List of state leaders in 1728

1727 state leaders – Events of 1728 – 1729 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750)
• Bunyoro – Olimi III, Omukama of Bunyoro (c.1710–1731)
• Dahomey – Agadja, King of Dahomey (1708–1732)
• Ethiopia – Bakaffa, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1721–1730)
• Nkore – Macwa, Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1727–c.1755)
• Zulu – Mageba kaPhunga, King of the Zulu (1727–1745)

Asia

• China (Qing Dynasty) – Yongzheng, Emperor of China (1723–1735)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Nakamikado, Emperor of Japan (1709–1735)
  • 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 – Frederick IV, King of Denmark (1699–1730)
  • Prime Minister – Ulrik Adolf, Grand Chancellor of Denmark (1721–1730)
• 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)
• Holy Roman Empire – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–1740)
• Electors
  • Bavaria – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Elector of Bavaria (1726–1745)
  • Bohemia –
  • Brandenburg – Frederick William I of Prussia, (as Frederick William II, Elector of Brandenburg), (1713–1740)
  • Cologne – Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1723–1761)
  • Hanover – Georg II, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1727–1760)
  • Mainz –
  • Saxony –
  • Trier –
• 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 –
  • Arenberg – Leopold, Duke of Arenberg (1691–1754
  • Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713–1783)
  • Augsburg –
  • Austria –
  • Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1707–1761)
  • Baden-Durlach –
  • Bamberg –
  • Berchtesgaden –
  • Brandenburg-Ansbach – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1723–1757)
  • Brandenburg-Bayreuth –
  • Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel –
  • Constance –
  • Corvey –
  • Eichstätt –
  • Ellwangen –
  • Freising – Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Freising (1727–1763)
  • Fulda – Amandus von Buseck –
  • 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 –
  • Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) –
  • Hildesheim – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim (1724–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Hohenzollern-Hechingen –
  • Holstein-Glückstadt –
  • Holstein-Gottorp –
  • 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 –
  • 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 –
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken –
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach –
  • 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 –
  • Salm-Salm –
  • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld –
  • Saxe-Gotha –
  • 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 –
  • Speyer –
  • Strassburg – Guillaume Gaston I Cardinal de Rohan-Soubise, Prince-Bishop of Strassburg (1704–1749)
  • Worms –
  • Württemberg –
  • Würzburg –

• Counts and Prelates
  • Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1727–1772)
  • Bentheim –
  • Bentheim-Steinfurt –
  • 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 –
  • Hesse-Homburg –
  • Hohenlohe-Bartenstein –
  • 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 –
  • 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 –
  • Lippe-Detmold –
  • Lippe-Weissenfeld –
  • Nassau-Saarbrücken –
  • Nassau-Usingen – Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1718–1775)
  • Nassau-Weilburg –
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen –
  • Quedlinburg – Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710–1755)
  • Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1711–1747)
  • Reuss-Gera –
  • Reuss-Lobenstein –
  • Reuss-Obergreiz – Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Obergreiz (1723–1768)
  • Reuss-Schleiz –
  • Reuss-Untergreiz –
  • Salm-Dhaun –
  • Salm-Dyck – Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1711–1747)
  • Salm-Grumbach – Karl Walrad Wilhelm, Count of Salm-Grumbach (1727–1763)
  • Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716–1779)
  • Salm-Reifferscheid –
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg –
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein –
  • Schaumburg-Lippe, Albrecht Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1728–1748)
  • Stolberg-Rossla –
  • Stolberg-Stolberg –
  • 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 –

• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Ahmed III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1703–1730)
  • Grand Vizier – Nevsehirli Damad Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1718–1730)
• Portugal – John V, King of Portugal (1706–1750)
• Prussia – Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1713–1740)
• Russia – Peter II, Tsar of Russia (1727–1730)
• Spain – Philip V, King of Spain (1700–1724, 1724–1746)
• Sweden – Age of Liberty
  • Monarch – Frederick I, King of Sweden (1720–1751)
  • Prime Minister – Arvid Horn, President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710–1738)
• Tuscany – Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1723–1737)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Grand Pensionary of Holland – Simon van Slingelandt (1727–1736)
    • Friesland – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711–1751)
    • Guelders – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Guelders (1722–1751)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco –
  1. Abu'l Abbas Ahmad II, Sultan of Morocco (1727–1728)
  2. Abdalmalik, Sultan of Morocco (1728)
  3. Abu'l Abbas Ahmad II, Sultan of Morocco (1728–1729)