List of state leaders in 1570

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1570.

Africa

• Ajuran Sultanate -
• Ethiopian Empire – Sarsa Dengel (1563–1597)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Álvaro I, Manikongo (1568–1587)
• Sultanate of Sennar – Dakin (1568–1585/6)
• Songhai Empire – Askia Daoud, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1549–1582)

Asia

• Aceh Sultanate, Alauddin al-Kahar (1539–1571)
• Arakkal kingdom – Ali Raja Ali, Raja of Arakkal (1545–1591)
• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – Maha Thammaracha (1569–1590)
• Banten Sultanate, Hasanudin (1552–1570)
• Sultanate of Brunei – Abdul Kahar (1521–1575)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Longqing Emperor (1567–1572)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Ōgimachi (1557–1586)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1568–1573)
  • de facto - Oda Nobunaga (1536–1598)
• Korea (Joseon dynasty) – Seonjo (1567–1608)
• Mughal Empire – Akbar (1556–1605)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Gen (1556–1572)
• Philippines (Las islas Filipinas)

• Martín Enríquez de Almanza, Viceroy of New Spain (1568–1580)
• El Adelantado Miguel López de Legazpi, Governor General and Captain General of the Philippines (1565–1572)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Frederick II (1559–1588).
• Kingdom of England – Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
• Kingdom of France – Charles IX (1560–1574)
• Holy Roman Empire – Maximilian II (1564–1576)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – Henry III (1567–1585)
  • Duchy of Mantua – Guglielmo Gonzaga (1550–1587)
  • Duchy of Modena – Alfonso II (1559–1597)
  • Duchy of Parma – Ottavio Farnese (1549–1586)
  • Duchy of Savoy – Emmanuel Philibert, (1553–1580)
  • Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Cosimo I de' Medici (1569–1574)
• Hungary -
  • Royal Hungary – Maximilian I (1564–1570)
  • Principality of Transylvania – John II Sigismund Zápolya (1540–1571)
• Moldavia – Bogdan IV, Voivode of Moldavia (1568–1572)
• Kingdom of Naples – Philip II (1556–1598)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Jeanne d'Albret (1555–1572)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Selim II (1566–1574)
• Papal States – Pope Pius V (1566–1572)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Sigismund II Augustus (1548–1572)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Sebastian (1557–1578)
• Duchy of Prussia – Albert Frederick (1568–1618)
• Tsardom of Russia - Ivan IV, the Terrible, Tsar of Russia (1547–1584)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James VI (1567–1625)
• Kingdom of Spain – Philip II (1556–1598)
• Kingdom of Sweden – John III (1568–1592)
• Republic of Venice –
  1. Pietro Loredan, Doge of Venice (1567–1570)
  2. Alvise I Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1570–1577)
• Wallachia – Alexander II Mircea, Voivode of Wallachia (1568–1574)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco (Saadi dynasty) - Abdallah al-Ghalib (1557–1574)
• Safavid Empire – Tahmasp I, Shah of Iran (1524–1576)