List of state leaders in 1726

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1726.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750)
• Bunyoro – Olimi III, Omukama of Bunyoro (c.1710–1731)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Agaja (1708–1732)
• Ethiopian Empire – Bakaffa (1721–1730)
• Nkore – Ntare IV, Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1699–c.1727)

Asia

• China (Qing dynasty) – Yongzheng Emperor (1723–1735)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Emperor Nakamikado (1709–1735)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Yoshimune (1716–1745)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Kei (1713–1751)
• Joseon (Korea) – Yeongjo (1724–1776)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway –
  • Monarch – Frederick IV (1699–1730)
  • Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein (1721–1730)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XV (1715–1774)
• Kingdom of Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George I (1714–1727)
  • Prime Minister – Robert Walpole (1721–1742)
• Holy Roman Empire – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–1740)
• Electors
  • Electorate of Bavaria – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1726–1745)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia –
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Frederick William I of Prussia, (as Frederick William II) (1713–1740)
  • Electorate of Cologne – Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1723–1761)
  • Electorate of Hanover – George I of Great Britain, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire (1708–1727)
  • Electorate of Mainz –
  • Electorate of Saxony –
  • Electorate of Trier –
• Princes
  • Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg – Viktor Friedrich (1721–1765)
  • Principality of Anhalt-Dessau – Leopold I (1693–1747)
  • Anhalt-Köthen –
  • Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst –
  • Duchy of Arenberg – Leopold (1691–1754)
  • Principality of Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann (1713–1783)
  • Augsburg –
  • Austria –
  • Margraviate of Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert (1707–1761)
  • Margraviate of Baden-Durlach –
  • Bishopric of Bamberg –
  • Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden –
  • Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (1723–1757)
  • Brandenburg-Bayreuth –
  • Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel –
  • Bishopric of Constance –
  • Imperial Abbey of Corvey –
  • Bishopric of Eichstätt –
  • Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Freising –
  • Imperial Abbey of Fulda –
  • Principality of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, (Prince 1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
  • Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller, Heitersheim –
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt –
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim – Clemens August of Bavaria (1724–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Hohenzollern-Hechingen –
  • Duchy of Holstein-Glückstadt –
  • Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp –
  • Imperial Ducal Abbey of Kempten –
  • Bishopric of Lübeck –
  • Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Karl Leopold (1713–1747)
  • Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolf Friedrich III (1708–1752)
  • Mergentheim –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Münster – Clemens August of Bavaria (1723–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Principality of Orange-Nassau – Wilhelm IV (1711–1751)
  • Duchy of Oldenburg –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück – Clemens August of Bavaria (1728–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn – Clemens August of Bavaria (1719–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
  • Electorate of the Palatinate –
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken –
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Passau – Joseph Dominicus Franz Kilian von Lamberg (1723–1761)
  • Bishopric of Regensburg – Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1719–1763)
  • Salm-Kyrburg –
  • Salm-Salm –
  • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld –
  • Saxe-Gotha –
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen –
  • Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich (1706–1763)
  • Saxe-Weimar –
  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt –
  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen –
  • Bishopric of Speyer –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg – Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan (1704–1749)
  • Bishopric of Worms –
  • Württemberg –
  • Würzburg –

• Counts and Prelates
  • Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym –
  • Bentheim-Bentheim –
  • Bentheim-Steinfurt –
  • Essen Abbey – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
  • Gandersheim Abbey – Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
  • Gutenzell Abbey – Bernardina von Donnerberg, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1718–1747)
  • Herford Abbey –
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg –
  • Hohenlohe-Bartenstein –
  • County of Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
  • Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen –
  • County of Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II (1702–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
  • County of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Carl Ludwig (1702–1756)
  • Principality of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst – Philipp Ernst I (1744–1753, Count 1697–1744)
  • Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich (1715–1769)
  • Hoogstraten –
  • County of Isenburg – Ernst Kasimir, Count of Isenburg (1708–1749)
  • Principality of Isenburg-Birstein – Wolfgang Ernst I 1711–1744. (1744–1754)
  • County of Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich (1724–1774)
  • County of Isenburg-Wächtersbach – Ferdinand Maximilian II (1703–1755)
  • Imperial Abbey of Kaisersheim – Cölestin I Meermols, Prince-Abbot of Kaisersheim
  • Käppel – Sophie Charlotte Kessel von Bottlenberg, Princess-Abbess of Käppel (1718–1748)
  • County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim – Johann Franz (1699–1750)
  • County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard (1698–1766)
  • County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg – Friedrich Magnus (1722–1756)
  • County of Leiningen-Emichsburg – Carl Ludwig (1722–1747)
  • Lindau Abbey –
  • County of Lippe-Alverdissen – Friedrich Ernst (1723–1749)
  • Lippe-Biesterfeld –
  • Lippe-Detmold –
  • Lippe-Weissenfeld –
  • Nassau-Saarbrücken –
  • Principality of Nassau-Usingen – Karl (1718–1775)
  • Nassau-Weilburg –
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen –
  • Quedlinburg Abbey – Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710–1755)
  • County of Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIX (1711–1747)
  • Reuss-Gera –
  • Reuss-Lobenstein –
  • County of Reuss-Obergreiz – Heinrich XI (1723–1768)
  • Reuss-Schleiz –
  • Reuss-Untergreiz –
  • Salm-Dhaun –
  • Salm-Dyck –
  • Salm-Grumbach –
  • Principality of Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph (1716–1779)
  • Salm-Reifferscheid –
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg –
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein –
  • Schaumburg-Lippe,
  • Stolberg-Rossla –
  • Stolberg-Stolberg –
  • County of Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst (1710–1771)
  • Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont –
  • Weingarten Abbey –
  • County of Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen – Georg Hermann (1720–1751)
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) – Georg Ernst Ludwig (1726–1765)
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) – Georg Karl I August Ludwig (1726–1787)
  • Wied –

• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Ahmed III (1703–1730)
  • Grand Vizier – Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1718–1730)

• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John V (1706–1750)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick William I (1713–1740)
• Russian Empire – Catherine I, Tsaritsa of Russia (1725–1727)
• Kingdom of Spain – Philip V (1700–1724, 1724–1746)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Age of Liberty
  • Monarch – Frederick I (1720–1751)
  • Prime Minister – Arvid Horn, President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710–1738)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Gian Gastone de' Medici (1723–1737)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Grand Pensionary of Holland – Isaac van Hoornbeek (1720–1727)
    • Friesland – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711–1751)
    • Guelders – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Guelders (1722–1751)

Middle East and North Africa

• Sultanate of Morocco – Ismail Ibn Sharif (1684–1727)