List of state leaders in 1708

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1708.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kofi Tutu I, Asantehene (1701–1717)
• Kingdom of Dahomey –
  1. Akaba (1685–1708)
  2. Agaja (1708–1732)
• Ethiopian Empire –
  1. Tekle Haymanot I (1706–1708)
  2. Tewoflos (1708–1711)
• Kingdom of Kongo – João II (1693–1717)
• 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)

Modern India

• Akkalkot State – Fatehsinh I Raje Bhonsle, ruled 1707–1760
• Aundh State – Parusharam Trimbak, Raja (1697–1718)
• Banganapalle State – Faiz Ali Khan, Nawab of Banganapalle (1689–1759)
• Bundi State – Rao Raja Budh Singh, Raja (1696–1735)
• Kingdom of Cochin – Rama Varma V (1701–1721)
• Kolhapur State – Shivaji II, Maharaja (1700–1714)
• Manipur – Meidingu Charairongba, King of Manipur (1697–1709)
• Maratha Empire – Tarabai (1700–1707)
• Mughal Empire –
  1. Aurangzeb (1658–1707)
  2. Bahadur Shah I (1707–1712)
• Pudukkottai state – Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman, King of Pudukkottai (1689–1730)
• Satara – Sambhajiraje
• Thanjavur Maratha kingdom – Shahaji I, Maharajah (1684–1712)
• Travancore – Ravi Varma, King (1684–1718)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway –
  • Monarch – Frederick IV (1699–1730)
  • Chancellor of Denmark –
    1. Conrad von Reventlow (1699–1708)
    2. Christian Christophersen Sehested (1708–1721)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XIV (1643–1715)
• Kingdom of Great Britain – Anne (1702–1714)
• Holy Roman Empire – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1705–1711)
• Electors
  • Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian II Emanuel
  • Kingdom of Bohemia –
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Frederick I of Prussia, (as Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg), (1688–1713)
  • Electorate of Cologne –
  • Electorate of Hanover –
    1. George I of Great Britain, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire Prince Elector designate (1698–1708)
    2. George I of Great Britain, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire (1708–1727)
  • Electorate of Mainz –
  • Electorate of Saxony –
  • Electorate of Trier –
• 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 – Ludwig Georg Simpert (1707–1761)
  • 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 – Adolf Friedrich III (1708–1752)
  • 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 –
  • Salm-Salm –
  • Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld –
  • Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg –
  • Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen –
  • Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich (1706–1763)
  • Duchy of 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 –
  • Duchy of 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 –
  • County of Isenburg – Ernst Kasimir (1708–1749)
  • 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) –
  • Wied –
• Principality of Moldavia (dependent of the Ottoman Empire) – Mihai Racoviţă (1707–1709)
• Kingdom of Portugal – John V (1706–1750)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Ahmed III (1703–1730)
  • Grand Vizier – Çorlulu Ali Pasha (1706–1710)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick I (1701–1713)
• Tsardom of Russia – Peter I (1682–1725)
• 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 (dependent of the Ottoman Empire) – Constantin Brâncoveanu (1689–1714)

Middle East and North Africa

• Sultanate of Morocco – Ismail (1684–1727)