List of state leaders in 1503

1502 state leaders - Events of 1503 - 1504 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (1494-1508)
**Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din, Sultan (1488 - 1518)
*Kongo - João I (1470 - 1509)
*Sennar - Amara Dunqas (1503 - 1533/4)
*Songhai Empire - Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493-1528)

Americas

*Aztec Empire - Moctezuma II, Aztec Emperor (1502-1520)
*Inca Empire - Huayna Capac, Inca Emperor (1493-1527)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Hongzhi, Emperor of China (1487-1505)
* Japan
** Monarch - Go-Kashiwabara, Emperor of Japan (1500-1526)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Shogun of Japan (1494-1508)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Yeonsangun, King of Joseon (1494-1506)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Shin, King of Ryūkyū (1477-1526)

Europe

*Andorra -
**Pere de Cardona, Bishop of Urgell and Co-Prince of Andorra (1472-1515)
**Catherine, Queen of Navarre, Countess of Foix and Co-Princess of Andorra (1483-1516)
*Aragon - Ferdinand II the Catholic, King of Aragon and Valencia, Count of Barcelona (1479-1516)
*Castile - Isabella I, Queen of Castile (1474-1504)
*Crimea - Meñli I Giray, Khan of Crimea (1478-1515)
*Denmark-Norway - Hans, King of Denmark and Norway (1481-1513)
*England - Henry VII, King of England (1485-1509)
*Ferrara, Modena and Reggio - Ercole d'Este I, Duke of Ferrara and Modena (1471-1505)
*France - Louis XII, King of France (1498-1515)
**Albret - Alain I, Lord of Albret (1471-1522)
**Alençon - Charles IV, Dukes of Alençon (1492-1525)
**Armagnac - Margaret, Countess of Armagnac (1481-1549)
**Bourbon -
**#Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1488-1503 and Count of Marche (1477-1503)
**#Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (1503-1525)
**Brittany - Anne, Duchess of Brittany (1488-1514)
**Nevers - Engelbert of Cleves, Count of Nevers (1491-1506)
*Holy Roman Empire - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria (1493-1519)
**Arenberg - Eberhard IV, Count of Arenberg (1496-1531)
**Baden-Baden - Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1475-1515)
**Baden-Saufenberg - Philipp, Margrave of Baden Saufenberg (1487-1503)
**Bavaria-Landshut - George the Rich, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut (1479-1503)
**Bavaria-Munich - Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria-Munich (1467-1508)
**Bentheim-Bentheim - Eberwin II, Count of Bentheim-Bentheim (1473-1530)
**Bentheim-Lingen -
***Otto, Count of Bentheim-Lingen (1450-1508)
***Nicholas III, Count of Bentheim-Lingen (1493-1508)
**Bentheim-Steinfurt - Arnold II, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1454-1506)
**Bentheim-Tecklenburg - Otto VIII, Count of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1493-1526)
**Brandenburg - Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1499-1535)
**Brandenburg-Ansbach - Frederick I, Margrave of Ansbach (1486-1515) and Margrave of Bayreuth (1495-1515)
**Bremen - Johann III Rode on Wale, Archbishop of Bremen (1497-1511)
**Brunswick-Lüneburg - Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1491-1514)
**Burgundy - Philip IV the Fair, Duke of Brabant, Count of Burgundy and Artois (1482-1506)
**Castell -
***George I, Count of Castell (1498-1528)
***Wolfgang I, Count of Castell (1498-1546)
**Cieszyn - Kazimierz II, Duke of Cieszyn (1477-1528)
**Cologne - Hermann IV of Hesse, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1480-1508)
**Cleves-Mark - John II the Pious, Duke of Cleves and Count of Mark (1481-1521)
**East-Frisia - Edzard I the Great, Count of East Frisia (1491-1528)
**Fürstenberg-Baar - Wolfgang, Count of Fürstenberg-Baar (1499-1509)
**Guelders - Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders (1492-1538)
**Hesse - Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1509-1567)
**Isenburg-Büdingen - Louis II, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen (1461-1511)
**Königsegg - John IV, Baron of Königsegg (1500-1544)
**Magdeburg - Ernst of Saxony, Archbishop of Magdeburg (1475-1513)
**Mainz - Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1484-1504)
**Mecklenburg-Schwerin -
**#Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1477-1503)
**#Heinrich V, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1503-1552)
