List of state leaders in 1187

See also
List of state leaders in 1186 Events of 1187 List of state leaders in 1188 State leaders by year

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1187.

Africa

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 - 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)
- Monarch – Myeongjong (1170–1197)
- de facto - Yi Ui-min (1179–1196)
Western Xia – Emperor Renzong (1139–1193)

Kingdom of Aragon – Alfonso II (1162–1196)
Bulgarian Empire – Peter IV, Tsar of Bulgaria (1185–1190), (1196–1197)
Serbian Grand Principality – Stefan Nemanja (1168–1196)
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)
- Duchy of Brittany – Constance (1186–1201)
Holy Roman Empire – Frederick I Barbarossa (1152–1190)
- Duchy of Bavaria – Louis I (1183–1231)
- Duchy of Bohemia – Bedrich (1178–1189)
- Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – Hartwig of Uthlede (Hartwig II) (1185–1190 and 1192–1207)
- County of Holland – Floris III (1157–1190)
- Duchy of Saxony – Bernard III (1180–1210)
Kingdom of Hungary – Béla III (1172–1196)
Kievan Rus' – Sviatoslav III (1181–1194)
Kingdom of Navarre – Sancho VI the Wise (1160–1194)
Kingdom of Norway – Sverre I (1184–1202)
Papal States –
1. Pope Urban III (1185–1187)
2. Pope Gregory VIII (1187)
3. Pope Clement III (1187–1191)
Poland - Casimir II, Duke of Kraków (1177–1194)
Kingdom of Portugal – Sancho I (1185–1211)
Kingdom of Scotland – William the Lion (1165–1214)
Kingdom of Sicily – William II (1166–1189)
Kingdom of Sweden – Canute I (1167–1195)