List of state leaders in 1739

See also
List of state leaders in 1738 Events of 1739 List of state leaders in 1740 State leaders by year List of colonial governors in 1739

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1739.

Africa

Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750)
Kingdom of Dahomey – Tegbessou (1732–1774)
Ethiopian Empire – Iyasu II (1730–1755)

Asia

China (Qing dynasty) – Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796)
Hyderabad State – Asaf Jah I, Nizam of Hyderabad (1720–1748)
Japan
- Monarch – Sakuramachi (1735–1747)
- Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Yoshimune (1716–1745)
- Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Kei (1713–1751)
Joseon (Korea) – Yeongjo (1724–1776)
Maratha Confederacy –
- Monarch – Shahuji, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy (1707–1749)
- Prime Minister – Baji Rao I, Peshwa (1719–1740)
Mughal Empire – Muhammad Shah (1720–1748)

Europe

Kingdom of Denmark–Norway –
- Monarch – Christian VI (1730–1746)
- Minister of State – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (1735–1751)
Kingdom of France –
- Monarch – Louis XV (1715–1774)
- Chief Minister – Cardinal Fleury (1726–1743)
Kingdom of Great Britain
- Monarch – George II (1727–1760), also King of Ireland and Elector of Hanover
- Prime Minister – Robert Walpole (1721–1742)
Guastalla - Giuseppe Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla (1738–1746)
Holy Roman Empire – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–1740)
- Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg – Victor Frederick, (1721–1765)
- Principality of Anhalt-Dessau – Leopold I (1693–1747)
- Principality of Anhalt-Köthen – Augustus Louis (1728–1755)
- Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst – John Augustus (1718–1742)
- Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg – Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg (1737–1740)
- Austria – Emperor Charles VI, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Styria, etc. (1711–1740)
- Austrian Netherlands –
  - Monarch – Emperor Charles VI, Duke of Brabant, Count of Flanders, etc. (1714–1740)
  - Governor-General – Archduchess Maria Elisabeth, Governor-General of the Austrian Netherlands (1724–1741)
- Margraviate of Baden-Baden – Louis George Simpert (1707–1761)
- Margraviate of Baden-Durlach – Charles Frederick (1738–1811)
- Bishopric of Bamberg – Friedrich Karl von Schönborn (1729–1746), also Bishop of Würzburg
- Electorate of Bavaria – Charles Albert (1726–1745)
- Kingdom of Bohemia – Emperor Charles VI (1711–1740), also Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary
- Electorate of Brandenburg – Frederick William I (1713–1740), also King of Prussia
- Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach – Charles William Frederick (1723–1757)
- Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth – Frederick IX (1735–1763)
- Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Charles I (1735–1780)
- Electorate of Cologne – Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop of Cologne (1723–1761), also Bishop of Hildesheim, Münster, Osnabrück, and Paderborn, and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- Electorate of Hanover – George II, also King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt –
  1. Ernest Louis (1678–1739)
  2. Louis VIII (1739–1768)
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel – Frederick I, also King of Sweden (1730–1751)
- Bishopric of Hildesheim – Clemens August of Bavaria (1723–1761), also Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Münster, Osnabrück, and Paderborn, and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- Duchy of Holstein-Glückstadt – Christian VI (1730–1746)
- Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp –
  1. Karl Friedrich (1702–1739)
  2. Karl Peter Ulrich (1739–1762)
- Prince-Bishopric of Liège – Georges-Louis de Berghes (1724–1743)
- Bishopric of Lübeck – Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp (1727–1750)
- Electorate of Mainz – Philipp Karl von Eltz, Archbishop of Mainz (1732–1743)
- Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Charles Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1713–1747)
- Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1708–1752)
- Prince-Bishopric of Münster – Clemens August of Bavaria (1719–1761), also Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim, Osnabrück, and Paderborn, and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- Bishopric of Osnabrück – Clemens August of Bavaria (1728–1761), also Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim, Münster, and Paderborn, and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- Bishopric of Paderborn – Clemens August of Bavaria (1719–1761), also Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim, Münster, and Osnabrück, and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- Electorate of the Palatinate – Charles III Philip (1716–1742)
- Palatinate-Sulzbach – Charles Theodore, Duke of Sulzbach (1733–1799)
- Palatinate-Zweibrücken – Christian IV (1735–1775)
- Archbishopric of Salzburg – Leopold Anton von Firmian (1727–1744)
- Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Christian Ernest II (1729–1745)
- Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach – William Henry (1729–1741)
- Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg – Frederick III (1732–1772)
- Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernest Frederick II (1724–1745)
- Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen – Charles Frederick (1729–1743)
- Duchy of Saxe-Weimar – Ernest Augustus I (1728–1748)
- Electorate of Saxony – Frederick Augustus II (1733–1763), also King of Poland
- Bishopric of Speyer – Hugo Damian von Schönborn (1719–1743)
- Teutonic Order – Clemens August of Bavaria, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1723–1761), also Archbishop of Cologne and Bishop of Hildesheim, Münster, Osnabrück, and Paderborn
- Prince-Bishopric of Trent – Anton Dominik von Thun (1730–1748)
- Archbishopric of Trier – Franz Georg von Schönborn (1729–1756), also Bishop of Worms and Provost of Ellwangen
- Bishopric of Worms – Franz Georg von Schönborn (1732–1756), also Archbishop of Trier and Provost of Ellwangen
- Duchy of Württemberg – Charles Eugene (1737–1793)
- Bishopric of Würzburg – Friedrich Karl von Schönborn (1729–1746), also Bishop of Bamberg
Kingdom of Hungary – Charles III (1711–1740), also Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia
Kingdom of Ireland – George II (1727–1760), also King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover
Duchy of Lorraine – Stanislaus (1737–1766)
Duchy of Modena – Francesco III d'Este (1737–1780)
Kingdom of Naples – Charles VII (1734–1759), also King of Sicily
Papal States – Pope Clement XII (1730–1740)
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Augustus III (1733–1763), also Elector of Saxony
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Sultan – Mahmud I (1730–1754)
- Grand Vizier –
  1. Yegen Mehmed Pasha (1737–1739)
  2. Ivaz Mehmed Pasha (1739–1740)

Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John V (1706–1750)
Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick William I (1713–1740), also Elector of Brandenburg
Russian Empire – Anna (1730–1740)
Kingdom of Sardinia – Charles Emmanuel III (1730–1773)
Kingdom of Sicily – Charles V (1734–1759), also King of Naples
Kingdom of Spain – Philip V (1700–1724, 1724–1746)
Sweden – Age of Liberty
- Monarch – Frederick I, also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720–1751)
- Majority leader – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Lord Marshal of the Riksdag of the Estates (1738–1739)
Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Francis Stephen (1737–1765)
United Provinces
- Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
- Grand Pensionary of Holland – Anthonie van der Heim (1736–1746)
  - Friesland – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711–1751)
  - Groningen – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Groningen (1729–1751)
  - Guelders – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Guelders (1722–1751)
Republic of Venice – Alvise Pisani, Doge of Venice (1735–1741)
Principality of Wallachia – Constantine Mavrocordatos (1735–1741)

Middle East and North Africa

Sultanate of Morocco – Al-Mostadi (1738–1740)
Persia – Nader Shah, Shah of Persia (1736–1747)
Beylik of Tunis – Ali I (1735–1756)