List of state leaders in 1221

1220 state leaders - Events of 1221 - 1222 state leaders - State leaders by year ----

Africa

*Kingdom of Ghana (Susu Kingdom) - Sumanguru Kante, King of Ghana (~1200-1235)
* Kanem Empire - Dunama II Dibbalem, Saifawa Mai of Kanem (1210-1224)

Asia

*China (Jin Dynasty) - Xuanzong, Emperor of Jin China (1213-1223)
*China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Ningzong, Emperor of Song China (1194-1224)
*Goryeo - Gojong, King of Goryeo (1213-1259)
*India - Iltutmish, Mameluk sultan of India (1211-1236)
* Japan
** Monarch -
**# Emperor Juntoku, emperor of Japan (1210-1221)
**# Emperor Chūkyō, emperor of Japan (1221)
**# Emperor Go-Horikawa, emperor of Japan (1221-1232)
** Shogun (Kamakura) - "vacant"
** Shikken - Hojo Yoshitoki, Shikken (1205-1224)
* Khmer Empire - Indravarman II? (1220-1243)
* Mongol Empire - Genghis Khan, Mongol Khan (1206-1227)
*Western Xia - Shenzong, Emperor of Western Xia (1211-1223)

Europe

* Achaea - Geoffrey I of Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea (1209-c. 1228)
* Angouleme - Hugh I, Count of Angouleme (1218-1249)
* Aquitaine - Henry II, Duke of Aquitaine (1216-1254)
* Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (1213-1276)
* Athens - Otto de la Roche, Duke of Athens (1205-1225)
*Austria - Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (1198-1230)
* Auvergne(province) - Guy II, Count of Auvergne (1195-1224); Robert IV, Dauphin of Auvergne (1169-1235)
*Baden - Frederick, Margrave of Baden (1216-1231)
*Bar - Henry II, Count of Bar (1214-1239)
*Bavaria - Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1183-1231)
*Blois - Margaret, Countess of Blois, with Walter of Avesnes (1218-1230)
*Bohemia - Premysl I Ottokar, King of Bohemia (1198-1230)
*Boulogne - Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne (1216- c. 1260)
*Brabant - Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1190-1235)
*Brittany - Peter I, Duke of Brittany (1213-1237)
*Bulgaria - Ivan Asen II, Tsar of Bulgaria (1218-1241)
*Burgundy - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1218-1272)
*Carinthia - Bernard, Duke of Carinthia (1201-1256)
* Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (1217-1252)
*Champagne - Theobald IV, Count of Champagne (1201-1253)
*Deheubarth - Maelgwyn ap Rhys, Prince of Deheubarth (1199-1230), disputed with Rhys the Hoarse (1216-1234)
* Denmark - Valdemar II, the Victorious King of Denmark (1202-1241)
*Demmin - Warcislaw III, Duke of Demmin (1219-1264)
* England - Henry III King of England (1216-1272)
* Epirus - Theodore Ducas, Despot of Epirus (1214-1230)
*Flanders - Jeanne, Countess of Flanders (1205-1244)
*France - Philip II, King of France (1180-1223)
*Gdansk - Swietopelk II the Great, Duke of Gdansk (1215-1266)
*Guelders - Gerard IV, Count of Guelders (1207-1229)
*Gwynedd - Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd (1194-1240)
*Hainaut - Jeanne, Countess of Hainaut (1205-1244)
*Holland - William I, Count of Holland (1203–1222)
* Holy Roman Empire - Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor (1211-1250) and King of Sicily (1198-1250)
*Hungary - Andrew II, King of Hungary (1205-1235)
*Ireland - Henry III of England, Lord of Ireland (1216-1272)
* Isle of Man - Ragnald, King of the Isle of Man (1187-1229)
*Kievan Rus' - Mstislav III, Grand Prince of Kiev (1214-1223)
*Lorraine - Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine (1220–1251)
*Maine - John Capet, Count of Maine (1219-1232)
*Montferrat - William IV, Marquis of Montferrat (1207-1225)
*Namur - Philip II, Marquis of Namur (1217–1226)
* Navarre - Sancho VII the Strong King of Navarre (1194-1234)
* Naxos - Marco Sanudo, Duke of the Archipelago (1207-1227)
*Normandy - Henry III, Duke of Normandy (claimed, 1216-1259)
*Norway - Haakon IV, King of Norway (1217-1263)
*Opole - Kasimir I, Duke of Opole (1211-1230)
*Poitiers - Alphonse of Toulouse, Count of Poitiers (1220-1271)
*Poland - Leszek the White, King of Poland (1211-1227)
* Portugal - Afonso II, the Fat, King of Portugal (1212-1233)
*Powys - Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor, Prince of Powys (1191-1236)
*Provence - Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (1209-1245)
*Rugia - Wislaw, Duke of Rugia (1218-1249)
*Saxony - Albert II, Duke of Saxony (1212-1260)
*Scotland - Alexander II King of Scotland (1214-1249)
*Serbia - Stefan Prvovencani, King of Serbia (1196-1228)
*Slawno - Boguslaw III, Duke of Slawno (1190-1223)
*Swabia - Henry II, Duke of Swabia (1216-1235)
*Sweden - John I, King of Sweden (1216-1222)
*Szczecin - Dobry, Duke of Szeczcin (1220-1278)
*Thessalonica - Demetrius, King of Thessalonica (1207-1224)
*Toulouse - Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1194-1222)
*Venice - Pietro Ziani Doge of Venice (1205-1229)
*Vladimir-Suzdal - Yuri II, Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal (1218-1238)
*Wrocław - Henry I the Bearded, Duke of Wrocław (1201-1238)
*Württemberg - Hartmann, Count of Württemberg (1194-1240)

Middle East and North Africa

*Abbasid Caliphate - An-Nasir, Caliph of Baghdad (1180-1225)
*Aleppo - Al-Aziz, Ayyubid Emir of Aleppo (1216-1236)
*Almohad Caliphate - Abu Ya'qub Yusuf II, Almohad Caliph (1213-1224)
*Antioch - Bohemond IV, Prince of Antioch (1219-1233)
* Armenia - Isabella, Queen of Armenia (1219-1252)
*Ayyubid Sultanate - Al-Kamil, Sultan of Egypt (1218-1238)
*Baghdad - An-Nasir, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (1180-1225)
* Byzantine Empire - in exile in the Empire of Nicaea - Theodore I Lascaris Byzantine Emperor (1204-1222)
*Cyprus - Henry I, King of Cyprus (1218-1253)
*Damascus - Al-Mu'azzam, Ayyubid Sultan of Damascus (1218-1227)
*Georgia - Giorgi IV Lasha, King of Georgia (1213-1223)
*Hamah -
*# Al-Mansur I Ayyubid Emir of Hamah (1191-1221)
*# Al-Nasir Ayyubid Emir of Hamah (1221-1229)
*Homs - Al-Mujahid Ayyubid Emir of Homs (1186-1240)
*Jerusalem ("in Acre") - Yolande, Queen of Jerusalem (1212-1228) (John of Brienne, regent, 1212-1225)
*The Jezirah - Al-Ashraf Ayyubid ruler of the Jezirah (1218-1237)
* Latin Empire of Constantinople - Conon of Bethune, regent (1219-1221) in the absence of Robert of Courtenay
* Trabzon - Alexius I, Emperor of Trebizond (1204-1222)
*Tripoli - Bohemond IV, Count of Tripoli (1219-1233)
*Yemen - Al-Mas'ud Yusuf Ayyubid Emir of Yemen (1215-1229)