List of state leaders in 1742

1741 state leaders – Events of 1742 – 1743 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750)
• Bunyoro – Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731–c.1782)
• Dahomey – Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732–1774)
• Ethiopia – Iyasu II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1730–1755)
• Nkore – Macwa, Omugabe of Nkole (c.1727–c.1755)
• Zulu – Mageba kaPhunga, King of the Zulu (1727–1745)

Asia

• China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Sakuramachi, Emperor of Japan (1735–1747)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Yoshimune, Shogun of Japan (1716–1745)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Kei, King of Ryūkyū (1713–1751)
• Kokang - Yang Shien Tsai, Chief of Shin Da Hu (1739–1758)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724–1776)

Europe

• Denmark–Norway –
  • Monarch – Christian VI, King of Denmark (1730–1746)
  • Prime Minister – Johan Ludvig, Minister of State of Denmark (1735–1751)
• France – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
• Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George II, King of Great Britain (1727–1760)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1721–1742)
    2. Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1742–1743)
• Holy Roman Empire – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1742–1745)
• Electors
  • Bavaria – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Elector of Bavaria (1726–1745)
  • Bohemia – Maria Theresa, Queen of Bohemia (1740–1780)
  • Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg (1740–1786)
  • Cologne – Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1723–1761)
  • Hanover – Georg II, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1727–1760) also King of Great Britain
  • Mainz –
  • Saxony – Friedrich August II, Elector of Saxony (1733–1763)
  • Trier – Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1729–1756)
• Princes
  • Anhalt-Bernburg – Viktor Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1721–1765)
  • Anhalt-Dessau – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1693–1747)
  • Anhalt-Köthen – August Ludwig, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1728–1755)
  • Anhalt-Zerbst – Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1742–1747)
  • Arenberg – Leopold, Duke of Arenberg (1691–1754
  • Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713–1783)
  • Augsburg – Joseph, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1740–1768)
  • Austria – Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria (1740–1780)
  • Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1707–1761)
  • Baden-Durlach – Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738–1771, ruled all of Baden 1771–1811)
  • Bamberg –
  • Berchtesgaden – Cajetan Anton von Notthaft, Prince-Provost of Berchtesgaden (1732–1752)
  • Brandenburg-Ansbach – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1723–1757)
  • Brandenburg-Bayreuth – Friedrich IX, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1735–1763)
  • Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735–1780)
  • Constance – Damian Hugo Philipp Anton Cardinal Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Constance (1740–1753)
  • Corvey – Kaspar II von Böselager-Hohneburg, Prince-Abbot of Corvey (1737–1758)
  • Eichstätt – Johann Anton II von Friberg-Hoperferau, Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt (1736–1757)
  • Ellwangen – Franz Georg von Schönborn-Buchheim, Prince-Provost of Ellwangen (1732–1756)
  • Freising – Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Freising (1727–1763)
  • Fulda – Amandus von Buseck, Prince-Abbot of Fulda (1737–1752, Bishop of Fulda 1752–1756)
  • Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg (1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
  • Heitersheim – Philipp Wilhelm von Nesselrode, Prince and General Prior of the Order of St. John at Heitersheim (1728–1754)
  • Hesse-Darmstadt – Ludwig VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1739–1768)
  • Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) – Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, also King of Sweden (1730–1751)
  • Hildesheim – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim (1724–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Hohenzollern-Hechingen – Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1735–1750)
  • Holstein-Glückstadt –
  • Holstein-Gottorp – Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1739–1762)
  • Kempten – Anselm Reichlin von Meldegg, Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1728–1747)
  • Lübeck – Adolf Friedrich, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck (1727–1750)
  • Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1713–1747)
  • Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1708–1752)
  • Mergentheim – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1732–1761)
  • Münster – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Münster (1723–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Nassau-Orange – Wilhelm IV, Prince of Nassau-Orange (1711–1751)
  • Oldenburg –
  • Osnabrück – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück (1728–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Paderborn – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Paderborn (1719–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742–1799)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken – Christian IV, Duke of Zweibrücken (1735–1775)
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach – Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733–1799)
  • Passau – Joseph Dominicus Franz Kilian von Lamberg, Prince-Bishop of Passau (1723–1761)
  • Regensburg – Johann Theodor Cardinal of Bavaria, Bishop of Regensburg (1719–1763)
  • Salm-Kyrburg – Johann XI, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (1742–1778)
  • Salm-Salm – Nicholas Leopold, Prince of Salm-Salm (1738–1770)
  • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735–1764)
  • Saxe-Gotha – Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1732–1772)
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen –
  • Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1706–1763)
  • Saxe-Weimar – Ernst August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1728–1748)
  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt –
  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Heinrich XXXVIII, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1740–1758)
  • Speyer –
  • Strassburg – Guillaume Gaston I Cardinal de Rohan-Soubise, Prince-Bishop of Strassburg (1704–1749)
  • Worms – Franz Georg von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Worms (1732–1756, also Archbishop-Elector of Trier)
  • Württemberg – Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737–1793)
  • Würzburg –

