761–1764, 1767–1769 )

Monaco
- Prince : Honoré III. (1732–1793)
  - Governor General: Antoine Grimaldi (1732–1784)

Netherlands
- Republic of the Seven United Provinces
  - Inheritance holder : Wilhelm V (1751–1795) (1751–1806 Prince of Nassau-Diez)
- Austrian Netherlands (formally part of the Holy Roman Empire until 1714/95)
  - Governor : Karl Alexander von Lothringen (1744–1780) (1761–1780 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order)

Ottoman Empire
- Sultan : Mustafa III. (1757–1774)

Poland
- King : August III. (1733–1763) (1733–1763 Elector of Saxony)

Portugal
- King : Joseph I (1750–1777)

Prussia
- King : Friedrich II. (1740–1786) (1740–1786 Elector of Brandenburg)

Russia
- Empress : Elisabeth (1741–1762)
- Emperor: Peter III. (1762) (1739–1762 Duke of Holstein Gottorf)
- Empress: Catherine II (1762–1796)

Sweden
- King : Adolf Friedrich (1751–1771) (1727–1750 Bishop of Lübeck)

Spain
- King : Charles III. (1759–1788) (1735–1759 King of Naples, 1731–1735 Duke of Parma, 1735–1759 King of Sicily)

Hungary
- Queen : Maria Theresa (1740–1780) (1740–1780 Queen of Bohemia, 1740–1780 Duchess of Milan, 1740–1780 Archduchess of Austria, 1740–1780 Duchess of Parma)

Wallachia (under Ottoman rule)
- Prince : Constantin Mavrocordat ( 1730, 1731–1733, 1735–1741, 1744–1748, 1756–1758 , 1761–1763) (1733–1735, 1741–1743, 1748–1749, 1769 Prince of Moldavia)