List of state leaders in 1742

1741 state leaders - Events of 1742 - 1743 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

* Ashanti Confederacy - Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720-1750)
* Bunyoro - Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731-c.1782)
* Dahomey - Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732-1774)
* Ethiopia - Iyasu II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1730-1755)
* Nkore - Macwa, Omugabe of Nkole (c.1727-c.1755)
*Zulu - Mageba kaPhunga, King of the Zulu (1727-1745)

Asia

* China (Qing Dynasty) - Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
* Japan
**Monarch - Sakuramachi, Emperor of Japan (1735-1747)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Yoshimune, Shogun of Japan (1716-1745)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Kei, King of Ryūkyū (1713-1751)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724-1776)

Europe

* Denmark–Norway -
** Monarch - Christian VI, King of Denmark (1730-1746)
** Prime Minister - Johan Ludvig, Minister of State of Denmark (1735-1751)
*France - Louis XV, King of France (1715-1774)
* Great Britain -
**Monarch - George II, King of Great Britain (1727-1760)
**Prime Minister -
**#Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1721-1742)
**#Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1742-1743)
*Holy Roman Empire - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1742-1745)
* Electors
** Bavaria -
** Bohemia - Maria Theresa, Queen of Bohemia (1740-1780)
** Brandenburg - Friedrich II of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg (1740-1786)
** Cologne - Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1723-1761)
** Hanover - Georg II, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1727-1760) "also King of Great Britain"
** Mainz -
** Saxony - Friedrich August II, Elector of Saxony (1733-1763)
** Trier - Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1729-1756)
*Princes
** Anhalt-Bernburg - Viktor Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1721-1765)
** Anhalt-Dessau - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1693-1747)
** Anhalt-Köthen - August Ludwig, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1728-1755)
** Anhalt-Zerbst - Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1742-1747)
** Arenberg - Leopold, Duke of Arenberg (1691-1754
** Auersperg - Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713-1783)
** Augsburg - Joseph, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1740-1768)
** Austria - Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria (1740-1780)
** Baden-Baden - Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1707-1761)
** Baden-Durlach - Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738-1771, ruled all of Baden 1771-1811)
** Bamberg -
** Berchtesgaden - Cajetan Anton von Notthaft, Prince-Provost of Berchtesgaden (1732-1752)
** Brandenburg-Ansbach - Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1723-1757)
** Brandenburg-Bayreuth - Friedrich IX, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1735-1763)
** Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel - Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735-1780)
** Constance - Damian Hugo Philipp Anton Cardinal Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Constance (1740-1753)
** Corvey - Kaspar II von Böselager-Hohneburg, Prince-Abbot of Corvey (1737-1758)
** Eichstätt - Johann Anton II von Friberg-Hoperferau, Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt (1736-1757)
** Ellwangen - Franz Georg von Schönborn-Buchheim, Prince-Provost of Ellwangen (1732-1756)
** Freising - Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Freising (1727-1763)
** Fulda - Amandus von Buseck, Prince-Abbot of Fulda (1737-1752, Bishop of Fulda 1752-1756)
** Fürstenberg - Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg (1716-1762, Count 1704-1716)
** Heitersheim - Philipp Wilhelm von Nesselrode, Prince and General Prior of the Order of St. John at Heitersheim (1728-1754)
** Hesse-Darmstadt - Ludwig VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1739-1768)
**Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) - Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, also "King of Sweden" (1730-1751)
** Hildesheim - Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim (1724-1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
** Hohenzollern-Hechingen - Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1735-1750)
** Holstein-Glückstadt -
** Holstein-Gottorp - Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1739-1762)
** Kempten - Anselm Reichlin von Meldegg, Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1728-1747)
** Lübeck - Adolf Friedrich, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck (1727-1750)
** Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1713-1747)
** Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1708-1752)
** Mergentheim - Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1732-1761)
** Münster - Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Münster (1723-1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
** Nassau-Orange - Wilhelm IV, Prince of Nassau-Orange (1711-1751)
** Oldenburg -
** Osnabrück - Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück (1728-1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
** Paderborn - Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Paderborn (1719-1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
** Palatinate - Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742-1799)
** Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken - Christian IV, Duke of Zweibrücken (1735-1775)
** Palatinate-Sulzbach - Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733-1799)
** Passau - Joseph Dominicus Franz Kilian von Lamberg, Prince-Bishop of Passau (1723-1761)
** Regensburg - Johann Theodor Cardinal of Bavaria, Bishop of Regensburg (1719-1763)
** Salm-Kyrburg - Johann XI, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (1742-1778)
** Salm-Salm - Nicholas Leopold, Prince of Salm-Salm (1738-1770)
** Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld - Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735-1764)
** Saxe-Gotha - Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1732-1772)
** Saxe-Hildburghausen -
** Saxe-Meiningen - Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1706-1763)
** Saxe-Weimar - Ernst August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1728-1748)
** Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt -
** Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - Heinrich XXXVIII, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1740-1758)
** Speyer -
** Strassburg - Guillaume Gaston I Cardinal de Rohan-Soubise, Prince-Bishop of Strassburg (1704-1749)
** Worms - Franz Georg von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Worms (1732-1756, also Archbishop-Elector of Trier)
** Württemberg - Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737-1793)
** Würzburg -

