List of heads of state 1716

Holy Roman Empire
- King and Emperor : Charles VI. (1711–1740) (1711–1740 King of Bohemia, 1706–1740 Duke of Milan, 1713–1735 King of Naples, 1711–1740 Archduke of Austria, 1735–1740 Duke of Parma, 1713–1720 King of Sardinia, 1720– 1735 King of Sicily, 1711–1740 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)
  - Archbishopric Mainz
    - Elector : Lothar Franz von Schönborn (1695–1729) (1693–1729 Bishop of Bamberg)
  - Archbishopric Trier
    - Elector : Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg (1716–1729) (1729–1732 Archbishop of Mainz, 1694–1732 Bishop of Worms, 1694–1732 Provost of Ellwangen, 1694–1732 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order)
  - Duchy of Bavaria
    - Elector : Maximilian II. Emanuel (1679–1726) (1692–1706 governor of the Spanish Netherlands)
  - Kingdom of Bohemia
    - King : Charles II (1711–1740) (1711–1740 Emperor, 1706–1740 Duke of Milan, 1713–1735 King of Naples, 1711–1740 Archduke of Austria, 1735–1740 Duke of Parma, 1713–1720 King of Sardinia , 1720–1735 King of Sicily, 1711–1740 King of Hungary)
  - Margraviate of Brandenburg
    - Elector : Friedrich Wilhelm I (1713–1740) (1713–1740 King in Prussia)
  - Duchy of Brunswick-Lueneburg
    - Elector : George I (1698–1727) (1724–1727 King of Great Britain and Ireland)
  - Palatine County near the Rhine
    - Elector : Johann Wilhelm (1690–1716) (1679–1716 Duke of Jülich and Berg)
    - Elector: Charles III. Philipp (1716–1742) (1716–1742 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 : Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirtzbach (1705–1737)
  - 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 : Kaspar Ignaz von Künigl (1702–1747)
  - Hochstift Chur (territory 1648 federal, bishop imperial class without immediate land)
    - Bishop : Ulrich VII. Von Federspiel (1692–1728)
  - Corvey Abbey
    - Abbot : Maximilian von Horrich (1714–1721)
  - 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 Anton I. Knebel von Katzenelnbogen (1705–1725)
  - 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 : Konstantin von Buttlar (1714–1726)
  - Hildesheim Monastery
    - Bishop : Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1702–1723) (1688–1723 Archbishop of Cologne, 1685–1694 Bishop of Freising, 1694–1723 Bishop of Lüttich, 1685–1716 Bishop of Regensburg, 1688–1723 Provost of Berchtesgaden)
  - Prince Abbey of Kempten
    - Abbot : Rupert von Bodman (1678–1728)
  - Constance monastery
    - Bishop : Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg (1704–1740) (1737–1740 Bishop of Augsburg)
  - Hochstift Lübeck (1555–1803 Protestant administrators)
    - Bishop : Christian August von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1705–1726)
  - 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 : Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (1707–1718) (1704–1718 Bishop of Paderborn)
  - Hochstift Osnabrück (1662–1802 alternating between Catholic and Lutheran bishops)
    - Bishop : Ernst August II of Hanover (1716–1728)
  - Paderborn Monastery
    - Bishop : Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (1704–1718) (1706–1718 Bishop of Münster)
  - Passau bishopric
    - Bishop : Raymund Ferdinand von Discounta (1713–1722)
  - 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)
    - Bishop: Clemens August von Bayern (1716–1719) (1723–1761 Archbishop of Cologne, 1724–1761 Bishop of Hildesheim, 1719–1761 Bishop of Münster, 1728–1761 Bishop of Osnabrück, 1719–1761 Bishop of Paderborn, 1732–1761 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order)
