List of heads of state 1696

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Africa

Ethiopia
- Emperor (Negus Negest) : Iyasu I (1682–1706)

Bamum (in today's Cameroon )
- King : Kouotou (1672–1757)

Bornu (in present-day Niger ) Sefuwa dynasty
- King / May: Idris IV. (1677–1696)
- King / May: Dunama VII (1696–1715)

Burundi
- King : Ntare III. Rushatsi (around 1680 – around 1709)

Dahomey
- King : Houessou Akaba (1685–1708)

Jolof (in what is now Senegal )
- Buur-ba Jolof : Bakar Penda (1670-1711)

Kano
- King: Dadi (1670–1703)

Morocco ( Alawids )
- Sultan : Mulai Ismail (1672-1727)

Munhumutapa Empire
- Ruler : Nyamaende Mhande (1694–1707)

Rwanda
- King : Mibambwe II (1672–1696)
- King: Yuhi III. (1696-1720)

Sultanate of Sannar (in what is now Sudan )
- Sultan : Badi III. (1692-1716)

America

New France
- Governor General : Louis de Buade ( 1672–1682 , 1689–1698)

Rupert's Land
- Governor : Stephen Evans (1692–1696, 1700–1712 )
- Governor: William Trumbull (1696–1700)

Brazil
- Governor General : João de Lencastre (1694–1702)

Viceroyalty of New Spain
- Viceroy : Gaspar de la Cerda Sandoval Silva y Mendoza (1688–1696)
- Viceroy: Juan Ortega y Montañés (1696, 1701–1702 )
- Viceroy: José Sarmiento Valladares (1696–1701)

Viceroyalty of Peru
- Viceroy : Melchor Portocarrero Lasso de la Vega (1689–1705) (1686–1688 Viceroy of New Spain)

Asia

Burma
- Arakan
  - King: Sanda Thuriya I (1694–1696)
  - King: Nawrahta (1696)
  - King: Mayonpiya (1696–1697)
- Taungu
  - King : Minrekyawdin (1673–1698)

Brunei
- Sultan : Nassaruddin (1690-1705)

China ( Qing Dynasty )
- Emperor : Kang Hi (1661-1722)

Georgia
- Imereti
  - König : Artschil ( 1661–1663, 1678–1679, 1690–1691 , 1695–1696, 1698–1699 )
  - King: Giorgi V. Gotschia (1696–1698)
- Kartlien
  - King : Erakle I (1688–1703)
- Mingrelia
  - Prince : Giorgi IV. Txikovani (1691–1715)

India
- Ahom (in today's Assam)
  - King : Supaatphaa (1681–1696)
  - King: Sukhrungphaa (1696–1714)
- Madurai
  - Nayak : Mangammal (1689–1704)
- Mughal Empire
  - Great Mughal : Aurangzeb (1658–1707)
- Mysore (in what is now Karnataka)
  - Maharaja: Chikka Devaraja (1673–1704)
- Portuguese India
  - Viceroy : Pedro António de Meneses Noronha de Albuquerque (1692–1697) (1714–1718 Viceroy of Brazil)

Indonesia
- Aceh
  - Sultan : Kamalat Shah Zinat ud-Din (1688–1699)
- Johor
  - Sultan : Mahmud Shah II (1685–1699)
- Dutch East Indies
  - Governor General : Willem van Outhoorn (1691–1704)

Japan
- Emperor (Tennō) : Higashiyama (1687–1709)
- Shogun : Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1680–1709)

Cambodia
- King : Outey I. (1695–1699)

Kazak Khanate
- Khan : Tawke Khan (1680-1715)

Korea ( Joseon Dynasty )
- King : Sukjong (1674-1720)

Lan Xang (in what is now Laos )
- King : Nan Tharat (1695–1698)

Nepal
- Bhaktapur
  - King : Jitamitra Malla (1673–1696)
  - King: Bhupatindra Malla (1696–1722)
- Kantipur
  - King : Bhupalendra Malla (1687–1700)
- Lalitpur
  - King : Yoga Narendra Malla (1685–1705)

