List of state leaders in 1506

See also
List of state leaders in 1505 Events of 1506 List of state leaders in 1507 State leaders by year

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1506.

Africa

Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
Ethiopian Empire – Na'od (1494–1508)
Kingdom of Kongo – João I (1470–1509)
Sennar Sultanate – Amara Dunqas (1503–1533/4)

Americas

Aztec Empire – Moctezuma II (1502–1520)
Inca Empire – Huayna Capac (1493–1527)

Asia

Khanate of Khiva – Muhammad Shaybani (1506–1510)
China (Ming dynasty) - Zhengde Emperor (1505–1521)
Kingdom of Cochin – Unniraman Koyikal II (1503–1537)
Japan (Sengoku period)DeathS
- Monarch – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1500–1526)
- Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshizumi (1494–1508)
Joseon (Korea) -
1. Yeonsangun (1494–1506)
2. Jungjong (1506–1544)
Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Europe

Andorra –
- Pere de Cardona, Bishop of Urgell and Co-Prince of Andorra (1472–1515)
- Catherine of Navarre, Co-Princess of Andorra (1483–1516)
Kingdom of Aragon – Ferdinand II the Catholic (1479–1516)
Crown of Castile –
- Joanna the Mad (1504–1555)
- Ferdinand II of Aragon, Regent (1505–1516)
Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Hans (1481–1513)
- Duchy of Schleswig – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
Kingdom of England – Henry VII (1485–1509)
Kingdom of France – Louis XII (1498–1515)
- Lordship (seigneurie) of Albret – Alain I (1471–1522)
- Duchy of Alençon – Charles IV (1492–1525)
- County of Armagnac – Margaret (1481–1549)
- Bourbonnais –
  - Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (1503–1521)
  - Charles III, Duke of Bourbon and Count of La Marche (1505–1527)
- Duchy of Brittany – Anne (1488–1514)
- County of Nevers – Engelbert of Cleves (1491–1506)
- Duchy of Vendôme – Charles IV (1495–1514)
Holy Roman Empire – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria (1493–1519)
- County of Arenberg – Eberhard IV (1496–1531)
- Margraviate of Baden-Baden – Christoph I (1475–1515) (1475–1515)
- Duchy of Bavaria – Albert IV (1467–1508)
- County of Bentheim-Bentheim – Eberwin II (1473–1530)
- County of Bentheim-Lingen –
  - Otto (1450–1508)
  - Nicholas III (1493–1508)
- County of Bentheim-Steinfurt – Arnold II (1454–1806)
- County of Bentheim-Tecklenburg – Otto VIII (1493–1526)
- Electorate of Brandenburg – Joachim I Nestor (1499–1535)
- Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach – Frederick I, Margrave of Ansbach (1486–1515) and Margrave of Bayreuth (1495–1515)
- Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – Johann Rode von Wale (1497–1511)
- Duchy of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Wolfenbüttel line – Henry IV (1491–1514)
- County of Burgundy –
  1. Philip IV the Fair, Duke of Brabant, Count of Burgundy and County of Artois (1482–1506)
  2. Charles V, Duke of Brabant, Count of Burgundy and County of Artois (1506–1556)
- County of Castell –
  - George I (1498–1528)
  - Wolfgang I (1498–1546)
- Duchy of Cieszyn – Kazimierz II (1477–1528)
- Electorate of Cologne – Hermann IV of Hesse (1480–1508)
- Duchy of Cleves–County of Mark – John II the Pious (1481–1521)
- County of East Frisia – Edzard I, the Great (1491–1528)
- Duchy of Ferrara and Duchy of Modena and Reggio – Ercole I d'Este (1505–1534)
- Fürstenberg-Baar - Wolfgang, Count of Fürstenberg-Baar (1499–1509)
- Duchy of Guelders – Charles II (1492–1538)
- Landgraviate of Hesse – William II (1500–1509)
- Duchy of Holstein – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
- Isenburg-Büdingen - Louis II, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen (1461–1511)
- Königsegg – John IV, Baron of Königsegg (1500–1544)
- Archbishopric of Magdeburg – Ernst II of Saxony (1475–1513)
- Electorate of Mainz – Jakob von Liebenstein (1504–1508)
