List of state leaders in 1705

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1705.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kofi Tutu I, Asantehene (1701–1717)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Akaba (1685–1708)
• Ethiopian Empire – Iyasu I (1682–1706)
• Kingdom of Kongo – João II (1693–1709)
• Ankole – Ntare IV, Omugabe, (c.1699–c.1727)

Asia

• China (Qing dynasty) – Kangxi Emperor (1662–1722)
• 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)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway –
  • Monarch – Frederick IV (1699–1730)
  • Grand Chancellor – Conrad von Reventlow (1699–1708)
• Kingdom of England – Anne (1702–1714)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XIV (1643–1715)
• Holy Roman Empire –
  1. Leopold I (1658–1705)
  2. Joseph I (1705–1711)
• Electors
  • Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian II Emanuel – (1679–1726)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Leopold I (1657–1705)
  1. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1656–1705)
  2. Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1705–1711)
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Frederick III (1688–1713)
  • Electorate of Cologne – Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, Archbishop of Cologne (1688–1723)
  • Electorate of Hanover – Georg Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire Prince Elector designate (1698–1708)
  • Electorate of Mainz – Lothar Francis of Schönborn, Archbishop of Mainz (1694–1729)
  • Electorate of Saxony – Frederick Augustus I (1694–1733)
  • Electorate of Trier – Johann Hugo von Orsbeck, Archbishop of Trier (1711–1715)
• Princes
  • Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg –
  • Principality of Anhalt-Dessau – Leopold I (1693–1747)
  • Principality of Anhalt-Köthen –
  • Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst –
  • Duchy of Arenberg – Leopold (1691–1754)
  • Principality of Auersperg –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg –
  • Austria –
  • Margraviate of Baden-Baden –
  • Margraviate of Baden-Durlach –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg –
  • Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden –
  • Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach –
  • Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth –
  • Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Constance –
  • Imperial Abbey of Corvey –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt –
  • Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Freising –
  • Imperial Abbey of Fulda –
  • County of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst (1704–1716)
  • Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller, Heitersheim –
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt –
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel –
  • Prince-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 –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Münster –
  • Principality of Orange-Nassau –
  • Duchy of Oldenburg –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn –
  • Electorate of the Palatinate –
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken –
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Passau –
  • Bishopric of Regensburg –
  • County of Salm-Salm –
  • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld –
  • Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg –
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen –
  • Saxe-Meiningen –
  • Saxe-Weimar –
  • Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt –
  • Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Speyer –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg – Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan (1704–1749)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Worms –
  • Württemberg –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg –
• Counts and Prelates
  • Principality of 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 –
  • County of Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II (1702–1764)
  • County of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Carl Ludwig (1702–1756)
  • Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst –
  • Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen –
  • Duchy of Hoogstraten –
  • Principality of Isenburg-Birstein –
  • Isenburg-Meerholz –
  • County of Isenburg-Wächtersbach – Ferdinand Maximilian II (1703–1755)
  • Imperial Abbey of Kaisersheim –
  • Käppel –
  • County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim – Johann Franz (1699–1750)
  • County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard (1698–1766)
  • Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg –
  • Leiningen-Emichsburg –
  • Lindau Abbey –
  • Lippe-Alverdissen –
  • Lippe-Biesterfeld –
  • Lippe-Detmold –
  • Lippe-Weissenfeld –
  • Nassau-Saarbrücken –
  • Principality of Nassau-Usingen –
  • Principality of 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) –
  • County of Wied –
• Kingdom of Ireland – Anne (1702–1714)
• Principality of Moldavia –
  1. Mihai Racoviţă (1703–1705)
  2. Antioh Cantemir (1705–1707)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Ahmed III (1703–1730)
  • Grand Vizier – Baltacı Mehmet Pasha (1704–1706)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Pedro II (1667–1706)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick I (1701–1713)
• Tsardom of Russia – Peter I (1682–1725)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Anne (1702–1714)
• Kingdom of Spain – Philip V (1700–1724, 1724–1746)
• Kingdom of Sweden –
  • Monarch – Charles XII (1697–1718)
  • Prime Minister – Nils Gyldenstolpe, President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1705–1709)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Cosimo III de' Medici (1670–1723)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Grand Pensionary of Holland – Anthonie Heinsius (1689–1720)
• Principality of Wallachia – Constantin Brâncoveanu (1689–1714)

Middle East and North Africa

• Sultanate of Morocco – Ismail (1684–1727)

North America

• New France
  • Monarch – Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre (1643–1715)
  • Governor – Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor General of New France (1703–1725)