Persia ( Safavid Dynasty )
- Shah : Hosein (1694-1722)

Philippines
- Maguindanao
  - Sultan: Barahaman (1678–1699)
- Sulu
  - Sultan: Shahabud-Din (1685-1710)

Sri Lanka
- Kandy
  - King : Vimala Dharma Surya II. (1687–1707)
- Dutch Ceylon
  - Governor : Thomas van Rhee (1692–1697)

Thailand ( Ayutthaya )
- King : Phetracha (1688–1703)

Vietnam
- Lê dynasty
  - King: Lê Gia Tông (1675–1705)
- Nguyen (in the south of Vietnam)
  - Ruler: Nguyễn Phúc Chu (1691–1725)
- Trinh
  - Ruler: Trịnh Con (1682–1709)

Europe

Andorra
- Co-princes :
  - King of France : Louis XIV (1643–1715)
  - Bishop of Urgell : Julià Cano Thebar (1695–1714)

Denmark and Norway
- King : Christian V (1670–1699)

England , Ireland and Scotland
- King : Wilhelm III. (1689–1702) (1690–1702 in Ireland, 1672–1702 governor of the Netherlands, 1696–1702 governor of Drenthe, 1672–1702 governor of Holland, Zealand and Utrecht, 1675–1702 governor of Overijssel)

France
- King : Louis XIV (1643–1715)