- Margravate of Mantua – Francesco II Gonzaga (1484–1519)
- Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin –
  - Heinrich V (1503–1552)
  - Albrecht VII (1503–1547)
- Principality of Mindelheim – Georg von Frundsberg (1478–1528)
- Nassau-Weilburg – Louis I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1492–1523)
- Limburg-Styrum –
  - John III, Count of Limburg-Styrum (1473–1510)
  - Georg of Limburg (1505–1552)
  - William II, Count of Limburg-Styrum (1505–1522)
- Duchy of Lorraine – René II (1473–1508) and Duke of Bar (1483–1508)
- Duchy of Opole – John the Good (1476–1532)
- Principality of Orange – Philibert of Châlon (1502–1530)
- Ortenburg-Neuortenburg - Ulrich II, Count of Ortenburg-Neuortenburg (1495–1524)
- Öttingen-Wallerstein - Louis XIII, Count of Öttingen-Wallerstein (1449–1517)
- Electorate of the Palatinate – Philip (1476–1508)
- Pappenheim – William, Lord of Pappenheim (1482–1508)
- Duchy of Pomerania – Bogislaw X (1478–1523)
- Runkel - John, Count of Runkel (1460–1521)
- Salm-Kyrburg – John VII, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Kyrburg (1499–1531)
- Saxony
  - Electorate of Saxony Ernestine branch - Frederick III (1486–1525)
  - Duchy of Saxony Albertine branch - George (1500–1539)
- Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg – John V (1463–1507)
- Duchy of Savoy – Carlo III (1504–1553)
- County of Sayn –
  - Gerhard III (1493–1506)
  - John IV (1498–1529)
- Schönborn – John IV, Lord of Schönborn (1490–1529)
- Bishopric of Sion – Matthäus Schiner
- Solms-Braunfels - Bernard III, Count of Solms-Braunfels (1504–1537)
- Stadion – Nicholas, Lord of Stadion (1479–1507)
- Stolberg-Stolberg - Henry IX, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1455–1511)
- Archbishopric of Trier – Jakob von Baden (1503–1511)
- Archbishopric of Utrecht – Frederik IV van Baden (1496–1517)
- County of Wied –
  - William III (1487–1526)
  - John I (1487–1533)
- Bishopric of Worms – Reinhard von Rüppurr (1503–1523)
- Duchy of Württemberg – Ulrich (1498–1519)
- Bishopric of Würzburg – Lorenz von Bibra (1495–1519)
Kingdom of Hungary – Ladislaus II (1490–1516) and King of Bohemia (1471–1516)
Ireland
- Kingdom of Airgíalla – Rossa mac Maghnusa (1497–1513)
- Kingdom of Breifne – Eoghan mac Tighearnain Oig (1500–1528)
- Kingdom of East Breifne – Seaan mac Cathail (1491–1510)
- Uí Maine – Maelsechlainn mac Tadhg Ó Cellaigh (1499–1511)
  - Síol Anmchadha – Breasal mac Eoghan Ua Madadhan, Lord of Síol Anmchada (1479–1526)
- Kingdom of Leinster – Muircheartach mac Donnchadh MacMurrough-Kavanagh (1478–1512)
- Kingdom of Magh Luirg – Cormac MacDermott (1499–1528)
Principality of Moldavia – Bogdan III the One-Eyed (1504–1517)
Grand Duchy of Moscow – Vasili III (1505–1533)
Kingdom of Naples – Ferdinand II the Catholic (1504–1516)
Kingdom of Navarre –
- Catherine (1483–1516)
- John III d'Albret, King of Navarre (1484–1516)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II (1481–1512)
Papal States – Pope Julius II (1503–1513)
Kingdom of Poland–Grand Duchy of Lithuania –
1. Alexander Jagiellon, King of Poland (1501–1506) and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1492–1506)
2. Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506–1548)
- Duchy of Masovia –
  - Stanislaus I (1503–1524)
  - Janusz III (1503–1526)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Manuel I (1495–1521)
Kingdom of Scotland – James IV (1488–1513)
Kingdom of Sweden – Svante Nilsson, Regent of Sweden (1504–1511)
Teutonic Order – Friedrich of Saxony, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1497–1510)
Republic of Venice – Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (1501–1523)
- Duchy of the Archipelago – Francesco III Crispo (1500–1511)
Principality of Wallachia – Radu IV the Great (1495–1508)

Middle East and North Africa

Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri (1501–1516)