List of state leaders in 1750

List of state leaders in 1749 – Events of 1750 – List of state leaders in 1751 – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy –
  1. Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750)
  2. Kusi Obodom, Asantehene (1750–1764)
• Benin Empire - Eresonyen, emperor of Benin (1735–1750)
• Bunyoro – Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731–c.1782)
• Dahomey – Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732–1774)
• Ethiopian Empire – Iyasu II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1730–1755)
• Harar - Yusuf ibn Abi Bakr, Emir of Harar (1747–1755)
• Nkore – Macwa, Omugabe of Nkole (c.1727–c.1755)
• Sennar - Badi IV, King of Sennar (1724–1762)
• Zulu – Ndaba kaMageba, King of the Zulu (1745–1763)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Ahmad Shah, King of Afghanistan (1747–1772)
• Bundi - Umaid Singh, Rao Raja of Bundi (1749–1779)
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Momozono, Emperor of Japan (1747–1762)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) – Tokugawa Ieshige, Shogun of Japan (1745–1760)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Kei, King of Ryūkyū (1713–1751)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724–1776)
• Persia – Shahrukh Afshar (1748–1760)
• Punjab Region – Hari Singh Dhillon (1746-1764)

Europe

• Andorra – Coprinces:
  • Sebastià Josep de Victoria de Emparán y de Loyola, Bishop of Urgell (1747–1756)
  • Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
• Denmark–Norway –
  • Monarch – Frederick V, King of Denmark (1746–1766)
  • 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 – Henry Pelham, First Lord of the Treasury (1743–1754)

• Holy Roman Empire – Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745–1765)
  • Electors
    • Bavaria – Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria (1745–1777)
    • 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)
    • Mainz – Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1743–1763)
    • 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 II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1747–1751)
    • Anhalt-Köthen – August Ludwig, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1728–1755)
    • Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747–1793)
    • 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 – Joseph Philip Anton von Frankenstein, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (1746–1753)
    • 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 – Friedrich V, Duke of Holstein-Glückstadt(1746–1766)
    • Holstein-Gottorp – Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1739–1762)
    • Kempten – Engelbert von Sorgenstein, Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1747–1760)
    • Lübeck – Adolf Friedrich, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck (1727–1750)
    • Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1747–1756)
    • 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 – Friedrich III, Count of Oldenburg (1746–1766)
    • 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)
    • Savoy - Charles Emmanuel III, Duke of Savoy (1730–1773)
    • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735–1764)
    • Saxe-Gotha – Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1732–1772)
    • Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1745–1780)
    • Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1706–1763)
    • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Johann Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1744–1767)
    • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Heinrich XXXVIII, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1740–1758)
    • Speyer – Franz Christoph von Hutzen zu Stolzenberg, Prince-Bishop of Speyer (1743–1770)
    • 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 – Karl Philip Greiffenklau von Vollraths, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg (1746–1754)
  • 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 Ernestine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
    • Gutenzell – Franziska von Gall, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1747–1759)
    • Herford – Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, Princess-Abbess of Herford (1729–1750)
    • Hesse-Homburg – Friedrich IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1746–1751)
    • Hohenlohe-Bartenstein – Karl Philipp Franz, Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1744–1763, Count 1729–1744)
    • Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
    • Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
    • 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-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)
    • 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)
    • Lindau – Theresia Wilhelmine von Pollheim-Winkelhausen, Princess-Abbess of Lindau (1743–1757)
    • Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld *(1736–1781)
    • 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 XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1747–1779)
    • Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (1739–1782)
    • Reuss-Obergreiz – Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Obergreiz (1723–1768)
    • Reuss-Schleiz – Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz (1744–1784)
    • Reuss-Untergreiz – Heinrich III, Count of Reuss-Untergreiz (1733–1768)
    • 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)
    • 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 – Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746–1784)
    • 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)
  • Free Cities
    • Bremen – Mayors
      • Heinrich Lampe I (1745–1756)
      • Dietrich Meier I (1742–1751)
      • Christian Schönel (1747–1757)
    • Frankfurt –
      • Johann Wolfgang Textor, Stadtschultheiss of Frankfurt (1747–1771)
    • Hamburg – Mayors
      • Conrad Widow (1742–1754)
      • Cornelius Poppe (1741–1759)
      • Martin Lucas Schele (1733–1751)
    • Lübeck – Mayors
      • Heinrich Rust (1743–1757)
      • Johann Adolf Krohn (1744–1750)
      • Gotthard Arnold Isselhorst (1744–1765)
      • Heinrich Balemann (1724–1750)

• Hungary – Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary (1740–1780)
• Ireland – George II, King of Ireland (1727–1760)
• Lorraine - Stanislas, Duke of Lorraine (1737–1766)
• Order of Malta – Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, Grand Master of the Order of Malta (1741–1773)
• Massa and Carrara – Maria Teresa, Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara (1731–1790)
• Masserano – Vittorio Filippo, Prince of Masserano (1743–1767)
• Modena - Francesco III, Duke of Modena (1737–1780)
• Naples – Carlo VII, King of Naples (1735–1759)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Mahmud I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730–1754)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Boynuegri Seyyid Abdullah Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1747–1750)
    2. Divitdar Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1750–1752)
• Parma - Filippo, Duke of Parma (1748–1765)
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – Augustus III, King of Poland (1733–1763)
• Portugal –
  1. John V, King of Portugal (1706–1750)
  2. Joseph, King of Portugal (1750–1777)
• Prussia – Frederick II King of Prussia (1740–1786)
• Russian Empire – Elizabeth Petrovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1741–1762)
• Sardinia - Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia (1730–1773)
• Spain – Fernando VI, King of Spain (1746–1759)
• Sweden – Frederick I, King of Sweden (1720–1751)
• Tuscany – Francis Stephen, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1737–1765)
• United Provinces –
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder – William IV, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1747–1751)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary Pieter Steyn of Holland (1749–1772)
• Venice – Pietro Grimani, Doge of Venice (1741–1752)

Middle East and North Africa

• Algeria – Mohammed Ben Bekir, Dey of Algiers (1748–1754)
• Morocco – Abdallah IV, Sultan of Morocco (1745–1757)
• Tunis – Ali, Bey of Tunis (1735–1756)

Oceania

• Alo - Veliteki, King of Alo (1748–1756)