Holy Roman Empire
- King and Emperor : Leopold I (1658–1705) (1657–1705 King of Bohemia, 1657–1705 Archduke of Austria, 1657–1705 King of Hungary)
- Electoral College
  - Archbishopric of Cologne
    - Elector : Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1688–1723) (1685–1694 Bishop of Freising, 1702–1723 Bishop of Hildesheim, 1694–1723 Bishop of Lüttich, 1685–1716 Bishop of Regensburg, 1688–1723 Provost of Berchtesgaden)
  - Principality of Mainz
    - Elector : Lothar Franz von Schönborn (1695–1729) (1693–1729 Bishop of Bamberg)
  - Archbishopric of Trier
    - Elector : Johann VIII. Hugo von Orsbeck (1676–1711) (1675–1711 Bishop of Speyer)
  - Duchy of Bavaria
    - Elector : Maximilian II. Emanuel (1679–1726) (1692–1706 governor of the Spanish Netherlands)
  - Kingdom of Bohemia
    - Elector : Leopold I (1657–1705) (1658–1705 Emperor, 1657–1705 Archduke of Austria, 1657–1705 King of Hungary)
  - Margraviate of Brandenburg
    - Elector : Friedrich III. (1688–1713) (1688–1701 Duke of Prussia, 1701–1713 King in Prussia)
  - Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
    - Elector : Ernst August (Hanover) (1692–1698) (1679–1698 Duke of Braunschweig-Calenberg, 1661–1698 Bishop of Osnabrück)
  - Palatine County near the Rhine
    - Elector : Johann Wilhelm (1690–1716) (1679–1716 Duke of Jülich and Berg)
  - Duchy of Saxony
    - Elector : Friedrich August I (1694–1733) (1697–1704, 1709–1733 King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania)
- spiritual imperial princes
  - Hochstift Augsburg
    - Bishop : Alexander Sigismund of the Palatinate (1690–1737)
  - Bamberg Monastery
    - Bishop : Lothar Franz von Schönborn (1693–1729) (1695–1729 Archbishop of Mainz)
  - Hochstift Basel
    - Bishop : Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein (1693–1705)
  - Prince Provost Berchtesgaden
    - Provost : Joseph Clemens von Bayern (1688–1723) (1688–1723 Archbishop of Cologne, 1685–1694 Bishop of Freising, 1702–1723 Bishop of Hildesheim, 1694–1723 Bishop of Liège, 1685–1716 Bishop of Regensburg)
  - Brixen monastery
    - Bishop : Johann Franz Khuen von Belasi (1685–1702)
  - Archbishopric of Cambrai
    - Archbishop : François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon (1695–1715)
  - Chur Monastery
    - Bishop : Ulrich VII. Von Federspiel (1692–1728)
  - Corvey Abbey
    - Abbot : Christoph von Bellinghausen (1678–1696)
    - Abbot: Florence of the Field (1696–1714)
  - Balleien of the Teutonic Order
    - Grand Master : Franz Ludwig von der Pfalz (1694–1732) (1729–1732 Archbishop of Mainz, 1716–1729 Archbishop of Trier, 1694–1732 Bishop of Worms, 1694–1732 Provost of Ellwangen)
  - Eichstätt Monastery
    - Bishop : Johann Euchar Schenk von Castell (1685–1697)
  - Prince Provost Ellwangen
    - Provost : Franz Ludwig von der Pfalz (1694–1732) (1729–1732 Archbishop of Mainz, 1716–1729 Archbishop of Trier, 1694–1732 Bishop of Worms, 1694–1732 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order)
  - Hochstift Freising
    - Bishop : Johann Franz Eckher von Kapfing and Liechteneck (1695–1727)
  - Fulda Abbey
    - Abbot : Placidus von Droste (1678–1700)
  - Hildesheim Monastery
    - Bishop : Jobst Edmund von Brabeck (1688–1702)
  - Prince Abbey of Kempten
    - Abbot : Rupert von Bodman (1678–1728)
  - Constance monastery
    - Bishop : Marquard Rudolf von Rodt (1689–1704)
  - Hochstift Lübeck (1555–1803 Protestant administrators)
    - Administrator : August Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1666–1705)
  - Liège Monastery
    - Bishop : Joseph Clemens von Bayern (1694–1723) (1688–1723 Archbishop of Cologne, 1685–1694 Bishop of Freising, 1702–1723 Bishop of Hildesheim, 1685–1716 Bishop of Regensburg, 1688–1723 Provost of Berchtesgaden)
  - Monastery of Münster
    - Bishop : Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg (1688–1706)
  - Hochstift Osnabrück (1662–1802 alternating between Catholic and Lutheran bishops)
    - Bishop : Ernst August von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1662–1698) (1692–1698 Elector of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, 1669–1698 Duke of Braunschweig-Calenberg)
  - Paderborn Monastery
    - Bishop : Hermann Werner von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (1683–1704)
  - Passau bishopric
    - Bishop : Johann Philipp von Lamberg (1689–1712)
  - Regensburg Monastery
    - Bishop : Joseph Clemens von Bayern (1685–1716) (1688–1723 Archbishop of Cologne, 1685–1694 Bishop of Freising, 1702–1723 Bishop of Hildesheim, 1694–1723 Bishop of Liège, 1688–1723 Provost of Berchtesgaden)
  - Archbishopric Salzburg
    - Archbishop : Johann Ernst von Thun and Hohenstein (1687–1709)
  - Speyer Monastery
    - Bishop : Johann Hugo von Orsbeck (1675–1711) (1676–1711 Archbishop of Trier)
  - Stablo-Malmedy Abbey
    - Abbot : Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg (1682–1704) (1682–1704 Bishop of Strasbourg)
  - Strasbourg Monastery
    - Bishop : Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg (1682–1704) (1682–1704 abbot of Stablo and Malmedy)
  - Hochstift Trento
    - Bishop : Johann Michael von Spaur and Valör (1696–1725)
  - Hochstift Worms
    - Bishop : Franz Ludwig von der Pfalz (1694–1732) (1729–1732 Archbishop of Mainz, 1716–1729 Archbishop of Trier, 1694–1732 Provost of Ellwangen, 1694–1732 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order)
  - Würzburg Monastery
    - Bishop : Johann Gottfried von Guttenberg (1684–1698)
- secular imperial princes
  - Principality of Anhalt
    - Anhalt-Bernburg
      - Prince : Viktor I. Amadeus (1656–1718)
    - Principality of Anhalt-Dessau
      - Prince : Leopold I (1693–1747) (1693–1698 under guardianship)
      - Regent: Henriette Catharina von Oranien-Nassau (1693–1698)
    - Anhalt-Harzgerode
      - Prince : Wilhelm (1670–1709)
    - Anhalt-Koethen
      - Prince : Emanuel Lebrecht (1671–1704) (until 1692 under guardianship)
    - Anhalt-Zerbst
      - Prince : Karl Wilhelm (1667–1718) (1667–1674 under guardianship)
  - Arenberg
    - Duke : Leopold Philipp (1691–1754)
  - Margraviate of Baden
    - Baden-Baden
      - Margrave : Wilhelm (1622–1677)
    - Baden-Durlach
      - Margrave : Friedrich VII. Magnus (1677–1709)
  - Brandenburg-Ansbach
    - Margrave : Georg Friedrich II. (1692–1703)
  - Brandenburg-Bayreuth
    - Margrave : Christian Ernst (1655–1712)
  - Braunschweig-Lüneburg
    - Luneburg
      - Duke : Georg Wilhelm (1665–1705) (1648–1665 Duke of Braunschweig-Calenberg-Göttingen)
    - Wolfenbüttel (1685–1704 joint rule)
      - Duke : Rudolf August (1666–1704)
      - Duke: Anton Ulrich (1685-1714)
  - Hessen-Darmstadt
    - Landgrave : Ernst Ludwig (1678–1739)
  - Hessen-Kassel
    - Landgrave : Karl (1670–1730) (until 1675 under guardianship)
  - Hohenzollern-Hechingen
    - Prince : Friedrich Wilhelm (1671–1735)
  - Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
    - Prince : Meinrad II. (1689–1715)
  - Jülich and Berg
    - Duke : Johann Wilhelm II. (1679–1716) (1690–1716 Elector Palatinate, 1690–1716 Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg)
  - Leuchtenberg
    - Duke : Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus (1650–1705)
  - Liechtenstein
    - Prince : Hans Adam I (1684–1712)
  - Lorraine (occupied by France 1670–1697)
  - Duchy of Mecklenburg
    - Duke : Friedrich Wilhelm I (1692–1713)
  - Nassau
    - Ottonian line
      - Nassau-Diez
        
