List of state leaders in 1712

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1712.

Africa

Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kofi Tutu I, Asantehene (1701–1717)
Kingdom of Dahomey – Agaja (1708–1732)
Ethiopian Empire – Yostos (1711–1716)
Kingdom of Kongo – João II, Manikongo of Kongo (1693–1717)
Merina Kingdom – Andriantsimitoviaminiandriana Andriandrazaka (1710–1730)
Nkore – Ntare IV Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1699–c.1727)
Kingdom of Nri – Eze Nri Ezimilo (1701–1723)

Asia

Akkalkot State – Fatehsinh I Raje Bhonsle, ruled 1707–1760
Aundh State – Parusharam Trimbak, Raja (1697–1718)
Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – Thai Sa (1709–1733)
Banganapalle State – Faiz Ali Khan, Nawab of Banganapalle (1689–1759)
Bhopal State - Dost Mohammad of Bhopal (1707-1728)^[1]
Bundi State – Rao Raja Budh Singh, Raja (1696–1735)
The Carnatic – Muhammed Saadatullah Khan I, Nawab of the Carnatic (1710–1732)
China (Qing dynasty) – Kangxi Emperor (1662–1722)
Hotak Empire - Mirwais Hotak (1709-1715)^[2]
Empire of Japan
- Monarch – Nakamikado (1709–1735)
- Tokugawa shogunate –
  1. Tokugawa Ienobu (1709–1712)
  2. Tokugawa Ietsugu (1712–1716)
- Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Eki (1710–1712)
Khanate of Kokand – Shahrukh Biy (1709–1721)
Joseon (Korea) – Sukjong (1674–1720)
Kingdom of Luang Phrabang –
Mughal Empire –
- Bahadur Shah I (1707–1712)
- Jahandar Shah (1712–1713)
  - Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung, Wazir (1712–1713)

