List of state leaders in 1520

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1520.

Africa

Ethiopian Empire – Lebna Dengel (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, Emperor (1492–1527)

Americas

Aztec Empire –
1. Moctezuma II (1502–1520)
2. Cuitláhuac (1520)
3. Cuauhtémoc (1520–1521)
Inca Empire – Huayna Capac (1493–1527)
Muisca Confederation
- zipa - Tisquesusa (1514–1537)
- zaque - Quemuenchatocha (1490–1538)

Asia

Ahmadnagar Sultanate – Burhan Shah I, Sultan of Ahmadnagar (1510–1553)
Ahom Kingdom – Suhungmung(1497–1539)
Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – Ramathibodi II (1491–1529)
Bengal Sultanate – Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (1519–1533)
Bijapur Sultanate – Ismail Adil Shah (1510–1534)
China (Ming dynasty) - Zhengde Emperor (1505–1521)
Kingdom of Cochin – Unniraman Koyikal II (1503–1537)
Delhi Sultanate - Ibrahim Lodi (1517–1526)
Golconda Sultanate – Quli Qutb Mulk (1518–1543)
Japan (Sengoku period)
- Monarch – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1500–1526)
- Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshitane (1508–1521)
Khanate of Khiva – Ilbars I (1515–1525)
Joseon (Korea) – Jungjong (1506–1544)
Persia (Safavid Empire) - Ismail I (1501–1525)
Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)
Sunda Kingdom – Sri Baduga Maharaja (1482–1521)
Tibet - Ngawang Tashi Drakpa (1499-1554)
Vijayanagara Empire – Krishnadevaraya (1509–1529)
Yemen – Amar ben Da'ud (1517–1526)

Europe

Kingdom of Aragon – Charles I (1516–1556)
Astrakhan Khanate – Qasim II (1504–1534)
Kingdom of Castile – Joanna (1504–1555), and Charles I, co-regents (1516–1556)
Kingdom of Denmark – Christian II (1513–1523)
- Duchy of Schleswig – Christian II (1513–1523) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
Kingdom of England – Henry VIII (1509–1547)
Kingdom of France – Francis I (1515–1547)
- Duchy of Bourbon – Charles III and Suzanne (1505–1521)
- Duchy of Brittany – Francis I of France and Claude (1514–1524)
- County of Flanders – Charles III (1506–1555)
Holy Roman Empire – Charles V (1519–1556)
- Duchy of Bavaria – William IV and Louis X (1508–1545)
- Kingdom of Bohemia – Louis (1516–1526)
- Electorate of Brandenburg – Joachim I (1499–1535)
- Duchy of Cleves – John II (1481–1521)
- Electorate of Cologne – Hermann of Wied (1515–1546)
- Republic of Florence – Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, de facto ruler (1519–1523)
- Duchy of Guelders – Charles II (1492–1538)
- Landgraviate of Hesse – Philip I (1509–1567)
- Duchy of Holstein – Christian II (1513–1523) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
- Duchy of Jülich-Berg – John (1511–1539)
- Duchy of Lorraine – Antoine (1508–1544)
- Electorate of Mainz – Albert of Brandenburg (1514–1545)
- Margravate of Mantua – Federico II Gonzaga (1519–1540)
- Duchy of Milan, Francis I of France (1515–1521)
- Duchy of Modena – Alfonso I d'Este (1505–1534)
- March of Montferrat – Boniface IV (1518–1530)
- Electorate of the Palatinate – Louis V (1508–1544)
- Marquisate of Saluzzo – Michele Antonio del Vasto (1504–1528)
- Duchy of Savoy – Charles III (1504–1553)
- Duchy of Saxony – George (1500–1539)
- Electorate of Saxony – Frederick III (1486–1525)
- Electorate of Trier – Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads (1511–1531)
Kingdom of Hungary – Louis II (1516–1526)
Khanate of Kazan – Shahghali (1518–1521)
Moldavia – Stefan IV, Voivode of Moldavia (1517–1527)
Knights of Rhodes – Fabrizio del Carretto, Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (1513–1521)
Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
Grand Duchy of Moscow – Vasili III (1505–1533)
Kingdom of Naples – Charles IV (1516–1554)
Kingdom of Navarre – Henri II d'Albret (1517–1555)
Kingdom of Norway – Christian II (1513–1523)
Ottoman Empire
1. Selim I (1512–1520)
2. Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566)
- Crimean Khanate – Mehmed I Giray (1515–1523)
- Principality of Moldavia – Stephen IV (1517–1527)
- Principality of Wallachia – Neagoe Basarab (1512–1521)
Papal States – Pope Leo X (1513–1521)
- Duchy of Ferrara – Alfonso I d'Este (1505–1534)
- Duchy of Urbino – Francesco Maria I della Rovere (1508–1534)
Poland – Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Manuel I (1495–1521)
Kingdom of Scotland – James V (1513–1542)
Kingdom of Sicily – Charles II (1516–1554)
Kingdom of Sweden –
1. Sten Sture the Younger, Regent of Sweden (1512–1520)
2. Christian II, King of Sweden (1520–1521)
Teutonic Order – Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1510–1525)
- Livonian Order – Wolter von Plettenberg, Master of the Livonian Order (1494–1535)
Republic of Venice – Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (1501–1521)

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