List of state leaders in 1259

1258 state leaders - Events of 1259 - 1260 state leaders - State leaders by year

Asia

• China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Emperor Lizong (1224–1264)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) -
  1. Gojong (1213–1259)
  2. Wonjong (1259–1274)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1246–1260)
  • Shogun (Kamakura) - Prince Munetaka (1252–1266)
  • Shikken - Hōjō Nagatoki (1256–1264)
• Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VIII (1243–1295)
• Mongol Empire - Möngke Khan (1251–1260)
• Kingdom of Pagan - Narathihapate (1254–1287)
• Sukhothai Kingdom - Ban Muang (1257–1277)
• White Horde - Orda Khan (1226–1280)

Europe

• Principality of Achaea - William II 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)
• Crown of Castile - Alfonso X of Castile (1252–1284)
• Kingdom of Denmark -
  • Christopher I (1252–1259)
  • Eric V (1259–1286)
• Despotate of Epirus - Michael II Komnenos Doukas (1230–1266/68)
• Kingdom of England - Henry III (1216–1272)
• Kingdom of France - Louis IX (1226–1270)
• Kingdom of Gwynedd - Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Gwynedd (1246–1282)
• Holy Roman Empire - (disputed election) Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans (1257–1272) and Alfonso X of Castile, King of the Romans (1257–1284)
  • County of Holland - Floris V (1256–1296)
• Latin Empire of Constantinople - Baldwin II (1228–1273, titular after 1261)
• Kingdom of Hungary - Béla IV (1235–1270)
• Kingdom of Lithuania - Mindaugas (1253–1263)
• Kingdom of Navarre - Theobald II (1253–1270)
• Empire of Nicaea (Laskarid dynasty) - Theodore II Laskaris (1258–1261), with Michael Palaiologos (1259–1282) as regent and co-emperor
• Kingdom of Norway - Haakon IV (1217–1263)
• 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 Sicily - Manfred (1258–1266)
• Kingdom of Sweden
  • Monarch - Valdemar I (1250–1275)
  • Regent - Birger Jarl, regent of Sweden (1250–1266)
• Blue Horde - Berke Khan (1257–1267)

Middle East and North Africa

• Principality of Antioch - Bohemond VI (1252–1268)
• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia - Hethum I (1226–1270)
• Kingdom of Cyprus - Hugh II (1253–1267)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt -
  1. Al-Mansur Ali (1257–1259)
  2. Qutuz (1259–1260)
• Ilkhanate - Hulagu Khan (1256–1265)
• Sultanate of Rûm - Kaykaus II (1246–1262)