List of state leaders in 1739

1738 state leaders – Events of 1739 – 1740 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750)
• Dahomey – Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732–1774)
• Ethiopia – Iyasu II, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1730–1755)

Asia

• China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
• Hyderabad – Asaf Jah I, Nizam of Hyderabad (1720–1748)
• 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)
• Maratha Confederacy –
  • Monarch – Shahuji, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy (1707–1749)
  • Prime Minister – Baji Rao I, Peshwa (1719–1740)
• Mughal Empire – Muhammad Shah, Mughal Emperor (1720–1748)

Europe

• Denmark–Norway –
  • Monarch – Christian VI, King of Denmark (1730–1746)
  • Prime Minister – Johan Ludvig, Minister of State of Denmark (1735–1751)
• France –
  • Monarch – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
  • Chief Minister – Cardinal Fleury, Chief Minister of France (1726–1743)
• Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George II, King of Great Britain (1727–1760), also King of Ireland and Elector of Hanover
  • Prime Minister – Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1721–1742)
• Guastalla - Giuseppe Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla (1738–1746)
• Holy Roman Empire – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–1740)
  • Anhalt-Bernburg – Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1721–1765)
  • Anhalt-Dessau – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1693–1747)
  • Anhalt-Köthen – Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1728–1755)
  • Anhalt-Zerbst – John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1718–1742)
  • Augsburg – Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg, Bishop of Augsburg (1737–1740)
  • Austria – Emperor Charles VI, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Styria, etc. (1711–1740)
  • Austrian Netherlands –
    • Monarch – Emperor Charles VI, Duke of Brabant, Count of Flanders, etc. (1714–1740)
    • Governor-General – Archduchess Maria Elisabeth, Governor-General of the Austrian Netherlands (1724–1741)
  • Baden-Baden – Louis George Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1707–1761)
  • Baden-Durlach – Charles Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738–1811)
  • Bamberg – Friedrich Karl von Schönborn, Bishop of Bamberg (1729–1746), also Bishop of Würzburg
  • Bavaria – Charles Albert, Elector of Bavaria (1726–1745)
  • Bohemia – Emperor Charles VI, King of Bohemia (1711–1740), also Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary
  • Brandenburg – Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg (1713–1740), also King of Prussia
  • Brandenburg-Ansbach – Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1723–1757)
  • Brandenburg-Bayreuth – Frederick IX, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1735–1763)
  • Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735–1780)
  • Cologne – Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop of Cologne (1723–1761), also Bishop of Hildesheim, Münster, Osnabrück, and Paderborn, and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
  • Hanover – George II, Elector of Hanover, also King of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Hesse-Darmstadt –
    1. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1678–1739)
    2. Louis 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, Bishop of Hildesheim (1723–1761), also Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Münster, Osnabrück, and Paderborn, and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
  • Holstein-Glückstadt – Christian VI, Duke of Holstein-Glückstadt (1730–1746)
  • Holstein-Gottorp –
    1. Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1702–1739)
    2. Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1739–1762)
  • Liège – Georges-Louis de Berghes, Bishop of Liège (1724–1743)
  • Lübeck – Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, Bishop of Lübeck (1727–1750)
  • Mainz – Philipp Karl von Eltz, Archbishop of Mainz (1732–1743)
  • Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Charles Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1713–1747)
  • Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1708–1752)
  • Münster – Clemens August of Bavaria, Bishop of Münster (1719–1761), also Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim, Osnabrück, and Paderborn, and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
  • Osnabrück – Clemens August of Bavaria, Bishop of Osnabrück (1728–1761), also Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim, Münster, and Paderborn, and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
  • Paderborn – Clemens August of Bavaria, Bishop of Paderborn (1719–1761), also Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim, Münster, and Osnabrück, and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
  • Palatinate – Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1716–1742)
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach – Charles Theodore, Duke of Sulzbach (1733–1799)
  • Palatinate-Zweibrücken – Christian IV, Duke of Zweibrücken (1735–1775)
  • Salzburg – Leopold Anton von Firmian, Archbishop of Salzburg (1727–1744)
  • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1729–1745)
  • Saxe-Eisenach – William Henry, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1729–1741)
  • Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg – Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1732–1772)
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1724–1745)
  • Saxe-Meiningen – Charles Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1729–1743)
  • Saxe-Weimar – Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1728–1748)
  • Saxony – Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony (1733–1763), also King of Poland
  • Speyer – Hugo Damian von Schönborn, Bishop of Speyer (1719–1743)
  • Teutonic Order – Clemens August of Bavaria, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1723–1761), also Archbishop of Cologne and Bishop of Hildesheim, Münster, Osnabrück, and Paderborn
  • Trent – Anton Dominik von Thun, Bishop of Trent (1730–1748)
  • Trier – Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop of Trier (1729–1756), also Bishop of Worms and Provost of Ellwangen
  • Worms – Franz Georg von Schönborn, Bishop of Worms (1732–1756), also Archbishop of Trier and Provost of Ellwangen
  • Württemberg – Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1737–1793)
  • Würzburg – Friedrich Karl von Schönborn, Bishop of Würzburg (1729–1746), also Bishop of Bamberg
• Hungary – Charles III, King of Hungary (1711–1740), also Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia
• Ireland – George II, King of Ireland (1727–1760), also King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover
• Lorraine – Stanislaus, Duke of Lorraine (1737–1766)
• Modena – Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (1737–1780)
• Naples – Charles VII, King of Naples (1734–1759), also King of Sicily
• Papal States – Pope Clement XII, Bishop of Rome (1730–1740)
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – Augustus III, King of Poland (1733–1763), also Elector of Saxony
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Mahmud I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730–1754)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Yegen Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1737–1739)
    2. Haci Ivazzade Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1739–1740)

• Portugal – John V, King of Portugal (1706–1750)
• Prussia – Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1713–1740), also Elector of Brandenburg
• Russia – Anna, Empress of Russia (1730–1740)
• Sardinia – Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia (1730–1773)
• Sicily – Charles V, King of Sicily (1734–1759), also King of Naples
• 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 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Lantmarskalk of the Riksdag of the Estates (1738–1739)
• 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 (province) – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Groningen (1729–1751)
    • Guelders – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Guelders (1722–1751)
• Venice – Alvise Pisani, Doge of Venice (1735–1741)
• Wallachia – Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia (1735–1741)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco – Al-Mostadi, Sultan of Morocco (1738–1740)
• Persia – Nader Shah, Shah of Persia (1736–1747)
• Tunis – Ali I, Bey of Tunis (1735–1756)