List of state leaders in 1718

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1718.

Africa

Ashanti Confederacy – Maniampon, Regent (1717–1720)
Bunyoro – Olimi III, Omukama of Bunyoro (c.1710–1731)
Kingdom of Dahomey – Agaja (1708–1732)
Ethiopian Empire – Dawit III (1716–1721)
Merina Kingdom - Andriantsimitoviaminiandriana Andriandrazaka (1710-1730)
Nkore – Ntare IV, Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1699–c.1727)

Asia

Akkalkot State – Fatehsinh I Raje Bhonsle, ruled 1707–1760
Aundh State – Parusharam Trimbak, Raja (1697–1718)
Banganapalle State – Faiz Ali Khan, Nawab of Banganapalle (1689–1759)
Bengal – Murshid Quli Khan, Nawab of Bengal (1717–1727)
Sultanate of Brunei – Hussin Kamaluddin (1705–1730)
Bundi State – Rao Raja Budh Singh, Raja (1696–1735)
China (Qing dynasty) – Kangxi Emperor (1662–1722)
Empire of Japan
- Monarch – Emperor Nakamikado (1709–1735)
- Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Yoshimune (1716–1745)
- Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Kei (1713–1751)
Khanate of Kokand – Shahrukh Biy (1709–1721)
Joseon (Korea) – Sukjong (1674–1720)
Mughal Empire – Farrukhsiyar (1713–1719)