**#Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1503-1547)
**Mindelheim - Georg von Frundsberg, Lord of Mindelheim (1478-1528)
**Nassau-Weilburg - Louis I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1492-1523)
**Nieder-Isenburg - James, Count of Nieder-Isenburg (1486-1503)
**Limburg-Styrum -
***John III, Count of Limburg-Styrum (1473-1510)
***Adolph, Count of Limurg-Styrum (1493-1505)
**Lorraine - René II, Duke of Lorraine (1473-1508) and Duke of Bar (1483-1508)
**Opole - John the Good, Duke of Opole (1476-1532)
**Orange - Philibert of Châlon, Prince of Orange (1502-1530)
**Ortenburg-Neuortenburg - Ulrich II, Count of Ortenburg-Neuortenburg (1495-1524)
**Öttingen-Wallerstein - Louis XIII, Count of Öttingen-Wallerstein (1449-1517)
**Palatinate - Philip, Elector Palatine (1476-1508)
**Pappenheim - William, Lord of Pappenheim (1482-1508)
**Pomerania - Boguxlaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1478-1523)
**Runkel - John, Count of Runkel (1460-1521)
**Salm-Kyrburg -John VII, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Kyrburg (1499-1531)
**Saxony
***"Ernestine branch" - Frederick, Elector of Saxony (1486-1525)
***"Albertine branch" - George, Duke of Saxony (1500-1539)
**Saxe-Lauenburg - John IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1463-1507)
**Sayn - Mathieu Schiner, Bishop of Sion (1499-1522)
***Gerhard III, Count of Sayn (1493-1506)
***John IV, Count of Sayn (1498-1529)
**Schönborn - John IV, Lord of Schönborn (1490-1529)
**Sion -
**Solms-Braunfels - Otto II, Count of Solm-Braunfels (1459-1504)
**Stadion (state) - Nicholas, Lord of Stadion (1479-1507)
**Stolberg-Stolberg - Henry IX, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1455-1511)
**Trier -
**#Johann II of Baden, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1456-1503)
**#Jakob II of Baden, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1503-1511)
**Utrecht - Frederik IV van Baden, Archbishop of Utrecht (1496-1517)
**Wied -
***William III, Count of Wied (1487-1526)
***John I, Count of Wied (1487-1533)
**Worms -
**#Johann II von Dalberg, Bishop of Worms (1482-1503)
**#Reinhard II von Rippur, Bishop of Worms (1503-1523)
**Württemberg - Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (1498-1519)
**Würzburg - Lorenz von Bibra, Bishop of Würzburg (1495-1519)
*Hungary - Ladislaus II, King of Hungary (1490-1516) and King of Bohemia (1471-1516)
*Ireland
**Airgíalla - Rossa mac Maghnusa, King of Airgíalla (1497-1513)
**Breifne - Eoghan mac Tighearnain Oig, King of Breifne (1500-1528)
**East Breifne - Seaan mac Cathail, King of East Breifne (1491-1510)
**Hy-Many - Maelsechlainn mac Tadhg O Cellaigh, King of Hy-Many (1499-1511)
***Síol Anmchadha - Breasal mac Eoghan Ua Madadhan, Lord of Síol Anmchadha (1479-1526)
**Leinster - Muircheartach mac Donnchadh MacMurrough-Kavanagh, King of Leinster (1478-1512)
**Moylurg - Cormac MacDermot, King of Moylurg (1499-1528)
*Mantua - Francesco II of Gonzaga, Margrave of Mantua (1484-1519)
*Moldavia - Stephen III the Great, Prince of Moldavia (1457-1504)
*Muscovy - Ivan III of Russia, Grand Prince of Muscovy (1462-1505)
*Navarre -
**Catherine, Queen of Navarre and Countess of Foix (1483-1516
**John III d'Albret, King of Navarre (1484-1516)
*Papal States -
*#Pope Alexander VI, (1492-1503)
*#Pope Pius III, (1503)
*#Pope Julius II, (1503-1513)
*Poland-Lithuania - Aleksander Jagiellon, King of Poland (1501-1506) and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1492-1506)
**Masovia -
**#Konrad III Rudy, Duke of Masovia (1454-1503)
**#Stanislaus I (1503-1524)
**#Janusz III (1503-1526)
*Portugal - Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521)
*Savoy - Philibert II of Savoy, Duke of Savoy (1497-1504)
*Scotland - James IV of Scotland, King of Scots (1488-1513)
*Sweden - Sten Sture the Elder, Regent of Sweden (1501-1503)
*Teutonic Order - Friedrich of Saxony, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1497-1510)
*Venice - Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (1501-1523)
**Duchy of the Archipelago - Francesco III Crispo, Duke (1500-1511)
*Wallachia - Radu cel Mare, Prince of Wallachia (1495-1508)

Middle East and North Africa

*Egypt - Qansuh al-Ghawri, Sultan of Egypt (1501-1516)
*Ottoman Empire - Beyazid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481-1512)