List of state leaders in 1697

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1697.

Africa

• Kingdom of Dahomey – Akaba (1685–1708)
• Ethiopian Empire – Iyasu I (1682–1706)

Asia

• China (Qing dynasty) - Kangxi Emperor (1662–1722)
• India - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor (1658–1707)
• Empire of Japan –
  • Monarch – Emperor Higashiyama (1687–1709)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1680–1709)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Tei (1669–1709)
• Joseon (Korea) – Sukjong (1674–1720)
• Sirmoor State – Mat Prakash, Raja of Sirmur (1684–1704)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway – Christian V (1670–1699)
• Kingdom of England – William III (1689–1702)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XIV (1643–1715)
• Holy Roman Empire – Leopold I (1658–1705)
• Electors
  • Electorate of Bavaria - Maximilian II Emanuel
  • Kingdom of Bohemia - Leopold I (1657–1705)
  • Electorate of Brandenburg - Frederick I of Prussia, (as Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg), (1688–1713)
  • Electorate of Cologne -
  • Electorate of Hanover - Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover Prince Elector designate (1692–1698)
  • Electorate of Mainz -
  • Electorate of Saxony -
  • Electorate of Trier -
• Princes
  • Anhalt-Bernburg -
  • Principality of Anhalt-Dessau - Leopold I (1693–1747)
  • Anhalt-Köthen -
  • Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst -
  • Duchy of Arenberg - Leopold (1691–1754)
  • Principality of Auersperg -
  • Austria -
  • Baden-Baden -
  • Margraviate of Baden-Durlach -
  • Bishopric of Bamberg -
  • Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden -
  • Brandenburg-Ansbach -
  • Brandenburg-Bayreuth -
  • Duchy of Bremen -
    1. Charles XI of Sweden (House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken) (1660–1697)
    2. Charles XII of Sweden (House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken) (1697–1718, dispossessed since 1712)
  • Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel -
  • Bishopric of Constance -
  • Imperial Abbey of Corvey -
  • Bishopric of Eichstätt -
  • Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen -
  • Prince-Bishopric of Freising -
  • Imperial Abbey of Fulda -
  • Fürstenberg -
  • Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller, Heitersheim -
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt -
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel -
  • Bishopric of Hildesheim -
  • Hohenzollern-Hechingen -
  • Duchy of Holstein-Glückstadt -
  • Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp -
  • Imperial Ducal Abbey of Kempten -
  • Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck -
  • Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin -
  • Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz -
  • Mergentheim -
  • Bishopric of Münster -
  • Nassau-Orange -
  • Duchy of Oldenburg -
  • Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück -
  • Bishopric of Paderborn -
  • Electorate of the Palatinate -
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken -
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach -
  • Passau -
  • Bishopric of Regensburg -
  • Salm-Kyrburg -
  • Salm-Salm -
  • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld -
  • Saxe-Gotha -
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen -
  • Saxe-Lauenburg -
  • Saxe-Meiningen -
  • Saxe-Weimar -
  • Duchy of Savoy -
  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt -
  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen -
  • Bishopric of Speyer -
  • Bishopric of Strasbourg -
  • Grand Duchy of Tuscany -
  • Bishopric of Worms -
  • Principality of Verden -
    1. Charles XI of Sweden (House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken) (1660–1697)
    2. Charles XII of Sweden (House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken) (1697–1718, dispossessed since 1712)
  • Württemberg -
  • Würzburg -
• Republics (Free Imperial Cities)
  • Free City of Augsburg -
  • Free City of Bremen -
  • Free City of Lübeck -
• Counts and Prelates
  • Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym -
  • Bentheim-Bentheim -
  • Bentheim-Steinfurt -
  • Essen Abbey -
  • Gandersheim Abbey -
  • Gutenzell Abbey -
  • Herford Abbey -
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg -
  • Hohenlohe-Bartenstein -
  • Hohenlohe-Langenburg -
  • Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen -
  • Hohenlohe-Öhringen -
  • Hohenlohe-Weikersheim -
  • Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst -
  • Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen -
  • Hoogstraten -
  • Isenburg-Birstein -
  • Isenburg-Meerholz -
  • Isenburg-Wächtersbach -
  • Imperial Abbey of Kaisersheim -
  • Käppel -
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim -
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg -
  • Leiningen-Emichsburg -
  • Lindau Abbey -
  • Lippe-Alverdissen -
  • Lippe-Biesterfeld -
  • Lippe-Detmold -
  • Lippe-Weissenfeld -
  • Nassau-Saarbrücken -
  • Nassau-Usingen -
  • Nassau-Weilburg -
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen -
  • Quedlinburg Abbey -
  • Reuss-Ebersdorf -
  • Reuss-Gera -
  • Reuss-Lobenstein -
  • Reuss-Obergreiz -
  • Reuss-Schleiz -
  • Reuss-Untergreiz -
  • Salm-Dhaun -
  • Salm-Dyck -
  • Salm-Grumbach -
  • Salm-Leuze -
  • Salm-Reifferscheid -
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg -
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein -
  • Schaumburg-Lippe -
  • Stolberg-Rossla -
  • Stolberg-Stolberg -
  • Stolberg-Wernigerode -
  • Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont -
  • Weingarten Abbey -
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) -
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) -
  • Wied -
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Ottoman Sultan - Mustafa II (1695–1703)
  • Grand Vizier - Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha (1697–1702)
• Kingdom of Portugal – Pedro II (1667–1706)
• Tsardom of Russia – Peter I (1682–1725)
• Duchy of Savoy – Victor Amadeus II (1675–1730)
• Kingdom of Scotland – William II (1689–1702)
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles II (1665–1700)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Cosimo III de' Medici (1670–1723)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder - King William III of England, Stadtholder of Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht and Zeeland (1672–1702)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary Anthonie Heinsius of Holland (1689–1720)

Middle East and North Africa

• Sultanate of Morocco – Ismail (1684–1727)