List of state leaders in 796

Africa

*Berghouata - Ilyâs ibn Sâlih (792-842)
*Idrisids - Idris II (791-828)
*Makuria - ?
*Nekor - Sa'id I ibn Idris King of Nekor (760-803)

America

*Copán - Yax-Pasaj Chan Yoaat, (763-aft.810)
*Tikal - Yax Nuun Ayiin II, (768-790)

Asia

*Bohai/Balhae - Da Songlin/Dae Seung-rin, King of Bohai/Balhae (794-808)
*China (Tang Dynasty) - Dezong, Emperor of Tang China (780-805)
*Gurjara - Vatsaraja, Pratihara King of Gurjara (775-805)
*Japan (Heian Period) - Kammu, Emperor of Japan (781-806)
*Pallava - Thandi Varman, King of Pallava (775-825)
*Rashtrakuta - Govinda III, (793-814)
*Silla - Weonseong, King of Silla (785-798)
*Tibet - Mu-tig btsan-po, Emperor of Tibet (764-817)

Europe

*Asturias - Alfonso II, King of Asturias (791-842)
*Bulgaria - Kardam, Khan of the Bulgars (777-803)
*Byzantine Empire - Constantine VI, Roman Emperor (780-797)
*Cordoba -
*#Hisham I, Emir of Cordoba (788-796)
*#al-Hakam I, Emir of Cordoba (796-822)
*East Anglia - Eadwald, King of East Anglia (796-c.799)
*Essex - Sigeric, King of Essex (758-798)
*Franks - Charlemagne, King of the Franks (768-814)
**Italy - Pippin, King of Italy (781-810)
**Poitiers - Renaud, Count of Poitiers (795-843
**Toulouse - William of Gellone, Count of Toulouse (790-811)
**Urgell - Borell, Count of Urgell (789-820)
*Gwynedd - Caradog ap Meirion, King of Gwynedd (c.754-c.798)
*Ireland - Aed Oirdnide mac Neill, High King of Ireland (766-792)
**Ailech - Aed Oirdnide mac Neill, King of Ailech (788-819)
**Connacht -
**#Colla mac Fergus, King of Connacht (792-796)
**#Muirgius mac Tommaltach, King of Connacht (796-815)
**Hy-Many - Cathal mac Murchadh, King of Hy-Many (794-816)
**Leinster - Finsnechta Cethardec mac Cellach, King of Leinster (795-808)
**Mide - Donnchad Midi mac Domnaill, King of Mide (766-797)
**Ulaid - Eochaid, King of Ulaid (787-804)
*Kartli - Ashot I Kurapalate, Grand Duke of Kartli (786-809)
*Kent - Eadbert II, King of Kent (796-798)
*Mercia -
*#Offa, Bretwalda, King of Mercia (757-796), Kent (785-796) and East Anglia¹ (794-796)
*#Ecgfrith, King of Mercia (787-796)
*#Cenwulf, King of Mercia (796-821)
*Northumbria -
*#Aethelred I, King of Northumbria (790-796)
*#Osbald, King of Northumbria (796)
*#Eardwulf, King of Northumbria (796-806/8)
*Pannonian Croats - Vojnomir, Duke of the Pannonian Croats (791-c.810)
*Papal States - Leo III, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church (795-816)
*Picts - Caustantín, King of the Picts (789-820)
*Saxons - Widukind, King of the Saxons (743-807)
*Strathclyde - Rudderch, King of Strathclyde (c.780-c.798)
*Venice - Giovanni Galbaio, Doge of Venice (787-804)
*Wessex - Beorhtric, King of Wessex (786-802)

Middle East

*Caliphate - Harun al-Rashid, Caliph in Baghdad (786-809)

Notes

#Both East Anglia and Kent had been conquered by Offa during his reign over Mercia and, during this time, were sub-states of Mercia.