List of state leaders in 1259
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This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1259.
Asia
- China (Southern Song dynasty) - Emperor Lizong (1224–1264)
- Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) –
- Japan (Kamakura period)
- Monarch – Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1246–1260)
- Kamakura shogunate - Prince Munetaka (1252–1266)
- Shikken - Hōjō Nagatoki (1256–1264)
- Khmer Empire – Jayavarman VIII (1243–1295)
- Mongol Empire – Möngke Khan (1251–1260)
- Pagan Kingdom – Narathihapate (1254–1287)
- Kingdom of Sukhothai – Ban Mueang (1257–1277)
- White Horde – Orda Khan (1226–1280)
Europe
- Principality of Achaea – William II of 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 ap Gruffudd (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 and the Algarves – 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 –
- Al-Mansur Ali (1257–1259)
- Qutuz (1259–1260)
- Ilkhanate – Hulagu Khan (1256–1265)
- Sultanate of Rûm – Kaykaus II (1246–1262)
- Karamanids – Karaman Bey (1257–1261)
- Empire of Trebizond – Manuel I (1238–1263)