List of state leaders in 1072

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

Africa

• Almoravids - Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1061–1106)
• Fatimid Caliphate - Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah (1036–1094)
• Hammadids - an-Nasir ibn Alnas (1062–1088)
• Ifriqiya (Zirid) – Tamim ibn al-Muizz (1062–1108)
• Wagadou (Ghana Empire) - Tunka Manin (1062–1076)

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 (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 - Hoel (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, Prince of Deheubarth (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 - Vratislav 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)
  • 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)
  • West Friesland - Dirk V, Count of West Friesland (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)
• 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)
• Seljuq Empire

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

• Sultanate of Kerman - Qawurd (1041–1073)