  - Archbishopric Salzburg
    - Archbishop : Franz Anton von Harrach (1709–1727)
  - Speyer Monastery
    - Bishop : Heinrich Hartard von Rollingen (1711–1719)
  - Stablo-Malmedy Abbey
    - Abbot : Johann Ernst von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1715–1731)
  - Strasbourg Monastery
    - Bishop : Armand I. Gaston Maximilien de Rohan-Soubise (1704–1749)
  - 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 Philipp von Greiffenclau zu Vollraths (1699–1719)
- 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)
    - Principality of Anhalt-Köthen
      - Prince : Leopold (1704–1728) (1704–1715 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 : Ludwig Georg Simpert (1707–1761) (1707–1727 under guardianship)
      - Regent: Franziska Sibylla Augusta von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1707–1727)
    - Baden-Durlach
      - Margrave : Charles III. Wilhelm (1709–1738)
  - Brandenburg-Ansbach
    - Margrave : Wilhelm Friedrich (1703–1723)
  - Brandenburg-Bayreuth
    - Margrave : Georg Wilhelm (1712–1726)
  - Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
    - Duke : August Wilhelm (1714–1731)
  - 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 : Joseph Friedrich Ernst (1715–1769) (until 1720 under guardianship)
    - Regent: Johanna Katharina von Montfort (1715–1720)
  - Jülich and Berg
    - Duke : Johann Wilhelm II. (1679–1716) (1690–1716 Elector Palatinate, 1690–1716 Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg)
    - Duke: Karl Philipp (1716–1742) (1716–1742 Elector of the Palatinate, 1716–1742 Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg)
  - Liechtenstein
    - Prince : Josef Wenzel (1712–1718, 1748–1772 )
  - Lorraine
    - Duke : Leopold (1697–1729)
  - Duchy of Mecklenburg
    - Mecklenburg-Schwerin
      - Duke : Karl Leopold (1713–1728)
    - Mecklenburg-Strelitz
      - Duke : Adolf Friedrich III. (1708–1752)
  - Nassau
    - Ottonian line
      - Nassau-Diez
        Prince : Wilhelm IV. (1711–1751) (1722–1729 governor of Drenthe, 1729–1751 governor of Friesland and Groningen, 1747–1751 governor of Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht and Zeeland, 1747–1751 governor of the Netherlands)
      - Nassau-Dillenburg
        Prince : Wilhelm II. (1701–1724)
      - Nassau-Siegen (Catholic line)
        Prince : Wilhelm Hyacinth (1699–1743)
      - Nassau-Siegen (reformed line)
        Prince : Friedrich Wilhelm I. Adolf (1691–1722)
    - Walramic line
      - Nassau-Idstein
        Prince : Georg August (1677–1721) (count until 1688)
      - Nassau-Usingen
        Prince : Wilhelm Heinrich (1702–1718)
      - Nassau-Weilburg
        Prince : Johann Ernst (1675–1719) (count until 1688)
  - Austria
    - Archduke : Charles II (1711–1740) (1711–1740 Emperor, 1711–1740 King of Bohemia, 1706–1740 Duke of Milan, 1713–1735 King of Naples, 1735–1740 Duke of Parma, 1713–1720 King of Sardinia , 1720–1735 King of Sicily, 1711–1740 King of Hungary)
  - Ostfriesland
    - Prince : Georg Albrecht (1708–1734)
  - Pfalz-Neuburg
    - Duke : Johann Wilhelm (1690–1716) (1690–1716 Elector Palatinate, 1679–1716 Duke of Jülich and Berg)
    - Duke: Charles III. Philipp (1716–1742) (1716–1742 Elector Palatinate, 1716–1742 Duke of Jülich and Berg)
  - Pfalz-Sulzbach
    - Duke : Theodor Eustach (1708–1732)
  - Pfalz-Zweibrücken
    - Duke : Charles II (1697–1718) (1697–1718 King of Sweden)
  - Duchy of Saxony
    - Saxony-Eisenach
      - Duke : Johann Wilhelm (1698–1729)
    - Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
      - Duke : Friedrich II. (1691–1732)
