List of state leaders in 1747

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1747.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750)
• Bunyoro – Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731–c.1782)
• Comoros (Comoros) - Saidi Ahamd (c. 1741-c. 1782)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Tegbessou (1732–1774)
• Ethiopian Empire – Iyasu II (1730–1755)
• Gonja -
• Nkore – Macwa, Omugabe of Nkole (c.1727–c.1755)
• Sennar Sultanate – Badi IV (1724–1762)
• Zulu – Ndaba kaMageba, King of the Zulu (1745–1763)

Asia

• Aceh Sultanate – Alauddin Johan Syah, Sultan of Aceh (1735–1760)
• Akkalkot State – Fatehsinh I Raje Bhonsle (1707–1760)
• Arakan – Nara Apaya, King of Arakan (1742–1761)
• Ayutthaya Kingdom – Boromakot (1733–1758)
• Kingdom of Cambodia –
  1. Thommo Reachea II (1738–1747)
  2. Thommo Reachea III (1747)
  3. Ang Tong (1747–1749)
• Kingdom of Champasak – Saya Kuman (1738–1791)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796)
• Đại Việt (Viet Nam)
  • Lê Hiển Tông – Later Lê dynasty (1740–1786)
  • Trịnh Doanh – Trịnh lords (1740–1767)
  • Nguyễn Phúc Khoát – Nguyễn lords (1738–1765)
• Durrani Empire – Ahmad Shah Abdali (1747–1772)
• Hyderabad State - Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Jah I (1724-1748)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch –
    1. Emperor Sakuramachi (1735–1747)
    2. Emperor Momozono (1747–1762)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieshige (1745–1760)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Kei (1713–1751)
• Joseon (Korea) – Yeongjo (1724–1776)
• Kingdom of Luang Prabang – Thao Ang (1723–1749)
• Sultanate of the Maldives – Ibrahim Iskandar II (1721–1750)
• Wiang Chhan – Ong Long (1735–1760)

