List of state leaders in 1238

1237 state leaders - Events of 1238 - 1239 state leaders - State leaders by year

Asia

• China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Emperor Lizong (1224–1264)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) - Gojong (1213–1259)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Shijō (1232–1242)
  • Shogun (Kamakura) - Kujō Yoritsune (1226–1244)
  • Shikken - Hōjō Yasutoki (1224–1242)
• Khmer Empire - Indravarman II (1220–1243)
• Mongol Empire - Ögedei Khan (1229–1241)
• Kingdom of Pagan - Kyaswa (1234–1250)

Europe

• Principality of Achaea - Geoffrey II Villehardouin (c. 1228–1246)
• County of Angoulême - Hugh I (1218–1249)
• Kingdom of Aragon - James I (1213–1276)
• Duchy of Brittany - John I (1237–1286)
• Bulgarian Empire - Ivan Asen II, Tsar of Bulgaria (1218–1241)
• Crown of Castile - Ferdinand III (1217–1252)
• County of Champagne - Theobald IV (1201–1253)
• Kingdom of Denmark - Valdemar II (1202–1241)
• Kingdom of England - Henry III (1216–1272)
• County of Flanders - Jeanne (1205–1244)
• Kingdom of France - Louis IX (1226–1270)
• Kingdom of Gwynedd - Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd (1194–1240)
• Holy Roman Empire - Frederick II (1220–1250)
  • Duchy of Bohemia - Wenceslaus I (1230–1253)
  • County of Holland - William II (1234–1256)
• Kingdom of Hungary - Béla IV (1235–1270)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Mindaugas (1236–1253)
• Kingdom of Navarre - Theobald I (1235–1253)
• Kingdom of Norway - Haakon IV (1217–1263)
• Duchy of Poland -
  1. Henry I, High Duke of Poland (1232–1238)
  2. Henry II, High Duke of Poland (1238–1241)
• Kingdom of Portugal - Sancho II (1223–1247)
• Kingdom of Scotland - Alexander II (1214–1249)
• Kingdom of Sweden - Eric XI (1222–1229, 1234–1250)

Middle East and North Africa

• Almohad Caliphate - Abdul-Wahid II (1232–1242)
• Principality of Antioch - Bohemond V (1233–1252)
• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia - Hethum I (1226–1270)
• Kingdom of Cyprus - Henry I (1218–1253)
• Sultanate of Damascus (Ayyubid dynasty) -
  1. Al-Kamil (1237–1238)
  2. Al-Adil II (1238–1239)
• Egypt (Ayyubid dynasty) -
  1. Al-Kamil (1218–1238)
  2. Al-Adil II (1238–1240)
• Sultanate of Rûm - Kaykhusraw II (1237–1246)