• Counts and Prelates
  • Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1727–1772)
  • Bentheim – Friedrich Karl Philipp, Count of Bentheim (1731–1753)
  • Bentheim-Steinfurt – Karl Paul Ernst, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1733–1780)
  • Essen – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
  • Gandersheim – Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
  • Gutenzell – Bernardina von Donnerberg, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1718–1747)
  • Herford – Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, Princess-Abbess of Herford (1729–1750)
  • Hesse-Homburg –
  • Hohenlohe-Bartenstein – Karl Philipp Franz, Count of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1729–1744)
  • Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
  • Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen –
  • Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II, Count of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1702–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
  • Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Carl Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1702–1756)
  • Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst – Philipp Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1744–1753, Count 1697–1744)
  • Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715–1769)
  • Hoogstraten – Nikolaus Leopold, Duke of Hoogstraten (1741–1770)
  • Isenburg – Ernst Kasimir, Count of Isenburg (1708–1749)
  • Isenburg-Birstein – Wolfgang Ernst I, Prince of Isenburg-Birstein 1711–1744. (1744–1754)
  • Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich, Count of Isenburg-Meerholz (1724–1774)
  • Isenburg-Wächtersbach – Ferdinand Maximilian II, Count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach (1703–1755)
  • Kaisersheim – Cölestin I Meermols, Prince-Abbot of Kaisersheim
  • Käppel – Sophie Charlotte Kessel von Bottlenberg, Princess-Abbess of Käppel (1718–1748)
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim – Johann Franz, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim (1699–1750)
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (1698–1766)
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg – Friedrich Magnus, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg (1722–1756)
  • Leiningen-Emichsburg – Carl Ludwig, Count of Leniningen-Emichsburg (1722–1747)
  • Lindau –
  • Lippe-Alverdissen – Friedrich Ernst, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen (1723–1749)
  • Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld *(1736–1781)
  • Lippe-Detmold – Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold (1734–1749)
  • Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1736–1781)
  • Nassau-Saarbrücken – Wilhelm Heinrich, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1735–1768)
  • Nassau-Usingen – Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1718–1775)
  • Nassau-Weilburg – Karl August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1737–1753)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
  • Quedlinburg – Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710–1755)
  • Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1711–1747)
  • Reuss-Gera – Heinrich XXV, Count of Reuss-Gera (1735–1748)
  • Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (1739–1782)
  • Reuss-Obergreiz – Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Obergreiz (1723–1768)
  • Reuss-Schleiz –
  • Reuss-Untergreiz – Heinrich III, Count of Reuss-Untergreiz (1733–1768)
  • Salm-Dhaun – Christian Otto, Count (Wild- und Rheingraf) of Salm-Dhaun (1742–1748)
  • Salm-Dyck – August Eugen Bernhard, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Dyck (1727–1767)
  • Salm-Grumbach – Karl Walrad Wilhelm, Count of Salm-Grumbach (1727–1763)
  • Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716–1779)
  • Salm-Reifferscheid – Karl Anton Joseph, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Reifferscheid (1734–1755)
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – Ludwig Ferdinand, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1741–1773)
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein – Karl Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1735–1756)
  • Schaumburg-Lippe, Albrecht Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1728–1748)
  • Stolberg-Rossla – Friedrich Botho, Count of Stolberg-Rossla (1739–1768)
  • Stolberg-Stolberg – Christoph Ludwig II, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1738–1761)
  • Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1710–1771)
  • Waldeck-Pyrmont – Karl August Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck, Count of Pyrmont (1728–1763)
  • Weingarten –
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen – Georg Hermann, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen (1720–1751)
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) – Georg Ernst Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) (1726–1765)
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) – Georg Karl I August Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) (1726–1787)
  • Wied – Johann Friedrich Alexander, Count of Wied (1737–1784)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Mahmud I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730–1754)
  • Grand Vizier –
  1. Nisanci Haci Ahmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1740–1742)
  2. Hekimoglu Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1742)
  3. Said Hasan Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1742–1746)
• Portugal – John V, King of Portugal (1706–1750)
• Prussia – Frederick II King of Prussia (1740–1786)
• Russia – Elizabeth Petrovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1741–1762)
• Spain – Philip V, King of Spain (1700–1724, 1724–1746)
• Sweden – Age of Liberty
  • Monarch – Frederick I, King of Sweden, also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720–1751)
  • Majority leader – Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg, Lantmarskalk of the Riksdag of the Estates (1742)
• Tuscany – Francis Stephen, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1737–1765)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Grand Pensionary of Holland – Anthonie van der Heim (1736–1746)
    • Friesland – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711–1751)
    • Groningen – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Groningen (1729–1751)
    • Guelders – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Guelders (1722–1751)
• Venice – Pietro Grimani, Doge of Venice (1741–1752)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco – Abdallah III, Sultan of Morocco (1740–1745)
• Tunis – Ali I, Bey of Tunis (1735–1756)