Europe

Kingdom of Denmark–Norway –
- Monarch – Frederick IV (1699–1730)
- Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested (1708–1721)
Kingdom of France – Louis XIV (1643–1715)
Kingdom of Great Britain – Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1702–1714)
Holy Roman Empire – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–1740)
Electors
- Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian II Emanuel (1679–1726)
- Kingdom of Bohemia –
- Electorate of Brandenburg – Frederick I of Prussia, (as Frederick III) (1688–1713)
- Electorate of Cologne –
- Electorate of Hanover – George I of Great Britain, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire (1708–1727)
- Electorate of Mainz –
- Electorate of Saxony –
- Electorate of Trier –
Princes
- Anhalt-Bernburg –
- Principality of Anhalt-Dessau – Leopold I (1693–1747)
- Anhalt-Köthen –
- Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst –
- Duchy of Arenberg – Leopold (1691–1754)
- Principality of Auersperg –
- Augsburg –
- Austria –
- Margraviate of Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert (1707–1761)
- Margraviate of Baden-Durlach –
- Bishopric of Bamberg –
- Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden –
- Brandenburg-Ansbach –
- Brandenburg-Bayreuth –
- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel –
- Bishopric of Constance –
- Imperial Abbey of Corvey –
- Bishopric of Eichstätt –
- Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen –
- Prince-Bishopric of Freising –
- Imperial Abbey of Fulda –
- County of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Count of Fürstenberg (1704–1716)
- Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller, Heitersheim –
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt –
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel –
- Bishopric of Hildesheim –
- Hohenzollern-Hechingen –
- Duchy of Holstein-Glückstadt –
- Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp –
- Imperial Ducal Abbey of Kempten –
- Bishopric of Lübeck –
- Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin –
- Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolf Friedrich III (1708–1752)
- Mergentheim –
- Bishopric of Münster –
- Principality of Orange-Nassau – Wilhelm IV (1711–1751)
- Duchy of Oldenburg –
- Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück –
- Bishopric of Paderborn –
- Electorate of the Palatinate –
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken –
- Palatinate-Sulzbach –
- Passau –
- Bishopric of Regensburg –
- Salm-Kyrburg –
- Salm-Salm –
- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld –
- Saxe-Gotha –
- Saxe-Hildburghausen –
- Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich (1706–1763)
- Saxe-Weimar –
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt –
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen –
- Bishopric of Speyer –
- Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg – Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan (1704–1749)
- Bishopric of Worms –
- Württemberg –
- Würzburg –
Counts and Prelates
- Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym –
- Bentheim-Bentheim –
- Bentheim-Steinfurt –
- Essen Abbey –
- Gandersheim Abbey –
- Gutenzell Abbey –
- Herford Abbey –
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg –
- Hohenlohe-Bartenstein –
- Hohenlohe-Langenburg –
- Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen –
- County of Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II (1702–1764)
- County of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Carl Ludwig (1702–1756)
- Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst –
- Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen –
- Hoogstraten –
- County of Isenburg^{[clarification needed]} – Ernst Kasimir, Count of Isenburg (1708–1749)
- Principality of Isenburg-Birstein – Wolfgang Ernst I 1711–1744. (1744–1754)
- Isenburg-Meerholz –
- County of Isenburg-Wächtersbach – Ferdinand Maximilian II (1703–1755)
- Imperial Abbey of Kaisersheim –
- Käppel –
- County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim – Johann Franz (1699–1750)
- County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard (1698–1766)
- Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg –
- Leiningen-Emichsburg –
- Lindau Abbey –
- Lippe-Alverdissen –
- Lippe-Biesterfeld –
- Lippe-Detmold –
- Lippe-Weissenfeld –
- Nassau-Saarbrücken –
- Nassau-Usingen –
- Nassau-Weilburg –
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen –
- Quedlinburg Abbey – Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710–1755)
- County of Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIX (1711–1747)
- Reuss-Gera –
- Reuss-Lobenstein –
- Reuss-Obergreiz –
- Reuss-Schleiz –
- Reuss-Untergreiz –
- Salm-Dhaun –
- Salm-Dyck –
- Salm-Grumbach –
- Salm-Leuze –
- Salm-Reifferscheid –
- Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg –
- Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein –
- Schaumburg-Lippe –
- Stolberg-Rossla –
- Stolberg-Stolberg –
- County of Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst (1710–1771)
- Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont –
- Weingarten Abbey –
- Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) –
- Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) –
- Wied –
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Sultan – Ahmed III (1703–1730)
- Grand Vizier –
  1. Aga Yusuf Pasha (1711–1712)
  2. Silahdar Süleyman Pasha (1712–1713)
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland (1709–1733)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John V (1706–1750)
Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick I (1701–1713)
Tsardom of Russia – Peter I (1682–1725)
Kingdom of Spain – Philip V (1700–1724, 1724–1746)
Kingdom of Sweden –
- Monarch – Charles XII (1697–1718)
- Prime Minister – Arvid Horn, President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710–1738)
Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Cosimo III de' Medici (1670–1723)
United Provinces
- Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
- Grand Pensionary of Holland – Anthonie Heinsius (1689–1720)
  - Friesland – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711–1751)

Middle East and North Africa

Sultanate of Morocco – Ismail (1684–1727)
Persia – Husayn (Safavid), Shah of Persia (1694–1722)

Sources

^ John Falconer; James Waterhouse (2009). The Waterhouse albums: central Indian provinces. Mapin. ISBN 978-81-89995-30-0.
^ Axworthy, Michael (2006). Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant. New York: I.B. Tauris. p. 186. ISBN 1850437068

[1] John Falconer; James Waterhouse (2009). The Waterhouse albums: central Indian provinces. Mapin. ISBN 978-81-89995-30-0.

[2] Axworthy, Michael (2006). Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant. New York: I.B. Tauris. p. 186. ISBN 1850437068

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