List of state leaders in 1685

1684 state leaders - Events of 1685 - 1686 state leaders - State leaders by year-----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1685
*List of colonial governors in 1685

Africa

*Dahomey -
*#Houegbadja, King of Dahomey (1645-1685)
*#Akaba, King of Dahomey (1685-1708)
* Ethiopia -
*#Iyasu I, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1682 - 1706)
*#Yeshaq Iyasu, Pretender (1685)

Asia

* China (Qing Dynasty) - Kangxi, Emperor of China (1662-1722)
* Japan -
**Monarch - Reigen, Emperor of Japan (1663-1687)
**Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Shogun of Japan (1680-1709)
**Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Tei, King of Ryūkyū (1669-1709)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sukjong, King of Joseon (1674-1720)

Europe

* Denmark–Norway - Christian V, King of Denmark (1670-1699)
*England -
*#Charles II, King of England (1660-1685) - also King of Scotland
*#James II, King of England (1685-1689)
*France - Louis XIV, King of France (1643-1715)
*Holy Roman Empire - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)
* Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-1696)
*Portugal - Pedro II, King of Portugal (1667-1706)
*Russia - Peter I and Ivan V, Tsars of Russia (1682-1696)
*Savoy - Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (1675-1730)
*Scotland -
*#Charles II, King of Scotland (1660-1685) - also King of England
*#James VII, King of Scotland (1685-1689)
*Spain - Charles II, King of Spain (1665-1700)
* United Provinces
**Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581-1795)
** Stadtholder - Prince William III of Orange, Stadtholder of Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht and Zeeland (1672-1702)
***Holland - Grand Pensionary Gaspar Fagel of Holland (1672-1688)