 ==africa== *cayor â detie fu ndiogu *ethiopian empire â gelawdewos (1540&ndash;1559) *kingdom of kongo â diogo i, manikongo (1545&ndash;1561) *sennar sultanate â nayil (1533/4 - 1550/1) *songhai empire â *#askia ishaq i, askia of the songhai empire (1539&ndash;1549) *#askia daoud, askia of the songhai empire (1549&ndash;1582) ==asia== *aceh sultanate, alauddin al-kahar (1539â1571) *ahom kingdom â suklenmung (1539â1552) *arakkal kingdom â ali raja ali, raja of arakkal (1545â1591) *china (ming dynasty) - jiajing emperor (1521&ndash;1567) *jaffna kingdom â cankili i (1519â1561) * japan (sengoku period) ** monarch â emperor go-nara (1526&ndash;1557) ** ashikaga shogunate - ashikaga yoshiteru (1546&ndash;1565) *joseon (korea) â myeongjong (1545&ndash;1567) *mongolia (northern yuan dynasty) - darayisung gÃ¶deng khan, mongol khan (1547â1557) *mughal empire â ibrahim sur (1545&ndash;1555) *ryukyu kingdom â shÅ sei (1527&ndash;1555) *sultanate of sulu â sultan nasir ud-din i (1548â1568) *vijayanagara empire â rama raya (1542&ndash;1565) ==europe== *kingdom of denmark and norway â christian iii (1534&ndash;1559) **duchy of schleswig â adolphus (1544&ndash;1586), christian iii (1523&ndash;1559), and john ii (1544&ndash;1580) in condominial rule *kingdom of england â edward vi (1547&ndash;1553) *kingdom of france â henry ii (1547&ndash;1559) *holy roman empire â charles v (1519&ndash;1556) **duchy of holstein â adolphus (1544&ndash;1586), christian iii (1523&ndash;1559), and john ii (1544&ndash;1580) in condominial rule *hungary - **royal hungary â ferdinand i (1526&ndash;1564) **eastern hungarian kingdom â john ii sigismund zÃ¡polya (1540&ndash;1571) *kingdom of navarre â henry ii d'albret (1516&ndash;1555) *ottoman (turkish) empire â suleiman the magnificent (1520&ndash;1566) *papal states â pope paul iii (1534&ndash;1549) *[[kingdom of poland (13
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