Europe

Kingdom of Denmark–Norway –
- Monarch – Frederick IV (1699–1730)
- Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested (1708–1721)
Kingdom of France –
- Monarch - Louis XV (1715–1774)
- Regent - Philippe II d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans (1715-1723)
Republic of Genoa - Benedetto Viale, Doge of Genoa (1717-1719)
Kingdom of Great Britain –
- Monarch – George I (1714–1727)
- Prime Minister –
  1. James Stanhope, First Lord of the Treasury (1717–1718)
  2. Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, First Lord of the Treasury (1718–1721)
Holy Roman Empire – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–1740)
Electors
- Bavaria – Maximilian II Emanuel (1679–1726)
- Bohemia – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-1740)
- Brandenburg – Frederick William I of Prussia (1713–1740)
- Cologne – Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1688-1723)
- Hanover – George I of Great Britain, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire (1708–1727)
- Mainz – Lothar Franz von Schönborn (1695-1729)
- Palatinate - Karl III Philipp, Elector Palatine (1716-1742)
- Saxony – Frederick Augustus I (1694-1733)
- Trier – Franz Ludwig of Pfalz-Neuburg (1716-1729)
Princes
- Anhalt-Bernburg –
  1. Victor Amadeus (1656-1718)
  2. Karl Friedrich (1718-1721)
- Anhalt-Dessau – Leopold I (1693–1747)
- Anhalt-Köthen – Leopold (1704-1728)
- Anhalt-Zerbst –
  1. Karl Wilhelm (1667-1718)
  2. Johann August (1718-1742)
- Arenberg – Leopold (1691–1754)
- Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann (1713–1783)
- Augsburg – Alexander Sigismund of Pfalz-Neuburg (1690-1737)
- Austria – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-1740)
- Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert (1707–1761)
- Baden-Durlach – Karl III Wilhelm (1709-1738)
- Bamberg – Lothar Franz von Schönborn (1693-1729)
- Berchtesgaden – Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1688-1723)
- Brandenburg-Ansbach – Wilhelm Friedrich (1703-1723)
- Brandenburg-Bayreuth – Georg Wilhelm (1712-1726)
- Bremen –
  1. Charles XII of Sweden (House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken), Duke of Bremen (1697–1718, dispossessed since 1712)
  2. Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (House of Vasa), dispossessed Duchess regnant of Bremen (1718–1719)
- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – August Wilhelm (1714-1731)
- Burgundy (Austrian Netherlands) -
  - Monarch - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1714-1740)
  - Governor-General - Prince Eugene of Savoy (1716-1724)
- Constance – Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg (1704-1740)
- Corvey – Maximilian von Horrich (1714-1721)
- Eichstätt – Johann Anton Knebel von Katzenelnbogen (1705-1725)
- Ellwangen – Franz Ludwig of Pfalz-Neuburg (1694-1732)
- Freising – Johann Franz Ecker von Kapfing-Lichteneck (1695-1727)
- Fulda – Konstantin von Buttlar
- Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, (Prince 1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
- Heitersheim –
- Hesse-Darmstadt – Ernst Ludwig (1678-1739)
- Hesse-Kassel – Karl I (1670-1730)
- Hildesheim – Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1688-1723)
- Hohenzollern-Hechingen – Friedrich Wilhelm (1671-1735)
- Holstein-Glückstadt – Frederick IV of Denmark (1699-1730)
- Holstein-Gottorp – Karl Friedrich (1702-1739)
- Kempten – Rupert von Bodman (1678-1728)
- Lorraine - Leopold (1690-1729)
- Lübeck – Christian August (1705-1726)
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Karl Leopold (1713–1747)
- Mecklenburg-Sterlitz – Adolf Friedrich III (1708–1752)
- Mergentheim – Franz Ludwig of Pfalz-Neuburg, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1694-1732)
- Münster – Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich (1706-1718)
- Nassau-Orange – Wilhelm IV (1711–1751)
- Osnabrück – Ernst August of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1715-1728)
- Paderborn – Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich (1704-1718)
- Palatinate-Sulzbach – Theodor Eustach (1708-1732)
- Palatinate-Zweibrücken –
  1. Charles XII of Sweden (1697-1718)
  2. Gustav Samuel Leopold (1718-1731)
- Passau – Raymund Ferdinand von Rabatta (1713-1722)
- Swedish Pomerania -
  1. Charles XII of Sweden (1697–1718, dispossessed since 1715)
  2. Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (1718–1720)
- Prüm - Franz Ludwig of Pfalz-Neuburg (1716-1729)
- Regensburg – Clemens August of Bavaria (1716-1719)
- Salm – Ludwig Otto (1710-1738)
- Savoy - Victor Amadeus II (1675-1730)
- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Johann Ernst IV (1675-1729)
- Saxe-Eisenach - Johann Wilhelm III (1698-1729)
- Saxe-Gotha – Friedrich II (1691-1732)
- Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich I (1715-1724)
- Saxe-Lauenburg – George I of Great Britain (1705–1727)
- Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich (1706–1763)
- Saxe-Weimar – Wilhelm Ernst (1683-1728) and Ernst August I (1707-1748)
- Speyer – Heinrich Hartrad von Rollingen (1711-1719)
- Strasbourg – Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan (1704–1749)
- Verden –
  1. Charles XII of Sweden (1697–1718, dispossessed since 1712)
  2. Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (1718–1719)
- Worms – Franz Ludwig of Pfalz-Neuburg (1694-1732)
- Württemberg – Eberhard Ludwig (1677-1733)
- Würzburg – Johann Philipp von Greifenclau zu Vollraths (1699-1719)
Counts and Prelates
- Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym –
- Bentheim-Bentheim –
- Bentheim-Steinfurt –
- Essen Abbey –
- Gandersheim Abbey – Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
- Gutenzell Abbey – Bernardina von Donnerberg, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1718–1747)
- Herford Abbey –
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg –
- Hohenlohe-Bartenstein –
- County of Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
- Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen –
- County of Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II (1702–1764)
- County of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Carl Ludwig (1702–1756)
- Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst –
- Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich (1715–1769)
- 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 – Sophie Charlotte Kessel von Bottlenberg, Princess-Abbess of Käppel (1718–1748)
- 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 –
- Principality of Nassau-Usingen – Karl (1718–1775)
- 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 –
- Principality of Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph (1716–1779)
- 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 –
Kingdom of Hungary - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-1740)
Kingdom of Ireland
- King - George I of Great Britain (1714-1727)
- Lord-Lieutenant - Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton (1717-1720)
Duchy of Milan - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1706-1740)
Duchy of Modena - Rinaldo d'Este (1695-1737)
Kingdom of Naples - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1707-1734)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Sultan – Ahmed III (1703–1730)
- Grand Vizier –
  1. Nişancı Mehmed Pasha (1717–1718)
  2. Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1718–1730)
Duchy of Parma - Francesco Farnese (1694-1727)
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Augustus the Strong (1709-1733)
Kingdom of Portugal – John V (1706–1750)
Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick William I (1713–1740)
Tsardom of Russia – Peter I (1682–1725)
Kingdom of Sardinia - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1713-1720)
Kingdom of Sicily - Victor Amadeus II (1713-1720)
Kingdom of Spain – Philip V (1700–1724, 1724–1746)
Kingdom of Sweden –
- Monarch – Charles XII (1697 – 30 November 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)
Republic of Venice - Giovanni II Cornaro, Doge of Venice (1709-1722)

Middle East and North Africa

Sultanate of Morocco – Ismail (1684–1727)
Oman – Sultan II bin Saif, Imam of Oman (1711–1719)
Persia – Sultan Husayn, Shah of Persia (1694–1722)