List of state leaders in 1265

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1265.

Asia

• Ahom –
• China (Southern Song dynasty) - Emperor Duzong (1264–1274)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Wonjong (1259–1274)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Kameyama (1260–1274)
  • Kamakura shogunate - Prince Munetaka (1252–1266)
  • Shikken - Hōjō Masamura (1264–1268)
• Khmer Empire – Jayavarman VIII (1243–1295)
• Mongol Empire – Kublai Khan (1260–1294)
• Pagan Kingdom – Narathihapate (1254–1287)
• Sukhothai Kingdom – Pho Khun Ban Muang (1257–1277)

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)
• Byzantine Empire (Palaeologian dynasty) - Michael VIII (1259–1282)
• Crown of Castile – Alfonso X (1252–1284)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Eric V (1259–1286)
• Kingdom of England – Henry III (1216–1272)
• Epirus – Michael II Komnenos Doukas (1230–1266/68)
• 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)
  • Margraviate of Baden – Joint-Margraves, Frederick I, Margrave of Baden and Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-Baden
  • Margraviate of Baden-Hachberg – Henry II, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg (1231–1290)
  • Duchy of Brabant – Henry IV (1261–1267)
  • Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg – John and Albert I, joint rulers
  • Landgraviate of Hesse – Henry I (1264–1308)
  • County of Holland – Floris V (1256–1296)
  • Duchy of Lorraine – Frederick III (1251–1302)
  • Duchy of Saxony – Albert II (1260–1296)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Béla IV (1235–1270)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Vaišelga (1264–1267)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Theobald II (1253–1270)
• Kingdom of Norway – Magnus VI (1263–1280)
• 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 Serbia – Stefan Uroš I (1243–1276)
• Kingdom of Sweden
  • Monarch – Valdemar I (1250–1275)
  • Regent – Birger Jarl, regent of Sweden (1250–1266)

Middle East and North Africa

• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia – Hethum I (1226–1270)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Hugh II (1253–1267)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Baibars (1260–1277)
• Ilkhanate –
  1. Hülëgü (1256–1265)
  2. Abaqa (1265–1281)
• Seljuks of Turkey, Kilij Arslan IV (1260–1266)
• Karamanids – Mehmet I (1261–1277)
• Empire of Trebizond – Andronikos II (1263–1266)