List of state leaders in 1271

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1271.

Africa

China
- Southern Song dynasty – Emperor Duzong (1264–1274)
- Kublai Khan establishes Yuan dynasty.
- Yuan dynasty – Kublai Khan (1271–1294)
Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Wonjong (1259–1274)
Japan (Kamakura period)
- Monarch – Emperor Kameyama (1260–1274)
- Kamakura shogunate - Prince Koreyasu (1266–1289)
- Shikken - Hōjō Tokimune (1268–1284)
Khmer Empire – Jayavarman VIII (1243–1295)
Mongol Empire – Kublai Khan (1260–1294)
Pagan Kingdom – Narathihapate (1254–1287)
Sukhothai Kingdom – Ban Mueang (1257–1277)

Principality of Achaea – William II of Villehardouin (1246–1278)
Kingdom of Aragon – James I (1213–1276)
Kingdom of Bohemia – Ottokar II (1253–1278)
Bulgarian Empire – Constantine Tikh, Tsar of Bulgaria (1257–1277)
Byzantine Empire (Palaeologian dynasty) - Michael VIII (1259–1282)
Crown of Castile – Alfonso X (1252–1284)
Kingdom of Denmark – Eric V (1259–1286)
Kingdom of England – Henry III (1216–1272)
Despotate of Epirus – Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas (1267–1297)
Kingdom of France – Philip III (1270–1285)
Kingdom of Gwynedd – Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1246–1282)
Holy Roman Empire – (disputed election) Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1257–1272) and Alfonso X of Castile, King of the Romans (1257–1284)
- County of Holland – Floris V (1256–1296)
Kingdom of Hungary – Stephen V (1270–1272)
Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Traidenis (1269–1282)
Kingdom of Navarre – Henry I (1270–1274)
Kingdom of Norway – Magnus VI (1263–1280)
Duchy of Poland – Bolesław V the Chaste, High Duke of Poland (1243–1279)
Kingdom of Portugal – Afonso III (1249–1279)
Kingdom of Scotland – Alexander III (1249–1286)
Kingdom of Sweden – Valdemar I (1250–1275)

Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia – Leo III (1270–1289)
Kingdom of Cyprus – Hugh III (1267–1284)
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Baibars (1260–1277)
Ilkhanate – Abaqa (1265–1281)
Seljuks of Turkey – Keyhüsrev III (1265–1284)
Karamanids – Mehmet I (1261–1277)