List of state leaders in 1185

1184 state leaders - Events of 1185 - 1186 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

Asia

• China (Jin Dynasty) - Emperor Shizong (1161–1189)
• China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Emperor Xiaozong (1162–1189)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Go-Toba (1183–1198)
  • Cloistered ruler - Emperor Go-Shirakawa, Jōkō of Japan (1158–1192)
  • de facto -
    1. Taira no Munemori (1181–1185)
    2. Minamoto no Yoritomo (1185–1199; Kamakura shogun after 1192)
• Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - Yelü Zhilugu (1178–1211)
• Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VII (Mahaparamasangata?) (1181-1220?)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) - Myeongjong(1170–1197)
• Sultanate of Rûm - Kilij Arslan II (1156–1192)
• Western Xia - Emperor Renzong (1139–1193)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon - Alfonso II (1162–1196)
• Bulgarian Empire - Peter IV, Tsar of Bulgaria (1185–1190), (1196–1197)
• Kingdom of Castile - Alfonso VIII (1158–1214)
• Kingdom of Denmark - Canute VI (1182–1202)
• Kingdom of England - Henry II (1154–1189)
• Kingdom of France - Philip II (1180–1223)
• Holy Roman Empire - Frederick I Barbarossa (1152–1190)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen - Hartwig of Uthlede (Hartwig II) (1185–1190 and 1192–1207)
  • County of Holland - Floris III (1157–1190)
  • March of Moravia - Conrad (1182–1186)
• Kingdom of Hungary - Béla III (1172–1196)
• Kingdom of Norway - Sverre Sigurdsson (1184–1202)
• Kingdom of Portugal:
  1. Afonso I Henriques (1128–1185)
  2. Sancho I (1185–1211)
• Kingdom of Scotland - William I (1165–1214)
• Kingdom of Sicily - William II (1166–1189)
• Kingdom of Sweden - Canute I (1167–1195)