List of state leaders in 879

878 state leaders - Events of 879 - 880 state leaders - State leaders by year

1 Africa
2 Asia
3 Europe
4 Middle East

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)

Asia

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)
Korea (North South States Period)
- Balhae - Dae Hyeonseok, King of Balhae (871–893)
- Silla - Heongang, King of Silla (875–886)

Europe

Bulgaria - Boris I, Knyaz of Bulgaria (852–889)
Byzantine Empire - Basil I (867–886)
Caucasus
- Principate of Iberia - David I (876–881)
- Principality of Kakheti - Gabriel, Prince of Kakheti (861–881)
- Klarjeti - Sumbat I Mampali, Prince of Klarjeti (c. 870–889)
Littoral Croatia -
1. Zdeslav, Duke of Littoral Croatia (878–879)
2. Branimir, Duke of Littoral Croatia (878–892)
England (Heptarchy) -
- Danelaw - Guthrum, King of the Danish Vikings (c. 874–c. 890)
  - Kingdom of East Anglia -
    1. Aethelred (876–879)
    2. Guthrum (879–890)
  - Mercia - Ceolwulf II, King of Mercia (874–c. 881)
  - Northumbria - Guthred, King of Northumbria (878–895)
- Wessex - Alfred the Great, King of Wessex (871–899)
East Francia -
- Duchy of Alsace - Hugh (867–885)
- Bavaria – Carloman of Bavaria, King of Bavaria (876–880)
- March of Pannonia - Aribo of Austria (871–909)
- Saxony – Louis the Younger, King of Saxony (876–882)
- Duchy of Saxony - Brun, Duke of Saxony (866–880)
- Swabia – Charles the Fat, King of Swabia (876–887)
- Thuringia - Radulf II, Duke of Thuringia (874–880)
West Francia -
1. Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (877–879)
2. Louis III, King of West Francia (879–882) and Carloman, King of West Francia (879–884)
- County of Angoulême - Wulgrin I (866–886)
- County of Auvergne - Bernard II (872–886)
- County of Auxerre - Hugh the Abbot (876–886)
- County of Barcelona - Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona (878–897)
- Duchy of Brittany - Two opposing claimants:
  - Judicael (876–888/889)
  - Alan I (876–907)
- County of Flanders - Baldwin II (879–918)
- County of Maine - Ragenold (878–885)
- March of Neustria - Ragenold (878–885)
- Poitiers - Ranulf II of Aquitaine, Count of Poitiers (877–890)
- County of Toulouse - Bernard Plantapilosa (877–886)
- Tours - Hugh the Abbot, Count of Tours (866–886)
- Troyes - Robert I, Count of Troyes (876–886)
- County of Urgell - Wilfred the Hairy (870–897)
Gascony - Sans III Mitarra, Duke of Gascony (864–893)
Ireland -
1. Áed Findliath, High King of Ireland (862–879)
2. Flann Sinna, High King of Ireland (879–916)
- Ailech -
  1. Áed Findliath, King of Ailech (c. 855–879)
  2. Murchad mac Máele Dúin, King of Ailech (879–887)
- Connacht - Conchobar mac Taidg Mór, King of Connacht (872–882)
- Uí Maine -
- Leinster -
- Kingdom of Mide - Flann Sinna (877–916)
- Munster - Dúnchad mac Duib-dá-Bairenn, King of Munster (872–888)
- Kingdom of Osraige - Cerball mac Dúnlainge (842–888)
- Ulaid - Ainbíth mac Áedo, King of Ulaid (873–882)
Italy -
1. Carloman of Bavaria, King of Italy (877–879)
2. Charles the Fat, King of Italy (879–887)
- Principality of Benevento - Guaifer (878–881)
- County of Capua -
  1. Landulf II (863–879)
  2. Pandenulf (879–882)
- March of Friuli - Berengar (874–890)
- Duchy of Gaeta - Docibilis I, Hypatus of Gaeta (866–906)
- Duchy of Naples - Athanasius (877–898)
- Papal States - Pope John VIII (872–882)
- Principality of Salerno - Guaifer (861–880)
- Duchy of Spoleto - Lambert I (876–880)
- March of Tuscany - Adalbert I (847–886)
- Venice - Orso I Participazio, Doge of Venice (864–881)
Great Moravia - Svatopluk I, King of Great Moravia (870–894)
- Duchy of Bohemia - Borivoj I (c. 870–c. 889)
Norway - Harald I Fairhair, King of Norway (872–930)
Novgorod -
1. Rurik, Prince of Novgorod (862–879)
2. Oleg, Prince of Novgorod (879–912)
Kingdom of Provence - Boso (879–887)
Scotland - Giric, King of the Picts (878–889), possibly together with Eochaid, King of the Picts (878–889)
Serbia - Mutimir, Grand Zhupan of Serbia (850–891)
Spain -
- County of Aragon - Aznar Galíndez II (867–893)
- Kingdom of Asturias - Alfonso III (866–910)
  - County of Castile - Diego Rodríguez Porcelos (872–c. 885)
- Caliphate of Córdoba - Muhammad I (852–886)
- County of Pallars - Raymond I (872–920)
- Kingdom of Pamplona - García Íñiguez (851/852–882)
- County of Ribagorza - Raymond I (872–920)
Wales -
- Kingdom of Gwynedd - Anarawd ap Rhodri (878–916)
- Kingdom of Powys - Merfyn ap Rhodri (878–900)
- Seisyllwg - Cadell ap Rhodri, King of Seisyllwg (878–909)

Middle East

Abbasid Caliphate - Al-Mu'tamid (870–892)
Byzantine Empire - Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α'), (867-886)
Sistan -
1. Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar, Saffarid Emir of Sistan (867–879)
2. Amr bin Laith, Saffarid Emir of Sistan (879–901)
Transoxiana - Nasr I ibn Ahmad, Samanid Emir of Transoxiana (864–892)

List of state leaders in 879

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