        Prince : Heinrich Casimir II. (1664–1696) (1664–1696 governor of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe)
        
        Prince: Johann Wilhelm Friso (1696–1711) (1696–1711 governor of Friesland and Groningen)
      - Nassau-Dillenburg
        Prince : Heinrich (1662–1701)
      - Nassau-Hadamar
        Prince : Franz Alexander (1679–1711)
      - Nassau-Siegen (Catholic line)
        Prince : Johann Franz Desideratus (1638–1699) (count until 1652)
      - Nassau-Siegen (reformed line)
        Prince : Johann Franz Desideratus (1691–1699)
    - Walramic line
      - Nassau-Idstein
        Prince : Georg August (1677–1721) (count until 1688)
      - Nassau-Usingen
        Prince : Walrad (1659–1702) (count until 1688, count of Nassau-Saarbrücken from 1640–1659)
      - Nassau-Weilburg
        Prince : Johann Ernst (1675–1719) (count until 1688)
  - Austria
    - Archduke : Leopold V (1657–1705) (1658–1705 Emperor, 1657–1705 King of Bohemia, 1657–1705 King of Hungary)
  - Ostfriesland
    - Prince : Christian Eberhard (1665–1708) (until 1690 under guardianship)
  - Pfalz-Neuburg
    - Duke : Johann Wilhelm (1690–1716) (1690–1716 Elector Palatinate, 1679–1716 Duke of Jülich and Berg)
  - Pfalz-Sulzbach
    - Duke : Christian August (1656–1708)
  - Pfalz-Zweibrücken
    - Duke : Charles I (1681–1697) (1660–1697 King of Sweden)
  - Duchy of Saxony
    - Saxe-Coburg
      - Duke : Albrecht (1680–1699) (1675–1680 Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg)
    - Saxony-Eisenach
      - Duke : Johann Georg II. (1686–1698)
    - Saxony-Eisenberg
      - Duke : Christian (1680–1707) (1675–1680 Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg)
    - Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
      - Duke : Friedrich II. (1691–1732)
    - Saxony-Hildburghausen
      - Duke : Ernst (1680–1715) (1675–1680 Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg)
    - Saxony-Meiningen
      - Duke : Bernhard I (1680–1706) (1675–1680 Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg)
    - Saxony-Römhild
      - Duke : Heinrich (1680–1710) (1675–1680 Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg)
    - Saxony-Saalfeld
      - Duke : Johann Ernst (1680–1729) (1675–1680 Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg)
    - Saxe-Weimar
      - Duke : Johann Ernst III. (1683–1707)
  - Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf
    - Duke : Frederick IV (1695–1702)
  - Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
    - Duke : Ernst August (1692–1731)
  - Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
    - Duke : Friedrich Wilhelm I (1689–1719)
  - Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen
    - Duke : Christian Adolf I (1653–1667 / 1702) (loses Sønderborg to Denmark in 1667, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Franzhagen from 1676–1702)

