List of state leaders in 1536

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1536.

Africa

• Kingdom of Baguirmi –
  1. Birni Besse (1522–1536)
  2. Lubatko (1536–1548)
• Ethiopian Empire – Dawit II (1508–1540)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509–1542)
• Sennar Sultanate – Nayil (1533/4 - 1550/1)
• Songhai Empire – Askia Mohammad Benkan, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1531–1537)

Asia

• Ahom Kingdom – Suhungmung (1497–1539)
• Bengal Sultanate – Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah (1533–1538)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Jiajing Emperor (1521–1567)
• Jaffna Kingdom – Cankili I (1519–1561)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Nara (1526–1557)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1521–1546)
• Joseon (Korea) – Jungjong (1506–1544)
• Sultanate of Maguindanao – Sharif Kabungsuwan (1520–1543)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Sei (1527–1555)
• Mughal Empire – Humayun (1530–1539 and 1555–1556)
• Sultanate of Sulu – Muizzul-Mutawadi-in (1527–1548)
• Tibet (Phagmodrupa dynasty) – Ngawang Tashi Drakpa (1499–1564)
• Vijayanagara Empire – Achyuta Deva Raya (1529–1542)

Europe

• Crown of Aragon – Charles I (1516–1556)
• Crown of Castile – Charles I (1516–1556)
• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Christian III (1534–1559)
• Kingdom of England – Henry VIII (1509–1547)
• Kingdom of France – Francis I (1515–1547)
• Holy Roman Empire – Charles V (1519–1556)
  • Archduchy of Austria – Ferdinand I (1521–1564)
  • Duchy of Bavaria – William V (1508–1550) and Louis X (1516–1545)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Ferdinand I (1526–1564)
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Joachim II Hector (1535–1571)
  • Duchy of Brunswick-Grubenhagen – Philip I (1485–1551)
  • Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg – Ernest I (1520–1546)
  • Electorate of Cologne – Hermann of Wied (1516–1546)
  • Duchy of Florence – Alessandro (1532–1537)
  • Landgraviate of Hesse – Philip I (1509–1568)
  • Electorate of Mainz – Albert of Mainz (1514–1545)
  • Duchy of Mantua – Federico II (1500–1540)
  • Duchy of Modena – Ercole II (1534–1559)
  • Palatinate – Louis V (1508–1544)
  • Duchy of Savoy – Charles III (1504–1553)
  • Duchy of Saxony – George (1500–1539)
  • Electorate of Saxony – John Frederick I (1532–1547)
  • Electorate of Trier – Johann von Metzenhausen (1531–1540)
  • Duchy of Württemberg – Ulrich (1534–1550)
• Kingdom of Hungary –
  • Habsburg - Ferdinand I (1526–1564)
  • Zápolya - John Zápolya (1526–1540)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Sigismund I (1506–1548)
• Muscovy – Ivan IV, Grand Prince of Moscow (1533–1584)
• Kingdom of Naples – Charles IV (1516–1554)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Henry II (1517–1555)
• Ottoman Empire – Sultan Suleiman I (1520–1566)
• Papal States – Pope Paul III (1534–1549)
  • Duchy of Ferrara – Ercole II (1534–1559)
  • Duchy of Urbino – Francesco Maria I della Rovere (1508–1538)
• Poland – Sigismund I (1506–1548)
  • Duchy of Prussia – Albert, Duke in Prussia (1525–1568)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John III (1521–1557)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James V (1513–1542)
• Kingdom of Sicily – Charles II (1516–1554)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Gustav I Vasa (1521–1560)
• Republic of Venice – Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523–1538)

Middle East

• Safavid Empire – Tahmasp I, Shah of Iran (1524–1576)