List of state leaders in 1181

1180 state leaders - Events of 1181 - 1182 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

Asia

*China (Jin Dynasty) - Shizong, Emperor of Jin China (1161-1189)
*China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Xiaozong, Emperor of Song China (1162-1189)
*Japan
**Monarch - Emperor Antoku, emperor of Japan (1180-1183)
**Cloistered ruler - Emperor Go-Shirakawa, Jōkō of Japan (1158-1192)
** "de facto" -
**# Taira no Kiyomori (1159-1181)
**# Taira no Munemori (1181-1185)
*Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - Yelü Zhilugu, Emperor of Western Liao (1178-1211)
*Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VII ("Mahaparamasangata"?) (1181-1220?)
*Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) - Myeongjong, King of Goryeo (1170-1197)
*Western Xia - Renzong, Emperor of Western Xia (1139-1193)

Europe

*Aragon - Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-1196)
*Castile - Alfonso VIII, King of Castile (1158-1214)
*Denmark - Valdemar I, King of Denmark (1157-1182)
*England - Henry II, King of England (1154-1189)
*France - Philip II, King of France (1180-1223)
*Holy Roman Empire - Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor (1152-1190)
**Holland - Floris III, Count of Holland (1157-1190)
*Hungary - Béla III, King of Hungary (1172-1196)
*Norway - Magnus V, King of Norway (1161-1184)
*Portugal - Afonso I Henriques, King of Portugal (1128-1185)
*Scotland - William I, King of Scotland (1165-1214)
*Sicily - William II King of Sicily (1166-1189)
*Sweden - Canute I, King of Sweden (1167-1195)