Italian states
- Genoa
  - Doge : Bendinelli Negrone (1695–1697)
- Guastalla
  - Duke : Vincenzo Gonzaga (1692-1714)
- Papal States
  - Pope : Innocent XII. (1691–1700)
- Milan (1535–1706 to Spain)
  - Duke : Charles II of Spain (1665–1700)
    - Governor : Diego Felipe de Guzmán (1691–1698)
- Mantua (1533–1708 personal union with Montferrat)
  - Duke : Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga (1665–1708) (1678–1692 Duke of Guastalla)
- Massa and Carrara
  - Duke : Carlo II. Cibo-Malaspina (1690–1710)
- Mirandola
  - Duke : Francesco Maria Pico (1691–1708)
- Modena and Reggio
  - Duke : Rinaldo d'Este (1694–1737)
- Montferrat (1533–1708 personal union with Mantua)
  - Duke : Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga (1665–1708) (1678–1692 Duke of Guastalla)
- Naples (1503–1707 / 14 to Aragon or Spain )
  - King : Charles II of Spain (1665–1700)
    - Viceroy : Luis Francisco de la Cerda (1695–1702)
- Parma and Piacenza
  - Duke : Francesco Farnese (1694–1727)
- Piombino
  - Prince : Giovan Battista Ludovisi (1664–1699)
- San Marino
  - Capitani Reggenti : Lodovico Manenti Belluzzi ( 1691–1692 , 1695–1696) and Marc'Antonio Ceccoli ( 1670, 1677–1678, 1687 , 1695–1696)
  - Capitani Reggenti: Francesco Maccioni ( 1664-1665, 1668-1669, 1674, 1679, 1683, 1688-1689, 1692 , 1696, 1699-1700, 1706-1707, 1710-1711 ) and Gio. Antonio Fattori ( 1692 , 1696, 1699-1700, 1703, 1709-1710, 1713 )
  - Capitani Reggenti: Gio. Antonio Belluzzi ( 1686–1687, 1690 , 1696–1697, 1702–1703, 1709–1710, 1713 ) and Ottavio Leonardelli ( 1685, 1690–1691 , 1696–1697, 1700–1701, 1704, 1717–1718 )
- Savoy
  - Duke : Viktor Amadeus II. (1675–1720, 1730–1732 ) (1713–1720 King of Sicily, 1720–1730 King of Sardinia)
- Sicily (1412–1713 to Aragon or Spain )
  - King : Charles II of Spain (1665–1700)
    - Viceroy : Juan Francisco Pacheco Téllez-Girón (1687–1696)
    - Viceroy: Pedro Manuel Colón de Portugal (1696–1701) (1706–1709 Viceroy of Sardinia)
- Tuscany
  - Grand Duke : Cosimo III. de 'Medici (1670-1723)
- Venice
  - Doge : Silvestro Valier (1694-1700)

