List of state leaders in 1731

See also
List of state leaders in 1730 Events of 1731 List of state leaders in 1732 State leaders by year List of colonial governors in 1731

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1731.

Africa

Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750)
Avaradrano - Andriambelomasina, King of Avaradrano (1730–1770)
Bunyoro –
1. Olimi III, Omukama of Bunyoro (c.1710–1731)
2. Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731–c.1782)
Kingdom of Dahomey – Agaja (1708–1732)
Ethiopian Empire – Iyasu II (1730–1755)
Nkore – Macwa, Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1727–c.1755)
Zulu – Mageba kaPhunga, King of the Zulu (1727–1745)

Asia

Afghanistan – Hussain Hotaki, Emir of Afghanistan (1725–1738)
Ahom kingdom – Sutanphaa (1714–1744)
Bishnupur – Gopal Singh, Raja of Bishnupur (1730–1745)
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)
Mughal Empire – Muhammad Shah (1719–1748)
- Bengal – Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Bengal (1729–1739)

Europe

Kingdom of Denmark–Norway –
- Monarch – Christian VI (1730–1746)
- Minister of State of Denmark – Iver Rosenkrantz (1730–1735)
Kingdom of France – Louis XV (1715–1774)
Kingdom of Great Britain –
- Monarch – George II (1727–1760)
- 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, Elector of Brandenburg), (1713–1740)
- Electorate of Cologne – Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1723–1761)
- Electorate of Hanover – Georg II, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1727–1760)
- Electorate of Mainz –
- Electorate of Saxony –
- Electorate of Trier – Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1729–1756)
Princes
- Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg – Viktor Friedrich (1721–1765)
- Principality of Anhalt-Dessau – Leopold I (1693–1747)
- Principality of Anhalt-Köthen – August Ludwig (1728–1755)
- Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst –
- Duchy of Arenberg – Leopold (1691–1754
- Principality of Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann (1713–1783)
- Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg –
- Austria –
- Margraviate of Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert (1707–1761)
- Margraviate of Baden-Durlach –
- Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg –
- Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden –
- Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (1723–1757)
- Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth –
- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel –
- Prince-Bishopric of Constance –
- Imperial Abbey of Corvey –
- Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt –
- Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen –
- Prince-Bishopric of Freising – Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1727–1763)
- Imperial Abbey of Fulda –
- Principality of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, (Prince 1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
- Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller, Heitersheim – Philipp Wilhelm von Nesselrode, Prince and General Prior of the Order of St. John at Heitersheim (1728–1754)
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt –
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel – Frederick I, also King of Sweden (1730–1751)
- 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 – Anselm Reichlin von Meldegg, Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1728–1747)
- Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck – Adolf Friedrich (1727–1750)
- 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)
- Electoral 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-Salm –
- Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld –
- Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg –
- Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen –
- Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich (1706–1763)
- Duchy of Saxe-Weimar –
- Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt –
- Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen –
- Prince-Bishopric of Speyer –
- Bishopric of Strasbourg – Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan (1704–1749)
- Prince-Bishopric of Worms –
- Duchy of Württemberg –
- Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg –

Counts and Prelates
- Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I (1727–1772)
- Bentheim-Bentheim – Friedrich Karl Philipp, Count of Bentheim (1731–1753)
- 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 – Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, Princess-Abbess of Herford (1729–1750)
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg –
- County of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein – Karl Philipp Franz 1729–1744)
- 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)
- Duchy of Hoogstraten –
- County of Isenburg – Ernst Kasimir (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)
- Principality of 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 – August Eugen Bernhard, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Dyck (1727–1767)
- County of Salm-Grumbach – Karl Walrad Wilhelm (1727–1763)
- Principality of Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph (1716–1779)
- Salm-Reifferscheid –
- Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg –
- Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein –
- County of Schaumburg-Lippe, Albrecht Wolfgang (1728–1748)
- Stolberg-Rossla –
- Stolberg-Stolberg –
- County of Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst (1710–1771)
- Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont – Karl August Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck, Count of Pyrmont (1728–1763)
- 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)
- County of Wied –

Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Sultan – Mahmud I (1730–1754)
- Grand Vizier –
  1. Damad Silahdar Mehmed Pasha (1730–1731)
  2. Kabakulak Ibrahim Pasha (1731)
  3. Topal Osman Pasha (1731–1732)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John V (1706–1750)
Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick William I (1713–1740)
Russian Empire – Anna Ivanovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1730–1740)
Kingdom of Spain – Philip V (1700–1724, 1724–1746)
Kingdom of Sweden – Age of Liberty
- Monarch – Frederick I, also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (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 – Simon van Slingelandt (1727–1736)
  - Friesland – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711–1751)
  - Groningen – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Groningen (1729–1751)
  - Guelders – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Guelders (1722–1751)

Middle East and North Africa

Sultanate of Morocco – Abdallah (1729–1735)
Persia
- Safavid - Tahmasp II, Safavid Shah of Iran (1729–1732)