List of state leaders in 1697

1696 state leaders - Events of 1697 - 1698 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Dahomey - Akaba, King of Dahomey (1685–1708)
• Ethiopia - Iyasu I, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1682–1706)

Asia

• China (Qing Dynasty) - Kangxi, Emperor of China (1662–1722)
• India - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor (1658–1707)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Higashiyama, Emperor of Japan (1687–1709)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Shogun of Japan (1680–1709)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tei, King of Ryūkyū (1669–1709)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sukjong, King of Joseon (1674–1720)
• Sirmur - Mat Prakash, Raja of Sirmur (1684-1704)

Europe

• Denmark–Norway - Christian V, King of Denmark (1670–1699)
• England - William III, King of England (1689–1702)
• France - Louis XIV, King of France (1643–1715)
• Holy Roman Empire - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658–1705)
• Electors
  • Bavaria - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
  • Bohemia - Leopold I, King of Bohemia (1657–1705)
  • Brandenburg - Frederick I of Prussia, (as Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg), (1688–1713)
  • Cologne -
  • Hanover - Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover Prince Elector designate (1692–1698)
  • Mainz -
  • Saxony -
  • Trier -
• Princes
  • Anhalt-Bernburg -
  • Anhalt-Dessau - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1693–1747)
  • Anhalt-Köthen -
  • Anhalt-Zerbst -
  • Arenberg - Leopold, Duke of Arenberg (1691–1754)
  • Auersperg -
  • Austria -
  • Baden-Baden -
  • Baden-Durlach -
  • Bamberg -
  • Berchtesgaden -
  • Brandenburg-Ansbach -
  • Brandenburg-Bayreuth -
  • Bremen, Duchy -
    1. Charles XI of Sweden (House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken), Duke of Bremen (1660–1697)
    2. Charles XII of Sweden (House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken), Duke of Bremen (1697–1718, dispossessed since 1712)
  • Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel -
  • Constance -
  • Corvey -
  • Eichstätt -
  • Ellwangen -
  • Freising -
  • Fulda -
  • Fürstenberg -
  • Heitersheim -
  • Hesse-Darmstadt -
  • Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) -
  • Hildesheim -
  • Hohenzollern-Hechingen -
  • Holstein-Glückstadt -
  • Holstein-Gottorp -
  • Kempten -
  • Lübeck, Prince-Bishopric -
  • Mecklenburg-Schwerin -
  • Mecklenburg-Strelitz -
  • Mergentheim -
  • Münster -
  • Nassau-Orange -
  • Oldenburg -
  • Osnabrück -
  • Paderborn -
  • Palatinate -
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken -
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach -
  • Passau -
  • Regensburg -
  • Salm-Kyrburg -
  • Salm-Salm -
  • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld -
  • Saxe-Gotha -
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen -
  • Saxe-Lauenburg -
  • Saxe-Meiningen -
  • Saxe-Weimar -
  • Savoy -
  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt -
  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen -
  • Speyer -
  • Strassburg -
  • Tuscany -
  • Worms -
  • Verden, Principality -
    1. Charles XI of Sweden (House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken), Prince of Verden (1660–1697)
    2. Charles XII of Sweden (House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken), Prince of Verden (1697–1718, dispossessed since 1712)
  • Württemberg -
  • Würzburg -
• Republics (Free Imperial Cities)
  • Augsburg -
  • Bremen, Free Imperial City -
  • Lübeck, Free Imperial City -
• Counts and Prelates
  • Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym -
  • Bentheim -
  • Bentheim-Steinfurt -
  • Essen - )
  • Gandersheim -
  • Gutenzell -
  • Herford -
  • Hesse-Homburg -
  • Hohenlohe-Bartenstein -
  • Hohenlohe-Langenburg -
  • Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen -
  • Hohenlohe-Öhringen -
  • Hohenlohe-Weikersheim -
  • Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst -
  • Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen -
  • Hoogstraten -
  • Isenburg -
  • Isenburg-Birstein -
  • Isenburg-Meerholz -
  • Isenburg-Wächtersbach -
  • Kaisersheim -
  • Käppel -
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim -
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg -
  • Leiningen-Emichsburg -
  • Lindau -
  • Lippe-Alverdissen -
  • Lippe-Biesterfeld -
  • Lippe-Detmold -
  • Lippe-Weissenfeld -
  • Nassau-Saarbrücken -
  • Nassau-Usingen -
  • Nassau-Weilburg -
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen -
  • Quedlinburg -
  • Reuss-Ebersdorf -
  • Reuss-Gera -
  • Reuss-Lobenstein -
  • Reuss-Obergreiz -
  • Reuss-Schleiz -
  • Reuss-Untergreiz -
  • Salm-Dhaun -
  • Salm-Dyck -
  • Salm-Grumbach -
  • Salm-Leuze -
  • Salm-Reifferscheid -
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg -
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein -
  • Schaumburg-Lippe -
  • Stolberg-Rossla -
  • Stolberg-Stolberg -
  • Stolberg-Wernigerode -
  • Waldeck-Pyrmont -
  • Weingarten -
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) -
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) -
  • Wied -
• Ottoman ( Turkish ) Empire
  • Ottoman Sultan - Mustafa II, (1695–1703)
  • Grand vizier - Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha (1697–1702)
• Portugal - Pedro II, King of Portugal (1667–1706)
• Russia - Peter I, Tsar of Russia (1682–1725)
• Savoy - Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (1675–1730)
• Scotland - William II, King of Scotland (1689–1702)
• Spain - Charles II, King of Spain (1665–1700)
• Tuscany - Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1670–1723)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder - King William III of England, Stadtholder of Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht and Zeeland (1672–1702)
    • Holland - Grand Pensionary Anthonie Heinsius of Holland (1689–1720)

Middle East and North Africa

• Morocco - Ismail, Sultan of Morocco (1684–1727)