List of state leaders in 1585

1584 state leaders - Events of 1585 - 1586 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (1563-1597)
*Kongo - Álvaro I, Manikongo (1568 - 1587)
*Sennar -
*#Dakin (1568 - 1585/6)
*#Dawra (1585/6-1587/8)
*Songhai Empire - Askia Al-Hajj, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1582-1586)

Asia

*Bukhara - Abdullah Khan II, Khan of Bukhara (1577-1598)
*China (Ming Dynasty) - Wanli, Emperor of China (1573-1620)
*Dai Viet - Lê Thế Tông, Emperor of Dai Viet (1573-1599)
**Đàng Ngoài - Trịnh Tùng, Trịnh Lord (1570-1623)
**Đàng Trong - Nguyễn Hoàng, Nguyễn Lord (1558–1613)
* Japan
** Monarch - Ogimachi, Emperor of Japan (1557-1586)
** "de facto" - Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598)
** Regent (Kampaku) - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Sessho and Kampaku (1585-1598)
*Khiva - Haji Muhammad I, Khan of Khiva (1558-1602)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seonjo, King of Joseon (1567-1608)
*Mughal Empire - Akbar, Mughal Emperor (1556-1605)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Ei, King of Ryūkyū (1573-1586)

Europe

*Denmark-Norway - Frederick II, King of Denmark and King of Norway (1559-1588)
*England - Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1558 - 1603)
*France - Henry III, King of France (1574-1589)
*Holy Roman Empire - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1576-1612)
*Hungary - Rudolf I, King of Hungary (1576-1608)
* Navarre - Henry III of Navarre, King of Navarre (1572-1610)
*Papal States
**Gregory XIII, Pope (1572-1585)
**Sixtus V, Pope (1585-1590)
*Poland - Stefan Batory, King of Poland (1575-1586)
*Russia
**Tsar - Feodor I (1584-1598)
**Regent - Boris Godunov (1584-1598)
*Scotland - James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625)
*Spain and Portugal - Philip II (1556-1598)
*Sweden - John III, King of Sweden (1568-1592)
* United Provinces
**Estates of Brabant, Flanders, Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581-1795)
**Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, governor of the Netherlands (for queen Elizabeth I of England)
** Stadtholder - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland (1585 - 1625)
*Venice -
*#Nicolò da Ponte, Doge of Venice (1578-1585)
*#Pasqual Cicogna, Doge of Venice (1585-1595)

Middle East and North Africa

*Morocco - Ahmad I al-Mansur Saadi, Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (1578-1603)
* Ottoman Empire - Murad III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1574-1595)
*Safavid Empire - Mohammed Khodabanda Shah of Iran (1578-1587)