List of state leaders in 1261

1260 state leaders—Events of 1261—1262 state leaders—State leaders by year

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Asia

*China (Southern Song Dynasty)—Lizong, Emperor of China (1224–1264)
*Goryeo (Korea)—King Weonjong of Goryeo, King of Goryeo (1259–1274)
* Japan
** Monarch—Emperor Kameyama, emperor of Japan (1260–1274)
** Shogun (Kamakura)—Prince Munetaka, Shogun of Japan (1252–1266)
** Shikken—Hojo Nagatoki, Shikken (1256–1264)
*Khmer Empire—Jayavarman VIII (1243–1295)
*Mongol Empire—Kublai Khan, Mongol Khan (1260–1294)
*Pagan—Narathihapate, King of Pagan (1254–1287)
*Sukhothai—Pho Khun Ban Muang, King of Sukhothai (1257–1277)

Europe

*Achaea—William II Villehardouin, Principality of Achaea (1246–1278)
*Aragon—James I, King of Aragon (1213–1276)
*Bohemia—Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253–1278)
*Bulgarian Empire - Constantine Tikh, Tsar of Bulgaria (1257 - 1277)
*Byzantine Empire (Palaeologian dynasty)—Michael VIII, Byzantine emperor, (1261–1282)
*Castile—Alfonso X of Castile, King of Castile and Leon (1252–1284)
*Denmark—Eric V of Denmark, King of Denmark (1259–1286)
*England—Henry III of England, King of England (1216–1272)
*France—Louis IX, King of France (1226–1270)
*Gwynedd—Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Gwynedd (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)
**Holland—Floris V, Count of Holland (1256–1296)
*Hungary—Béla IV, King of Hungary (1235–1270)
*Lithuania—Mindaugas, King of Lithuania (1253–1263)
*Navarre—Theobald II of Navarre, King of Navarre (1253–1270)
*Norway—Håkon IV, King of Norway (1217–1263)
*Poland—Boleslaus V, High Duke of Poland (1243–1279)
*Portugal—Alfonso III, King of Portugal (1249–1279)
*Scotland—Alexander III of Scotland, King of Scotland (1249–1286)
*Sweden
**Monarch—Valdemar I, King of Sweden (1250–1275)
**Regent—Birger Jarl, regent of Sweden (1250–1266)

Middle East and North Africa

*Antioch—Bohemund VI, Prince of Antioch (1252–1268)
*Armenia—Hethum I of Armenia, King of Armenia (1226–1270)
*Cyprus—Hugh II, King of Cyprus (1253–1267)
*Egypt—Baibars, Sultan of Egypt (1260–1277)
*Ilkhanate—Hülëgü, Ilkhan (1256–1265)