List of state leaders in 878

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877 state leaders - Events of 878 - 879 state leaders - State leaders by year

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

[edit] Africa

• Egypt - Ahmad ibn Tulun, Tulunid Emir of Egypt (868-884)
• Ifriqiya - "Abu Ishaq" Ibrahim II ibn Ahmad, Aghlabid Emir of Ifriqiya (875-902)
• Morocco - Ali ibn Umar, known as "Ali II", Idrisid Caliph of Morocco (874-883)
• Nekor - Said II ibn Salih, Salihid Emir of Nekor (c.864-c.916)
• Tahert - Muhammad Abu'l-Yaqdan, Rustamid Imam of Tahert (c.873-c.894)
• 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'), (867 - 886)
• China (Tang Dynasty) - Xizong, Emperor of Tang China (873-888)
• Gurjara - Mihira Bhoja I, Pratihara King of Gurjara (c. 836-886)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Emperor Yōzei, emperor of Japan (876-884)
  • Regent (Sessho) - Fujiwara no Mototsune, Sessho (876-884)
• Silla - Heongang, King of Silla (875-886)

[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 - Hugh the Abbot, Count of Auxerre (876-886)
• Bavaria - Carloman of Bavaria, King of Bavaria (876-880)
• Brittany - Alan the Great, Duke of Brittany (877-907) disputed with Judicael, Duke of Brittany (877-888)
• Bulgaria - Boris I Michael, King of Bulgaria (852-889)
• Byzantine Empire - Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α'), (867 - 886)
• Danelaw - Guthrum, King of the Danelaw (854–890)
  • East Anglia¹ - Aethelred, King of East Anglia (876–879)
  • Jórvík - Halfdan I, King of Jórvík (875-883)
  • Mercia¹ - Ceolwulf II, King of Mercia (873–879)
  • Northumbria^{1 - 2} - Ecgberht II, King of Northumbria (876–878)
• Denmark - Sigurd Orm i Øje, King of Denmark (873-903³)
• England - Alfred the Great, King of England (871-899)
• Friesland - Rorik, King of the Danish Vikings in Friesland (850-880)
• Gascony - Sancho I Mitarra, King of Gascony (872-?⁴)
• Great Moravia - Svatopluk I, King of Great Moravia (871–894)
• Iceland - Ingólfur Arnarson, King of Iceland (874-c.900⁵)
• Ireland - Flann Sinna, High King of Ireland (877-914)
• Italy - Carloman of Bavaria, King of Italy (877-879)
• León - Alfonso III of Leon, King of León (838-910)
• Navarre - García II Jiménez, King of Navarre (870–882)
• Norway - Harald I Fairhair, King of Norway (872-930)
• Papal States - John VIII, Pope (872-882)
• Poitiers - Ranulf II, Count of Poitiers (866-890)
• Saxony - Louis the Younger, King of Saxony (876-882)
• Scotland -
  1. Aedh MacRunn, King of Scots and Picts (877-878)
  2. Eochaid, King of Scots and Picts (878-889) jointly with Giric, King of Scots and Picts (878-889)
• Strathclyde
  1. Rhun f Arthgal, King of Strathclyde (871-878)
  2. Eochaid, King of Strathclyde (878-c.889)
• Swabia - Charles the Fat, King of Swabia (876-887)
• Venice - Orso I Participazio, Doge of Venice (864-881)
• Wales -
  1. Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn, King of Gwynedd (844-878)
  2. Anarawd ap Rhodri, King of Gwynedd (878-916)
• Western Francia - Louis II, King of Western Francia (877-879)

[edit] Middle East

• Abbasid Caliphate - Al-Mu'tamid, Caliph (870 - 892)
• Byzantine Empire - Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α'), (867 - 886)
• Sistan - Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar, Saffarid Emir of Sistan (867-879)
• Transoxiana - Nasr I ibn Ahmad, Samanid Emir of Transoxiana (864-892)

[edit] Notes

1. Northumbria, East Anglia and Mercia had ceased to be autonomous and independent kingdoms by this time.
2. Northumbria subsumed into the Norse Kingdom of Jórvík ca. 878.
3. The date reigns of Sigurd Orm i Øje, as well as his actual existence, is controversial though East Anglian coins exist featuring him.
4. Date of the end of Sancho I's reign is uncertain. Sancho II may have been monarch by 875.
5. Name and dates from this website