* Counts and Prelates
** Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym - Viktor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1727-1772)
** Bentheim - Friedrich Karl Philipp, Count of Bentheim (1731-1753)
** Bentheim-Steinfurt - Karl Paul Ernst, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1733-1780)
** Essen - Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726-1776)
** Gandersheim - Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713-1766)
** Gutenzell - Bernardina von Donnerberg, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1718-1747)
** Herford - Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, Princess-Abbess of Herford (1729-1750)
** Hesse-Homburg -
** Hohenlohe-Bartenstein - Karl Philipp Franz, Count of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein ( [1729] -1744)
** Hohenlohe-Langenburg - Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1715-1764, Prince 1764-1765)
** Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen -
** Hohenlohe-Öhringen - Johann Friedrich II, Count of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1702-1764, Prince 1764-1765)
** Hohenlohe-Weikersheim - Carl Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1702-1756)
** Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst - Philipp Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1744-1753, Count 1697-1744)
** Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - Joseph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715-1769)
** Hoogstraten - Nikolaus Leopold, Duke of Hoogstraten (1741-1770)
** Isenburg - Ernst Kasimir, Count of Isenburg (1708-1749)
** Isenburg-Birstein - Wolfgang Ernst I, Prince of Isenburg-Birstein 1711-1744. (1744-1754)
** Isenburg-Meerholz - Karl Friedrich, Count of Isenburg-Meerholz (1724-1774)
** Isenburg-Wächtersbach - Ferdinand Maximilian II, Count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach (1703-1755)
** Kaisersheim - Cölestin I Meermols, Prince-Abbot of Kaisersheim
** Käppel - Sophie Charlotte Kessel von Bottlenberg, Princess-Abbess of Käppel (1718-1748)
** Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim - Johann Franz, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim (1699-1750)
** Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim - Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (1698-1766)
** Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg - Friedrich Magnus, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg (1722-1756)
** Leiningen-Emichsburg - Carl Ludwig, Count of Leniningen-Emichsburg (1722-1747)
** Lindau -
** Lippe-Alverdissen - Friedrich Ernst, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen (1723-1749)
** Lippe-Biesterfeld - Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld *(1736-1781)
** Lippe-Detmold - Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold (1734-1749)
** Lippe-Weissenfeld - Ferdinand Johann, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1736-1781)
** Nassau-Saarbrücken - Wilhelm Heinrich, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1735-1768)
** Nassau-Usingen - Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1718-1775)
** Nassau-Weilburg - Karl August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1737-1753)
** Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen - Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739-1780)
** Quedlinburg - Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710-1755)
** Reuss-Ebersdorf - Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1711-1747)
** Reuss-Gera - Heinrich XXV, Count of Reuss-Gera (1735-1748)
** Reuss-Lobenstein - Heinrich II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (1739-1782)
** Reuss-Obergreiz - Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Obergreiz (1723-1768)
** Reuss-Schleiz -
** Reuss-Untergreiz - Heinrich III, Count of Reuss-Untergreiz (1733-1768)
** Salm-Dhaun - Christian Otto, Count ("Wild- und Rheingraf") of Salm-Dhaun (1742-1748)
** Salm-Dyck - August Eugen Bernhard, Count ("Altgraf") of Salm-Dyck (1727-1767)
** Salm-Grumbach - Karl Walrad Wilhelm, Count of Salm-Grumbach (1727-1763)
** Salm-Leuze - Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716-1779)
** Salm-Reifferscheid - Karl Anton Joseph, Count ("Altgraf") of Salm-Reifferscheid (1734-1755)
** Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg - Ludwig Ferdinand, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1741-1773)
** Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein - Karl Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1735-1756)
** Schaumburg-Lippe, Albrecht Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1728-1748)
** Stolberg-Rossla - Friedrich Botho, Count of Stolberg-Rossla (1739-1768)
** Stolberg-Stolberg - Christoph Ludwig II, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1738-1761)
** Stolberg-Wernigerode - Christian Ernst, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1710-1771)
** Waldeck-Pyrmont - Karl August Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck, Count of Pyrmont (1728-1763)
** Weingarten -
** Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen - Georg Hermann, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen (1720-1751)
** Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) - Georg Ernst Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) (1726-1765)
** Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) - Georg Karl I August Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) (1726-1787)
** Wied - Johann Friedrich Alexander, Count of Wied (1737-1784)

*Portugal - John V, King of Portugal (1706-1750)
* Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (1740-1786)
*Russia - Elizabeth Petrovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1741-1762)
*Spain - Philip V, King of Spain (1700-1724, 1724-1746)
* Sweden - Age of Liberty
**Monarch - Frederick I, King of Sweden, also "Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel" (1720-1751)
**Majority leader - Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg, Lantmarskalk of the Riksdag of the Estates (1742)
* United Provinces
**Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581-1795)
**Grand Pensionary of Holland - Anthonie van der Heim (1736-1746)
*** Friesland - Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711-1751)
*** Groningen - Willem IV, Stadtholder of Groningen (1729-1751)
*** Guelders - Willem IV, Stadtholder of Guelders (1722-1751)
*Venice - Pietro Grimani, Doge of Venice (1741-1752)

Middle East and North Africa

* Morocco - Abdallah III, Sultan of Morocco (1740-1745)
* Ottoman Empire
**Monarch - Mahmud I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730-1754)
**Grand Vizier -
*# Nisanci Haci Ahmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1740-1742)
*# Hekimoglu Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1742)
*# Said Hasan Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1742-1746)
* Tunis - Ali I, Bey of Tunis (1735-1756)