List of state leaders in 1259

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1259.

Asia

• China (Southern Song dynasty) - Emperor Lizong (1224–1264)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) –
  1. Gojong (1213–1259)
  2. Wonjong (1259–1274)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1246–1260)
  • Kamakura shogunate - Prince Munetaka (1252–1266)
  • Shikken - Hōjō Nagatoki (1256–1264)
• Khmer Empire – Jayavarman VIII (1243–1295)
• Mongol Empire – Möngke Khan (1251–1260)
• Pagan Kingdom – Narathihapate (1254–1287)
• Kingdom of Sukhothai – Ban Mueang (1257–1277)
• White Horde – Orda Khan (1226–1280)

Europe

• Principality of Achaea – William II of Villehardouin (1246–1278)
• Kingdom of Aragon – James I (1213–1276)
• Kingdom of Bohemia – Ottokar II (1253–1278)
• Bulgarian Empire – Constantine Tikh, Tsar of Bulgaria (1257–1277)
• Crown of Castile – Alfonso X of Castile (1252–1284)
• Kingdom of Denmark –
  • Christopher I (1252–1259)
  • Eric V (1259–1286)
• Despotate of Epirus – Michael II Komnenos Doukas (1230–1266/68)
• Kingdom of England – Henry III (1216–1272)
• Kingdom of France – Louis IX (1226–1270)
• Kingdom of Gwynedd – Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1246–1282)
• Holy Roman Empire – (disputed election) Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans (1257–1272) and Alfonso X of Castile, King of the Romans (1257–1284)
  • County of Holland – Floris V (1256–1296)
• Latin Empire of Constantinople – Baldwin II (1228–1273, titular after 1261)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Béla IV (1235–1270)
• Kingdom of Lithuania – Mindaugas (1253–1263)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Theobald II (1253–1270)
• Empire of Nicaea (Laskarid dynasty) - Theodore II Laskaris (1258–1261), with Michael Palaiologos (1259–1282) as regent and co-emperor
• Kingdom of Norway – Haakon IV (1217–1263)
• Duchy of Poland – Bolesław V the Chaste, High Duke of Poland (1243–1279)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Afonso III (1249–1279)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Alexander III (1249–1286)
• Kingdom of Sicily – Manfred (1258–1266)
• Kingdom of Sweden
  • Monarch – Valdemar I (1250–1275)
  • Regent – Birger Jarl, regent of Sweden (1250–1266)
• Blue Horde – Berke Khan (1257–1267)

Middle East and North Africa

• Principality of Antioch – Bohemond VI (1252–1268)
• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia – Hethum I (1226–1270)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Hugh II (1253–1267)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt –
  1. Al-Mansur Ali (1257–1259)
  2. Qutuz (1259–1260)
• Ilkhanate – Hulagu Khan (1256–1265)
• Sultanate of Rûm – Kaykaus II (1246–1262)
• Karamanids – Karaman Bey (1257–1261)
• Empire of Trebizond – Manuel I (1238–1263)