List of state leaders in 872

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871 state leaders - Events of 872 - 873 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Contents 1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Europe 4 Middle East 5 Notes

[edit] Africa

• Algeria - Muhammad Abul-Yaqzan, Rustamid Emir (871-894)
• Egypt - Ahmad ibn Tulun, Tulunid Emir of Egypt (868-884)
• Ifriqiya - Muhammad II, Aghlabid Emir of Ifriqiya (864-875)
• Morocco Yahya ibn Yahya, known as "Yahya II", Idrisid Caliph of Morocco (864-874)
• Nekor - Said II ibn Salih, Salihid Emir of Nekor (c.864-c.916)
• Tamesna - Yunus, Tarifid King of the Berghouata (842-888)

[edit] Asia

• Bohai/Balhae - Da Xuanxi/Dae Hyeon-seok, King of Bohai/Balhae (871-895)
• Byzantine Empire - Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α'), Byzantine Emperor (867 - 886)
• China (Tang Dynasty) - Yizong, Emperor of Tang China (859-873)
• Gurjara - Mihira Bhoja I, Pratihara King of Gurjara (c. 836-886)
• Japan - Emperor Seiwa, Emperor of Japan (858-876)
• Silla - Gyeongmun, King of Silla (861-875)

[edit] Europe

• al-Andalus - Muhammad I, Umayyad Emir of Córdoba (852-886)
• Aragón - Aznar II Galíndez, Count of Aragón (867–893)
• Asturias - Alfonso III the Great, King of Asturias (866-910)
• Auvergne - Bernard II, Count of Auvergne (864-886)
• Auxerre - Conrad I, Count of Auxerre (853-876)
• Brittany - Gurvand, Duke of Brittany (874-877)
• Bulgaria - Boris I, Knyaz of Bulgaria, (852–889)
• Byzantine Empire - Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α'), Byzantine Emperor (867 - 886)
• Danelaw - Guthrum, King of the Danelaw (854–890)
  • East Anglia¹ - Oswald, King of East Anglia (870–876)
  • Northumbria¹ -
    1. Ecgberht I, King of Northumbria (867–872)
    2. Ricsige, King of Northumbria (872–876)
• Eastern Francia - Louis the German, King of Eastern Francia (817-876)
• Friesland - Rorik, King of the Danish Vikings in Friesland (850-880)
• Gascony - Sancho I Mitarra, King of Gascony (872-?²)
• Great Moravia - Svatopluk I, King of Great Moravia (871–894)
• Holy Roman Empire - Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (855-877)
• Ireland - Aed Finliath, High King of Ireland (861-876)
• Italy - Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Italy (844-875))
• León - Alfonso III of Leon, King of León (838-910)
• Navarre - Garcia Iñiguez, King of Navarre (851–880)
• Norway - Harald I Fairhair, King of Norway (872-930)
• Papal States
  • Adrian II, Pope (867-872)
  • John VIII, Pope (872-882)
• Poitiers - Ranulf II, Count of Poitiers (866-890)
• Scotland - Constantine I, King of Scots and Picts (862-877)
• Strathclyde - Rhun f Arthgal, King of Strathclyde (871-878)
• Venice - Orso I Participazio, Doge of Venice (864-881)
• Wales - Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn, King of Gwynedd (844-878)
• Wessex - Alfred the Great, King of Wessex (871-899)
• Western Francia - Charles the Bald, King of Western Francia (843-877)

[edit] Middle East

• Abbasid Caliphate - Al-Mu'tamid, Caliph (870-892)
• Byzantine Empire - Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α'), Byzantine Emperor (867 - 886)

[edit] Notes

1. Both East Anglia and Northumbria had been conquered by Danelaw in the late 860s. Both were neither autonomous or independent.
2. Date of the end of Sancho I's reign is uncertain. Sancho II may have been monarch by 875.