List of state leaders in 1218

1217 state leaders - Events of 1218 - 1219 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Kingdom of Ghana (Susu Kingdom) - Sumanguru Kante (~1200–1235)
• Kanem Empire - Dunama II Dibbalem, Saifawa Mai of Kanem (1210–1224)
• Empire of Ethiopia - Zagwe dynasty, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1190-1225?)

Asia

• China (Jin Dynasty) - Emperor Xuanzong (1213–1223)
• China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Emperor Ningzong (1194–1224)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) - Gojong (1213–1259)
• India - Iltutmish, Mameluk sultan of India (1211–1236)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Juntoku (1210–1221)
  • Shogun (Kamakura) - Minamoto no Sanetomo (1203–1219)
  • Shikken - Hōjō Yoshitoki (1205–1224)
• Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) -
  1. Kuchlug, Emperor of Western Liao (1211–1218)
  2. conquered by Mongol Empire
• Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VII (Mahaparamasangata?) (1181-1220?)
• Mongol Empire - Genghis Khan (1206–1227)
• Western Xia - Emperor Shenzong (1211–1223)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon - James I (1213–1276)
• Bulgarian Empire -
  1. Boril, Tsar of Bulgaria (1207–1218)
  2. Ivan Asen II, Tsar of Bulgaria (1218–1241)
• Kingdom of Castile - Ferdinand III (1217–1252)
• Kingdom of Denmark - Valdemar II (1202–1241)
• Kingdom of England - Henry III (1216–1272)
• Kingdom of France - Philip II (1180–1223)
• Holy Roman Empire - Frederick II (1215–1250)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen - Valdemar of Denmark (1192 and 1207–1218)
  • County of Holland - William I (1203–1222)
• Kingdom of Hungary - Andrew II (1205–1235)
• Kievan Rus' - Mstislav III, Grand Prince of Kiev (1214–1223)
• Kingdom of Norway - Haakon IV (1217–1263)
• Kingdom of Portugal - Afonso II (1212–1233)
• Kingdom of Scotland - Alexander II (1214–1249)
• Kingdom of Sweden - John I (1216–1222)
• Kingdom of Thessalonica - Demetrius (1207–1224)
• Vladimir-Suzdal -
  1. Konstantin, Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal (1216–1218)
  2. Yuri II, Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal (1218–1238)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abbasid Caliphate - An-Nasir, Caliph of Baghdad (1180–1225)
• Almohad Caliphate - Abu Ya'qub Yusuf II (1213–1224)
• Ayyubid Sultanate -
  1. Al-Adil I, Sultan of Egypt (1200–1218)
  2. Al-Kamil, Sultan of Egypt (1218–1238)
• Kingdom of Cyprus -
  1. Hugh I (1205–1218)
  2. Henry I (1218–1253)
• Sultanate of Rûm - Kaykaus I (1211–1220)