List of state leaders in 1072

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1072.

Africa

Almoravid dynasty – Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1061–1106)
Fatimid Caliphate – al-Mustansir Billah (1036–1094)
Hammadid dynasty – Nasir ibn Alnas (1062–1088)
Ifriqiya (Zirid dynasty) – Tamim ibn al-Mu'izz (1062–1108)
Wagadou (Ghana Empire) – Tunka Manin (1062–1076)

Americas

Asia

Byzantine Empire – Michael VII Doukas (Μιχαήλ Ζ' Δούκας Παραπινάκης) (1067–1078)
China (Northern Song dynasty) – Emperor Shenzong (1067–1085)
Chola dynasty – Kulothunga Chola I (1070–1120)
Japan (Heian period) –
- Monarch – Emperor Go-Sanjō (1068–1073)
- Regent (Kampaku) – Fujiwara no Norimichi, Kampaku (1068–1075)
Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Munjong (1046–1083)
Liao dynasty (Khitan Empire) – Emperor Daozong (1055–1101)
Western Xia – Emperor Huizong (1067–1086)

Europe

Taifa of Alpuente – Ahmed Adad ed Dawlah (?-1092)
Duchy of Apulia – Robert Guiscard (1057–1085)
Kingdom of Aragon – Sancho I (1063–1094)
County of Barcelona – Ramon Berenguer I (1035–1076)
Duchy of Brittany – Hoël II (1066–1084)
Byzantine Empire – Michael VII Doukas (Μιχαήλ Ζ' Δούκας Παραπινάκης) (1067–1078)
Kingdom of Castile
- Sancho II (1040–1072)
- Alfonso VI (1072–1109)
Kingdom of Croatia – Petar Krešimir IV (1058–1074)
Deheubarth
- Maredudd ab Owain ab Edwin (1063–1072)
- Rhys ab Owain (1072–1078)
Kingdom of Denmark – Sweyn II (1047–1076)
Kingdom of England – William I (1066–1087)
Kingdom of France – Philip I (1060–1108)
- County of Angoulême – Fulk (1048–1089)
- County of Anjou – Fulk IV (1067–1109)
- Duchy of Aquitaine – William VIII (1058–1086)
- County of Auvergne – Robert II (1064–1096)
- Barrois – Sophie, Countess of Bar (1033–1092)
- County of Blois – Theobald III (1037–1089)
- County of Champagne – Theobald I (1066–1089)
- County of Boulogne – Eustace II (1049–1093)
- County of Maine – Albert Azzo (1070–1073)
- County of Poitiers – William VIII (1058–1086)
- County of Toulouse – William IV (c. 1061- c. 1093)
Kingdom of Gwent – Caradog ap Gruffydd (1063–1081)
Kingdom of Gwynedd – Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (1063–1075)
Holy Roman Empire – Henry IV (1056–1105)
- Margraviate of Baden – Berthold I (1061–1073)
- Duchy of Bavaria – Welf I (1070–1101)
- Margraviate of Austria – Ernest (1055–1075)
- Duchy of Bohemia – Vratislaus II of Bohemia (1061–1085; king, 1085–1092)
- Duchy of Burgundy – Robert I (1032–1076)
- Duchy of Carinthia – Berthold (1061–1077)
- County of Flanders – Robert I (1070–1092)
- County of Hainaut – Baldwin II (1071–1098)
- Prince-Bishopric of Liège – Theodwin of Liège (1048–1075)
- Duchy of Lorraine – Theodoric II (1070–1115)
- Duchy of Lower Lorraine – Godfrey IV (1069–1076)
- County of Provence – Bertrand II (1063–1093)
- Duchy of Saxony – Magnus (1072–1106)
- Duchy of Styria – Adalbero (1064–1082)
- Duchy of Swabia – Rudolf of Rheinfelden (1057–1079)
- Bishopric of Utrecht – William I (1054–1076)
- County of West Friesland – Dirk V (1061–1091)
Kingdom of Hungary – Solomon (1063–1074)
Ireland – Toirdelbach Ua Briain, High King of Ireland (1055–1086)
Kingdom of the Isles – Fingal mac Gofraid (1070–1079)
Kievan Rus' – Iziaslav (1056–1073)
Kingdom of León – Alfonso VI (1065–1109)
March of Montferrat – Otto II (c.1042–c.1084)
Kingdom of Navarre – Sancho V (1063–1094)
Principality of Nitra – Géza, Duke of Nitra (1064–1074)
Duchy of Normandy – William the Bastard (1035–1087)
Kingdom of Norway – Olav Kyrre (1066–1093)
Duchy of Poland – Bolesław II the Generous (1058–1076)
Duchy of Pomerania – Zemuzil (1046–1106)
County of Savoy – Amadeus II (1060–1080)
Kingdom of Scotland – Malcolm III (1058–1093)
Serbia (Duklja) – Mihajlo I (1050/1055–1080)
County of Sicily – Roger I (1071–1101)
Kingdom of Sweden – Håkan the Red (1070–1079)
Taifa of Valencia – Al-Mamun of Toledo
Republic of Venice – Domenico Selvo, Doge of Venice (1071–1084)

Middle East

Abbasid Caliphate – Al-Qa'im (1031–1075)
Byzantine Empire – Michael VII Doukas (1067–1078)
Seljuk Empire

Alp Arslan (1063–1072)
Malik-Shah I (1072–1092)

Sultanate of Kerman – Qawurd (1041–1073)