List of state leaders in 1197

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1197.

Africa

• Egypt (Ayyubid Dynasty) - Al-Aziz Uthman (1193–1198)

Asia

• China (Jin dynasty) - Emperor Zhangzong (1190–1208)
• China (Southern Song dynasty) - Emperor Ningzong (1194–1224)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Toba (1183–1198)
  • Kamakura shogunate - Minamoto no Yoritomo (1192–1199)
• Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - Yelü Zhilugu (1178–1211)
• Khmer Empire – Jayavarman VII (Mahaparamasangata?) (1181–1220?)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom)
  • Monarch -
    1. Myeongjong (1170–1197)
    2. Sinjong (1197–1204)
  • de facto - Choe Chung-heon (1196–1219)
• Sri Lanka – Lilavati of Polonnaruwa (1197- 1200)
• Western Xia – Emperor Huanzong (1193–1206)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Peter II (1196–1213)
• Bulgarian Empire –
  • Peter IV, Tsar of Bulgaria (1185–1190), (1196–1197)
  • Kaloyan, Tsar of Bulgaria (1197–1207)
• Byzantine Empire – Alexios III Angelos (1195–1203)
• Kingdom of Castile – Alfonso VIII (1158–1214)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Canute VI (1182–1202)
• Kingdom of England – Richard I (1189–1199)
• Kingdom of France – Philip II (1180–1223)
• Holy Roman Empire – Henry VI (1190–1197)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – Hartwig of Uthlede (Hartwig II) (1185–1190 and 1192–1207)
  • County of Holland – Dirk VII (1190–1203)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Emeric (1196–1204)
• Kingdom of the Isles – Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson (1187–1226)
• Kingdom of Norway – Sverre I (1184–1202)
• Kingdom of Portugal – Sancho I (1185–1211)
• Kingdom of Scotland – William the Lion (1165–1214)
• Serbian Grand Principality – Stefan the First-Crowned (1196–1228)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Sverker II (1196–1208)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Cyprus – Amalric I (1194–1205)
• Sultanate of Rûm – Süleyman II (1196–1204)