List of state leaders in 1175

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1175.

Africa

• Almohad Caliphate – Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1163–1184)

Asia

• China (Jin/Jurchen dynasty) - Emperor Shizong (1161–1189)
• China (Southern Song dynasty) - Emperor Xiaozong (1162–1189)
• Japan (Heian period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Takakura (1168–1180)
  • Regent (Kampaku) - Fujiwara no Motofusa, Sesshō (1166–1173); Kampaku (1173–1179)
  • de facto - Taira no Kiyomori (1159–1181)
• Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - Chengtianhou (1164–1178)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Myeongjong (1170–1197)
• Western Xia – Emperor Renzong (1139–1193)
• Sultanate of Rûm – Kilij Arslan II (1156–1192)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Alfonso II (1162–1196)
• Kingdom of Castile – Alfonso VIII (1158–1214)
• Kingdom of England – Henry II (1154–1189)
• Kingdom of France – Louis VII (1137–1180)
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick I Barbarossa (1155–1190)
  • County of Holland – Floris III (1157–1190)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Béla III (1172–1196)
• Kingdom of Portugal
  • Monarch – Afonso I (1139–1185)
  • Co-regent – Infante Sancho (1169–1185)
  • Co-regent – Infanta Theresa (1169–1184)
• Kingdom of Scotland – William the Lion (1165–1214)
• Serbian Grand Principality – Stefan Nemanja (1168–1196)
• Kingdom of Sicily – William II (1166–1189)