List of state leaders in 1745

See also
List of state leaders in 1744 Events of 1745 List of state leaders in 1746 State leaders by year List of colonial governors in 1745

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1745.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750)
• Bunyoro – Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731–c.1782)
• Comorros (Sultan of the Comorros) - Saidi Ahamd (c. 1741-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 –
  1. Mageba kaPhunga, King of the Zulu (1727–1745)
  2. Ndaba kaMageba, King of the Zulu (1745–1763)

Asia

• Ayutthaya Kingdom - Boromma Kot (1733–1758)
• Brunei -
  1. Muhammad Alauddin (1730–1745)
  2. Hussin Kamaluddin (1705–1730, 1745–1762)
• Cambodia - Thommo Reachea II
• China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Sakuramachi, Emperor of Japan (1735–1747)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) –
    1. Tokugawa Yoshimune, Shogun of Japan (1716–1745)
    2. Tokugawa Ieshige, Shogun of Japan (1745–1760)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom – Shō Kei, King of Ryūkyū (1713–1751)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724–1776)
• Maldives (Sultan of the Maldives) - Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar II (1720–1750)
• Nagpur Kingdom - Raghoji I Bhonsle, King of Nagpur (1739-1755)
• Perak
  • Upper Perak- Sultan Muzaffar Shah III Ibni Almarhum Yang Dipertuan Muda Mansur Shah (1728–1752)
  • Lower Perak- Sultan Muhammad Shah Ibni Almarhum Yang Dipertuan Muda Mansur Shah (1744–1750)
• Selangor (Sultan of Selangor) - Sultan Salahuddin Shah (1745–1778)
• Sulu Sultanate -Azim ud-Din I
• Terengganu Sultan of Terengganu - Mansur Shah I (1733–1793)
• Vietnam - Lê Hiển Tông (1740–1786)

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 – Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1743–1754)
• Holy Roman Empire –
  1. Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1742–1745)
  2. Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745–1765)
• Electors
  • Bavaria – Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria (1745–1777)
  • 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)
  • Mainz – Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1743–1763)
  • 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)
  • Electorate of the 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 – Ernst Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1745–1780)
  • Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1706–1763)
  • Saxe-Weimar – Ernst August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1728–1748)
  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Johann Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1744–1767)
  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Heinrich XXXVIII, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1740–1758)
  • Speyer – Franz Christoph von Hutzen zu Stolzenberg, Prince-Bishop of Speyer (1743–1770)
  • 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, Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1744–1763, Count 1729–1744)
  • Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
  • Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
  • 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 – Theresia Wilhelmine von Pollheim-Winkelhausen, Princess-Abbess of Lindau (1743–1757)
  • 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 – Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz (1744–1784)
  • 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)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Mahmud I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730–1754)
  • Grand Vizier – Said Hasan Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1742–1746)
• Papal States - Pope Benedict XIV (1740–1758)
• 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)
• Tuscany – Francis Stephen, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1737–1765)
• 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 –
  1. Abdallah III, Sultan of Morocco (1740–1745)
  2. Zin al-Abidin, Sultan of Morocco (1745)
  3. Abdallah IV, Sultan of Morocco (1745–1757)
• Oman - Ahmed bin Said (1744–1778)
• Persia - Nader Shah (1736–1747)
• Tunis – Ali I, Bey of Tunis (1735–1756)
• Yemen - Al-Mansur al-Husayn II, Imam of Yemen (1727–1748)