Khanate of Crimea
- Khan : Selim I. Giray ( 1671–1678, 1684–1691 , 1692–1699, 1702–1704 )

Courland
- Duke : Friedrich Kasimir Kettler (1682–1698)

Malta
- Grand Master : Adrien de Wignacourt (1690–1697)

Moldova (under Ottoman rule)
- Prince : Antioh Cantemir (1695–1700, 1705–1707 )

Monaco
- Prince : Louis I (1662–1701)

Netherlands
- Republic of the Seven United Provinces
  - Drenthe
    - Governor : Heinrich Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (1664–1696) (1664–1696 governor of Friesland and Groningen, 1664–1696 Prince of Nassau-Dietz)
    - Staff holder: Wilhelm III. of Orange (1696–1702) (1689–1702 King of England, Ireland and Scotland, 1672–1702 governor of Holland, Zealand and Utrecht, 1675–1702 governor of Overijssel)
  - Friesland
    - Governor : Heinrich Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (1664–1696) (1664–1696 governor of Drenthe and Groningen, 1664–1696 Prince of Nassau-Dietz)
    - Governor: Johann Wilhelm Friso von Nassau-Diez (1696–1711) (1696–1711 governor of Groningen, 1696–1711 Prince of Nassau-Dietz)
    - Regent: Henriette Amalie von Anhalt-Dessau (1696–1707)
  - Groningen
    - Governor : Heinrich Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (1664–1696) (1664–1696 governor of Drenthe and Friesland, 1664–1696 Prince of Nassau-Dietz)
    - Governor: Johann Wilhelm Friso von Nassau-Diez (1696–1711) (1696–1711 governor of Friesland, 1696–1711 Prince of Nassau-Dietz)
    - Regent: Henriette Amalie von Anhalt-Dessau (1696–1707)
  - Holland and Zeeland
    - Governor : Wilhelm III. of Orange (1672–1702) (1689–1702 King of England, Ireland and Scotland, 1696–1702 governor of Drenthe, 1675–1702 governor of Overijssel, 1672–1702 governor of Utrecht)
  - Overijssel and Gelderland
    - Governor : Wilhelm III. of Orange (1675–1702) (1689–1702 King of England, Ireland and Scotland, 1696–1702 governor of Drenthe, 1672–1702 governor of Holland, Zealand and Utrecht)
  - Utrecht
    - Governor : Wilhelm III. of Orange (1672–1702) (1689–1702 King of England, Ireland and Scotland, 1696–1702 governor of Drenthe, 1672–1702 governor of Holland and Zealand, 1675–1702 governor of Overijssel)
- Spanish Netherlands (formally part of the Holy Roman Empire until 1714/95)
  - Governor : Maximilian II. Emanuel of Bavaria (1692–1706) (1679–1726 Elector of Bavaria)

Ottoman Empire
- Sultan : Mustafa II. (1695-1703)

Poland
- King : Johann III. Sobieski (1674-1696)

Portugal
- King : Peter II (1683–1706) (1667–1683 regent)

Prussia
- Duke : Friedrich (1688–1713) (from 1701 King in Prussia) (1688–1713 Elector of Brandenburg)

Russia
- Tsar : Ivan V (1682–1696)
- Tsar: Peter I (1682–1725)

Sweden
- King : Charles XI. (1660–1697) (1681–1697 Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken)

Spain
- King : Charles II (1665–1700)

Hungary
- King : Leopold I (1657–1705) (1658–1705 Emperor, 1657–1705 King of Bohemia, 1657–1705 Archduke of Austria)

Wallachia (under Ottoman rule)
- Prince : Constantin Brâncoveanu (1688–1714)