List of state leaders in 1166

1165 state leaders - Events of 1166 - 1167 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

Asia

• China (Jin/Jurchen Dynasty) - Emperor Shizong (1161–1189)
• China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Emperor Xiaozong (1162–1189)
• Japan (Heian period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Rokujō (1165–1168)
  • Regent (Sesshō) -
    1. Fujiwara no Motozane, Kampaku (1158–1165); Sesshō (1165–1166)
    2. Fujiwara no Motofusa, Sesshō (1166–1173); Kampaku (1173–1179)
  • de facto - Taira no Kiyomori (1159–1181)
• Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - Empress Chengtianhou (1164–1178)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) - Euijong (1146–1170)
• Western Xia - Emperor Renzong (1139–1193)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon - Alfonso II (1162–1196)
• Kingdom of Castile - Alfonso VIII (1158–1214)
• Kingdom of England - Henry II (1154–1189)
• Kingdom of France - Louis VII (1137–1180)
• Holy Roman Empire - Frederick I Barbarossa (1155–1190)
  • County of Holland - Floris III (1157–1190)
• Kingdom of Hungary - Stephen III (1163–1172)
• Kingdom of Portugal - Afonso I (1139–1185)
• Kingdom of Scotland - William I (1165–1214)
• Kingdom of Sicily -
  1. William I (1154–1166)
  2. William II (1166–1189)
• Wales (List of rulers of Wales)
  • Kingdom of Gwynedd - Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd (1137–1170)
  • Deheubarth - Rhys ap Gruffydd, Prince of Deheubarth (1155–1197)