List of state leaders in 1526
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This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1526.
Africa
- Kingdom of Baguirmi – Birni Besse (1522–1536)
- Ethiopian Empire – Dawit II (1508–1540)
- Kingdom of Kongo – Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509–1542)
- Sennar Sultanate – Amara Dunqas (1503–1533/4)
- Songhai Empire – Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)
- Wolof Empire – Bukaar Biye-Sungule (1492–1527)
Americas
- Inca Empire – Huayna Capac (1493–1527)
- Muisca Confederation
- zipa - Tisquesusa (1514–1537)
- zaque - Quemuenchatocha (1490–1538)
Asia
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate – Burhan Shah I (1510–1553)
- Ahom Kingdom – Suhungmung (1497–1539)
- Ava Kingdom – Shwenankyawshin (1501–1527)
- Bengal Sultanate – Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (1519–1533)
- Berar Sultanate – Aladdin Imad Shah (1504–1529)
- Bijapur Sultanate – Ismail Adil Shah (1510–1534)
- Sultanate of Brunei – Abdul Kahar (1524–1530)
- China (Ming dynasty) - Jiajing Emperor (1521–1567)
- Kingdom of Cochin – Unniraman Koyikal II (1503–1537)
- Japan (Sengoku period)
- Monarch -
- Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1500–1526)
- Emperor Go-Nara (1526–1557)
- Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1521–1546)
- Monarch -
- Kengtung – Hpaya Kiao, ruled (1523–1560)
- Joseon (Korea) – Jungjong (1506–1544)
- Sultanate of Maguindanao – Sharif Kabungsuwan (1520–1543)
- Persia (Safavid Empire) - Tahmasp I (1525–1576)
- Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)
- Khanate of Sibir – Kuluk (1502–1530)
Europe
- Kingdom of Denmark–Norway – Frederick I (1523–1533)
- Duchy of Schleswig – Christian III (1523–1559) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
- Kingdom of England – Henry VIII (1509–1547)
- Kingdom of France – Francis I (1515–1547)
- Holy Roman Empire – Charles V (1519–1556)
- Duchy of Bavaria – William IV (1508–1550)
- Republic of Genoa – Antoniotto II Adorno, Doge of Genoa (1522–1527)
- Duchy of Holstein – Christian III (1523–1559) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
- Duchy of Naxos – John IV Crispo (1517–1564)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566)
- Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John III (1521–1557)
- Qasim Khanate – Canghali (1519–1531)
- Kingdom of Sweden – Gustav I Vasa (1521–1560)
- Republic of Venice – Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523–1538)