Europe

• Andorra – Co-princes:
  • Bishop of Urgell
    1. Jordi Curado y Torreblanca (1738–1747)
    2. Sebastià Josep de Victoria de Emparán y de Loyola (1747–1756)
  • Louis XV of France and Navarre (1715–1774)
• Courland – Christoph Friedrich von Sacken-Appricken, Regent of Courland (1740–1758)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Frederik V (1746–1766)
  • Minister of State – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, (1735–1751)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XV (1715–1774)
• Republic of Genoa – Giovanni Francesco Saverio Brignole Sale, Doge of Genoa (1746–1748)
• Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Monarch – George II (1727–1760)
  • Prime Minister – Henry Pelham (1743–1754)
• Holy Roman Empire – Franz I (1745–1765)
  • Electors
    • Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian III (1745–1777)
    • Kingdom of Bohemia – Maria Theresa (1740–1780)
    • Electorate of Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia (1740–1786)
    • Electorate of Cologne – Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1723–1761)
    • Electorate of Hanover – Georg II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1727–1760)
    • Electorate of Mainz – Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1743–1763)
    • Electorate of Saxony – Friedrich August II (1733–1763)
    • Electorate of Trier – Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1729–1756)
  • Princes
    • Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg – Viktor Friedrich (1721–1765)
    • Principality of Anhalt-Dessau –
    1. Leopold I (1693–1747)
    2. Leopold II (1747–1751)
    • Principality of Anhalt-Köthen – August Ludwig (1728–1755)
    • Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst –
    1. Christian August (1742–1747)
    2. Friedrich August (1747–1793)
    • Duchy of Arenberg – Léopold (1691–1754)
    • Principality of Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann (1713–1783)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg – Joseph (1740–1768)
    • Archduchy of Austria – Maria Theresia (1740–1780)
    • Margraviate of Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert (1707–1761)
    • Margraviate of Baden-Durlach – Karl IV Friedrich (1738–1771, ruled all of Baden 1771–1811)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg – Johann Philipp Anton von Franckenstein (1746–1753)
    • Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden – Cajetan Anton von Notthaft (1732–1752)
    • Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (1723–1757)
    • Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth – Friedrich IX (1735–1763)
    • Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I (1735–1780)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Constance – Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn (1740–1753)
    • Imperial Abbey of Corvey – Kaspar II von Böselager-Hohneburg, Prince-Abbot of Corvey (1737–1758)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt – Johann Anton II von Friberg-Hoperferau (1736–1757)
    • Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen – Franz Georg von Schönborn-Buchheim (1732–1756)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Freising – Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1727–1763)
    • Imperial Abbey of Fulda – Amandus von Buseck, Prince-Abbot of Fulda (1737–1752), Bishop of Fulda (1752–1756)
    • Principality of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst (1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
    • Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller, Heitersheim – Philipp Wilhelm von Nesselrode, Prince and General Prior of the Order of St. John at Heitersheim (1728–1754)
    • Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt – Ludwig VIII (1739–1768)
    • Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel – Friedrich I (1730–1751)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim – Clemens August of Bavaria (1724–1761), also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
    • Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen – Friedrich Ludwig (1735–1750)
    • Duchy of Holstein-Glückstadt – Friedrich V (1746–1766)
    • Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp – Karl Peter Ulrich (1739–1762)
    • Imperial Ducal Abbey of Kempten –
    1. Anselm Reichlin von Meldegg (1728–1747)
    2. Engelbert von Sorgenstein (1747–1760)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck – Adolf Friedrich (1727–1750)
    • Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin –
    1. Karl Leopold (1713–1747)
    2. Christian Ludwig II (1747–1756)
    • Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolf Friedrich III (1708–1752)
    • Mergentheim – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1732–1761)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Münster – Clemens August of Bavaria (1723–1761), also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
    • Principality of Orange-Nassau – Wilhelm IV (1711–1751)
    • Duchy of Oldenburg – Friedrich III, Count of Oldenburg (1746–1766)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück – Clemens August of Bavaria (1728–1761), also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
    • Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn – Clemens August of Bavaria (1719–1761), also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
    • Electorate of the Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742–1799)
    • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken – Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1735–1775)
    • Palatinate-Sulzbach – Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733–1799)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Passau – Joseph Dominicus Franz Kilian von Lamberg (1723–1761)
    • Bishopric of Regensburg – Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1719–1763)
    • Principality of Salm-Kyrburg – Philip Joseph (1742–1778)
    • Principality of Salm-Salm – Nicholas Leopold (1738–1770)
    • Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Franz Josias (1735–1764)
    • Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg – Friedrich III (1732–1772)
    • Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III (1745–1780)
    • Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich (1706–1763)
    • Duchy of Saxe-Weimar – Ernst August I (1728–1748)
    • Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Johann Friedrich (1744–1767)
    • Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Heinrich XXXV (1740–1758)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Speyer – Franz Christoph von Hutzen zu Stolzenberg (1743–1770)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg – Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan (1704–1749)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Worms – Franz Georg von Schönborn (1732–1756), also Archbishop-Elector of Trier
    • Duchy of Württemberg – Karl Eugen (1737–1793)
    • Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg – Karl Philip Greiffenklau von Vollraths (1746–1754)
  • Counts and Prelates
    • Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I (1727–1772)
    • County of Bentheim-Bentheim – Friedrich Karl Philipp (1731–1753)
    • County of Bentheim-Steinfurt – Karl Paul Ernst (1733–1780)
    • Essen Abbey – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
    • Gandersheim Abbey – Elisabeth Ernestine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
    • Gutenzell Abbey –
    1. Bernardina von Donnerberg, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1718–1747)
    2. Franziska von Gall, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1747–1759)
    • Herford Abbey – Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, Princess-Abbess of Herford (1729–1750)
    • Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg – Friedrich IV (1746–1751)
    • Principality of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein – Karl Philipp Franz (1744–1763, Count 1729–1744)
    • County of Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
    • County of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
    • County of Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II (1702–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
    • County of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Carl Ludwig (1702–1756)
    • Principality of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst – Philipp Ernst I (1744–1753, Count 1697–1744)
    • Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich (1715–1769)
    • Duchy of Hoogstraten – Nikolaus Leopold (1741–1770)
    • County of Isenburg – Ernst Kasimir, Count of Isenburg (1708–1749)
    • Principality of Isenburg-Birstein – Wolfgang Ernst I 1711–1744. (1744–1754)
    • County of Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich (1724–1774)
    • County of Isenburg-Wächtersbach – Ferdinand Maximilian II (1703–1755)
    • Imperial Abbey of Kaisersheim – Cölestin I Meermols, Prince-Abbot 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)
    • County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg – Friedrich Magnus (1722–1756)
    • County of Leiningen-Emichsburg – Carl Ludwig (1722–1747)
    • Lindau Abbey – Theresia Wilhelmine von Pollheim-Winkelhausen, Princess-Abbess of Lindau (1743–1757)
    • County of Lippe-Alverdissen – Friedrich Ernst (1723–1749)
    • County of Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August (1736–1781)
    • County of Lippe-Detmold – Simon August (1734–1749)
    • County of Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann (1736–1781)
    • County of Nassau-Saarbrücken – Wilhelm Heinrich (1735–1768)
    • Principality of Nassau-Usingen – Karl (1718–1775)
    • Principality of Nassau-Weilburg – Karl August (1737–1753)
    • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
    • Quedlinburg Abbey – Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710–1755)
    • Reuss-Ebersdorf –
    1. Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1711–1747)
    2. Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1747–1779)
    • County of Reuss-Gera – Heinrich XXV (1735–1748)
    • County of Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II (1739–1782)
    • County of Reuss-Obergreiz – Heinrich XI (1723–1768)
    • County of Reuss-Schleiz – Heinrich XII (1744–1784)
    • County of Reuss-Untergreiz – Heinrich III (1733–1768)
    • Salm-Dhaun – Christian Otto, Count (Wild- und Rheingraf) of Salm-Dhaun (1742–1748)
    • Salm-Dyck – August Eugen Bernhard, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Dyck (1727–1767)
    • County of Salm-Grumbach – Karl Walrad Wilhelm (1727–1763)
    • Principality of Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph (1716–1779)
    • Salm-Reifferscheid – Karl Anton Joseph, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Reifferscheid (1734–1755)
    • County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – Ludwig Ferdinand (1741–1773)
    • County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein – Karl Friedrich Wilhelm (1735–1756)
    • County of Schaumburg-Lippe, Albrecht Wolfgang (1728–1748)
    • County of Stolberg-Rossla – Friedrich Botho (1739–1768)
    • County of Stolberg-Stolberg – Christoph Ludwig II (1738–1761)
    • County of Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst (1710–1771)
    • Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont – Karl August Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck, Count of Pyrmont (1728–1763)
    • Weingarten Abbey – Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746–1784)
    • County of Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen – Georg Hermann (1720–1751)
    • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) – Georg Ernst Ludwig (1726–1765)
    • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) – Georg Karl I August Ludwig (1726–1787)
    • County of Wied – Johann Friedrich Alexander (1737–1784)
  • Free Cities
    • Free City of Bremen – Daniel von Büren IV (1736–1749), Heinrich Lampe I (1745–1756), Dietrich Meier I (1742–1751), Heinrich Meier II (1720–1747), Christian Schönel (1747–1757), Mayors of Bremen
    • Free Imperial City of Frankfurt –
    • Johann Christoph Ochs von Ochsenstein, Stadtschultheiss of Frankfurt (1741–1747)
    • Johann Wolfgang Textor, Stadtschultheiss of Frankfurt (1747–1771)
    • Friedrich Maximilian von Günderrode, Senior Mayor of Frankfurt (1746–1747)
    • Friedrich Maximilian von Lersner I, Senior Mayor of Frankfurt (1747–1748)
    • Free City of Hamburg – Conrad Widow (1742–1754), Cornelius Poppe (1741–1759), Nicolaus Stampeel (1743–1749), Martin Lucas Schele (1733–1751), Mayors of Hamburg
    • Free City of Lübeck – Heinrich Rust (1743–1757), Johann Adolf Krohn (1744–1750), Gotthard Arnold Isselhorst (1744–1765), Heinrich Balemann (1724–1750), Mayors of Lübeck
• Kingdom of Hungary – Mária Terézia (1740–1780)
• Kingdom of Ireland – George II (1727–1760)
• Sovereign Military Order of Malta – Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, Grand Master of the Order of Malta (1741–1773)
• Duchy of Massa and Carrara – Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, and Princess of Carrara (1731–1790)
• Principality of Masserano – Vittorio Filippo (1743–1767)
• Duchy of Modena and Reggio – Francesco III d'Este (1737–1780)
• Principality of Moldavia –
  1. Ioan Nicolae Mavrocordat-Scarlati (1743–1747)
  2. Grigore II Ghica (1747–1748)
• Principality of Monaco – Honoré II (1733–1793)
• Montenegro – Sava II Petrović-Njegoš, Bishop and Governor of Montenegro (1735–1781)
• Kingdom of Naples – Carlo VII (1734–1759)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Mahmud I (1730–1754)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Tiryaki Hacı Mehmed Pasha (1746–1747)
    2. Seyyid Abdullah Pasha (1747–1750)
• Duchy of Parma and Piacenza – Maria Teresa (1740–1748)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Augustus III, King of Poland (1734–1763)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John V (1706–1750)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Friedrich II (1740–1786)
• Russian Empire – Elizabeth Petrovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1741–1762)
• San Marino –
  1. Filippo Manenti Belluzzi and Domenico Bertoni, Captains-Regent of San Marino (1746–1747)
  2. Giacomo Begni and Ottavio Fazzini, Captains-Regent of San Marino (1747)
  3. Biagio Antonio Martelli and Giovanni Martelli, Captains-Regent of San Marino (1747–1748)
• Kingdom of Sardinia – Carlo Emanuele III (1730–1773)
• Kingdom of Sicily – Carlo IV (1734–1759)
• Kingdom of Spain – Fernando VI (1746–1759)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Age of Liberty
  • Monarch – Frederick I, King of Sweden, also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720–1751)
• Principality of Transylvania – Mária Terézia, Princess of Transylvania (1740–1765)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Francesco II (1737–1765)
• United Provinces –
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Grand Pensionary of Holland – Jacob Gilles (1746–1749)
  • Stadtholder – William IV, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1747–1751)
• Republic of Venice – Pietro Grimani, Doge of Venice (1741–1752)
• Principality of Wallachia – Constantine Mavrocordatos (1744–1748)

Middle East and North Africa

• Diriyah - Muhammad bin Saud, Emir (1744-1765)
• Ottoman Algeria – Ibrahim Koutchouk, Dey of Algiers (1745–1748)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Abdallah IV (1745–1757)
• Beylik of Tunis – Abu l-Hasan Ali I (1735–1756)