List of state leaders in 1218

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1218.

Africa

• Kingdom of Ghana (Susu Kingdom) - Sumanguru Kante (~1200–1235)
• Kanem Empire – Dunama II Dibbalem, Saifawa Mai of Kanem (1210–1224)
• Ethiopian Empire – Zagwe dynasty, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1190–1225?)

Asia

• China (Jin dynasty) - Emperor Xuanzong (1213–1223)
• China (Southern Song dynasty) - Emperor Ningzong (1194–1224)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Gojong (1213–1259)
• India - Iltutmish, Mameluk sultan of India (1211–1236)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Juntoku (1210–1221)
  • Kamakura shogunate - Minamoto no Sanetomo (1203–1219)
  • Shikken - Hōjō Yoshitoki (1205–1224)
• Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) -
  1. Kuchlug, Emperor of Western Liao (1211–1218)
  2. conquered by Mongol Empire
• Khmer Empire – Jayavarman VII (Mahaparamasangata?) (1181–1220?)
• Mongol Empire – Genghis Khan (1206–1227)
• Western Xia – Emperor Shenzong (1211–1223)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – James I (1213–1276)
• Bulgarian Empire –
  1. Boril, Tsar of Bulgaria (1207–1218)
  2. Ivan Asen II, Tsar of Bulgaria (1218–1241)
• Kingdom of Castile – Ferdinand III (1217–1252)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Valdemar II (1202–1241)
• Kingdom of England – Henry III (1216–1272)
• Kingdom of France – Philip II (1180–1223)
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick II (1215–1250)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – Valdemar of Denmark (1192 and 1207–1218)
  • County of Holland – William I (1203–1222)
  • Duchy of Brabant – Henry I (1184–1235)
  • County of Flanders – Joan of Constantinople (1205–1244)
  • County of Hainaut – Joan of Constantinople (1205–1244)
  • Margraviate of Namur – Philip II (1217–1226)
  • Principality of Liège – Hugues de Pierrepont (1200–1229)
  • County of Luxembourg – Ermesinde (1197–1247)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Andrew II (1205–1235)
• Kingdom of the Isles – Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson (1187–1226)
• Kievan Rus' – Mstislav III, Grand Prince of Kiev (1214–1223)
• Kingdom of Norway – Haakon IV (1217–1263)
• Kingdom of Portugal – Afonso II (1212–1233)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Alexander II (1214–1249)
• Kingdom of Sweden – John I (1216–1222)
• Kingdom of Thessalonica – Demetrius (1207–1224)
• Vladimir-Suzdal –
  1. Konstantin, Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal (1216–1218)
  2. Yuri II, Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal (1218–1238)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abbasid Caliphate – An-Nasir, Caliph of Baghdad (1180–1225)
• Almohad Caliphate – Abu Ya'qub Yusuf II (1213–1224)
• Ayyubid Sultanate –
  1. Al-Adil I, Sultan of Egypt (1200–1218)
  2. Al-Kamil, Sultan of Egypt (1218–1238)
• Kingdom of Cyprus –
  1. Hugh I (1205–1218)
  2. Henry I (1218–1253)
• Sultanate of Rûm – Kaykaus I (1211–1220)
• Empire of Trebizond – Alexios I (1204–1222)