List of state leaders in 1585

1584 state leaders - Events of 1585 - 1586 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Empire of Ethiopia - Sarsa Dengel (1563–1597)
• Kingdom of Kongo - Álvaro I, Manikongo (1568–1587)
• Kingdom of Sennar -
  1. Dakin (1568–1585/6)
  2. Dawra (1585/6-1587/8)
• Songhai Empire - Askia Al-Hajj, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1582–1586)

Asia

• Bali - Dalem Seganing, Raja of Bali (c. 1580-1623)
• Brunei - Muhammad Hassan, Sultan of Brunei (1582-1598)
• Khanate of Khiva - Abdullah Khan II (1577–1598)
• China (Ming Dynasty) - Wanli Emperor of China (1573–1620)
• Đại Việt - Lê Thế Tông (1573–1599)
  • Đàng Ngoài - Trịnh Tùng, Trịnh Lord (1570–1623)
  • Đàng Trong - Nguyễn Hoàng, Nguyễn Lord (1558–1613)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Ōgimachi (1557–1586)
  • de facto - Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536–1598)
  • Regent (Kampaku) - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Sesshō and Kampaku (1585–1598)
• Kachari Kingdom - Satrrudaman (1583-1613)
• Khanate of Khiva - Haji Muhammad I (1558–1602)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seonjo (1567–1608)
• Mughal Empire - Akbar (1556–1605)
• Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Ei (1573–1586)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway - Frederick II (1559–1588)
  • Duchy of Schleswig - Adolf (1544–1586) and Frederick II (1559–1588) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of England - Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
• Kingdom of France - Henry III (1574–1589)
• Holy Roman Empire - Rudolf II (1576–1612)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen - Henry III (1567–1585)
  • Duchy of Holstein - Adolf (1544–1586) and Frederick II (1559–1588) in condominial rule
  • Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück - Henry II (1574–1585)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn - Henry IV (1577–1585)
• Royal Hungary - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (as Rudolf I) (1576–1608)
• Kingdom of Navarre - Henry III (1572–1610)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Murat III (1574–1595)
• Papal States
  • Pope Gregory XIII (1572–1585)
  • Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590)
• Kingdom of Poland - Stefan Batory (1575–1586)
• Russia
  • Tsar - Feodor I (1584–1598)
  • Regent - Boris Godunov (1584–1598)
• Kingdom of Scotland - James VI (1567–1625)
• Kingdom of Spain and Kingdom of Portugal - Philip II (1556–1598)
• Kingdom of Sweden - John III (1568–1592)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Brabant, Flanders, Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, governor of the Netherlands (for queen Elizabeth I of England)
  • Stadtholder - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland (1585–1625)
• Republic of Venice -
  1. Nicolò da Ponte, Doge of Venice (1578–1585)
  2. Pasqual Cicogna, Doge of Venice (1585–1595)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco (Saadi dynasty) - Ahmad I al-Mansur Saadi (1578–1603)
• Safavid Empire - Mohammed Khodabanda, Shah of Iran (1578–1587)