List of state leaders in 1198

1197 state leaders - Events of 1198 - 1199 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

Asia

*China (Jin Dynasty) - Zhangzong, Emperor of Jin China (1190-1208)
*China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Ningzong, Emperor of Song China (1194-1224)
*Japan
**Monarch -
**# Emperor Go-Toba, emperor of Japan (1183-1198)
**# Emperor Tsuchimikado, emperor of Japan (1198-1210)
** Shogun (Kamakura) - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Shogun of Japan (1192-1199)
*Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - Yeluu Zhilugu, Emperor of Western Liao (1178-1211)
*Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VII ("Mahaparamasangata"?) (1181-1220?)
*Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) - Sinjong, King of Goryeo (1197-1204)
*Western Xia - Huanzong, Emperor of Western Xia (1193-1206)

Europe

*Aragon - Peter II, King of Aragon (1196-1213)
*Bulgarian Empire - Kaloyan, Tsar of Bulgaria (1197-1207)
*Castile - Alfonso VIII, King of Castile (1158-1214)
* Denmark - Canute VI, King of Denmark (1182-1202)
* England - Richard I, King of England (1189-1199)
*France - Philip II, King of France (1180-1223)
* Holy Roman Empire - Philip of Swabia, King of Germany (1198-1208)
**Holland - Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203)
* Hungary - Emeric, King of Hungary (1196-1204)
* Norway - Sverre I, King of Norway (1184-1202)
*Portugal - Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1211)
*Scotland - William I, King of Scotland (1165-1214)
* Sweden - Sverker II, King of Sweden (1196-1208)

Middle East and North Africa

* Abbasid Caliphate - An-Nasir, Caliph of Baghdad (1180-1225)
* Almohad Caliphate - Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur, Almohad Caliph (1184-1199)
* Ayyubid Sultanate -
*# Al-Aziz, Sultan of Egypt (1193-1198)
*# Al-Mansur, Sultan of Egypt (1198-1200)
*Cyprus - Amalric I, King of Cyprus (1194-1205)