List of state leaders in 1751

List of state leaders in 1750 – Events of 1751 – List of state leaders in 1752 – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Kusi Obodom, Asantehene (1750–1764)
• 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 Abdali, King of Afghanistan (1747–1772)
• Ahom -
  1. Sunenphaa, King of Ahom (1744–1751)
  2. Suremphaa, King of Ahom (1751–1769)
• Arakan - Nara Apaya, King of Arakan (1742–1761)
• 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 –
    • Monarch – Shō Kei, King of Ryūkyū (1713–1751)
    • Regent – Sai On, Kokushi (1751–1752)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724–1776)
• Persia – Shahrukh Afshar (1748–1760)

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 –
    1. Johan Ludvig, Minister of State of Denmark (1735–1751)
    2. Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Minister of State of Denmark (1751–1770)
• France – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
• Great Britain
  • Monarch – George II, King of Great Britain (1727–1760)
  • Prime Minister – Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of Great Britain (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)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • 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-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)
      • Gotthard Arnold Isselhorst (1744–1765)

• Hungary – Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary (1740–1780)
• Ireland – George II, King of Ireland (1727–1760)
• 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)

• Naples – Carlo VII Sebastiani, King of Naples (1735–1759)
• Norway – Frederik V, King of Norway (1746–1766)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Mahmud I (1730–1754)
  • Grand Vizier – Divitdar Mehmed Pasha, (1750–1752)
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – Augustus III, King of Poland (1733–1763)
• Portugal –
  • Monarch – Joseph I, King of Portugal (1750–1777)
  • Prime Minister – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis de Pombal (1750–1777)
• Prussia – Friedrich II, King of Prussia (1740–1786)
• Russian Empire – Elizabeth Petrovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1741–1762)
• Sardinia – Carlo Emanuele III, King of Sardinia (1730–1773)
• Sicily – Carlo IV Sebastiani, King of Sicily (1735–1759)
• Spain – Fernando VI, King of Spain (1746–1759)

• Sweden – Age of Liberty
  • Monarch –
    1. Frederick I, King of Sweden, also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720–1751)
    2. Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1751–1771)
  • Majority leader – Henning Gyllenborg, Lantmarskalk of the Riksdag of the Estates (1751–1752)
• Tuscany – Francis Stephen, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1737–1765)
• United Provinces –
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder –
    1. William IV, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1747–1751)
    2. William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751–1795)
    • 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)