    - Saxony-Hildburghausen
      - Duke : Ernst Friedrich I (1715–1724)
    - Saxony-Meiningen
      - Duke : Ernst Ludwig I (1706–1724)
    - Saxony-Saalfeld
      - Duke : Johann Ernst (1680–1729) (1675–1680 Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg)
    - Saxony-Weimar (common rule)
      - Duke : Wilhelm Ernst (1683–1728)
      - Duke: Ernst August I (1707–1741) (1741–1748 Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)
  - Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (falls to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen)
    - Prince : Anton Günther II. (1681–1716) (Count until 1697, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen from 1666–1681)
  - Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
    - Prince : Ludwig Friedrich I. (1710–1718)
  - Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
    - Prince : Christian Wilhelm (1666–1720) (count until 1697)
  - Waldeck
    - Prince : Friedrich Anton Ulrich (1706–1728) (count until 1712)
  - Württemberg
    - Duke : Eberhard Ludwig (1677–1733) (1677–1693 under guardianship)
- other imperial estates (selection)
  - Hanau
    - Count : Johann Reinhard III. (1712–1736) (1685–1712 Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg)
  - lip
    - Lippe-Biesterfeld
      - Count : Rudolf Ferdinand (1678–1736)
    - Lippe-Detmold
      - Count : Friedrich Adolf (1697–1718)
  - Nassau
    - Walramic line
      - Nassau-Ottweiler
        Count : Friedrich Ludwig (1690–1728) (1723–1728 Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken)
      - Nassau-Saarbrücken
        Count : Karl Ludwig (1713–1723)
  - Ortenburg
    - Count : Johann Georg (1702–1725) (1702–1706 under guardianship)
  - Reuss
    - Reuss older line
      - Reuss overburden
        Count : Heinrich II. (1714–1722)
      - Reuss undergrowth
        Count : Heinrich XIII. (1675–1733)
    - Reuss younger line
      - Reuss-Ebersdorf
        Count : Heinrich XXIX. (1711–1747)
      - Reuss-Gera
        Count : Heinrich XVIII. (1686-1735)
      - Reuss-Lobenstein
        Count : Heinrich XV. (1710–1739)
      - Reuss-Schleiz
        Count : Heinrich XI. (1692-1726)
  - Schaumburg-Lippe
    - Count : Friedrich Christian (1681–1728)

Italian states
- Genoa
  - Doge : Lorenzo Centurione (1715-1717)
- Guastalla
  - Duke : Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga (1714–1729)
- Papal States
  - Pope : Clement XI. (1700–1721)
- Milan (1706–1800 to Austria)
  - Duke : Emperor Charles VI. (1706–1740) (1711–1740 Emperor, 1711–1740 King of Bohemia, 1713–1735 King of Naples, 1711–1740 Archduke of Austria, 1735–1740 Duke of Parma, 1713–1720 King of Sardinia, 1720–1735 King of Sicily, 1711–1740 King of Hungary)
    - Governor : Eugene of Savoy (1706–1716) (1716–1724 governor of the Austrian Netherlands)
- Massa and Carrara
  - Duke : Alderamo Cibo-Malaspina (1715–1731)
- Modena and Reggio
  - Duke : Rinaldo d'Este (1694–1737)
- Naples (1713 / 14–1735 to Austria)
  - King : Charles VI. (1713–1735) (1711–1740 Emperor, 1711–1740 King of Bohemia, 1706–1740 Duke of Milan, 1711–1740 Archduke of Austria, 1735–1740 Duke of Parma, 1713–1720 King of Sardinia, 1720–1735 King of Sicily, 1711–1740 King of Hungary)
    - Viceroy : Wirich Philipp von und zu Daun ( 1707–1708 , 1713–1719) (1725–1734 governor of Milan, 1725 governor of the Austrian Netherlands)
- Parma and Piacenza
  - Duke : Francesco Farnese (1694–1727)
- Piombino
  - Princess : Ippolita Ludovisi (1701–1743)
- San Marino
  - Capitani Reggenti : Bernardino Leonardelli ( 1694–1695, 1699, 1703 , 1715–1716, 1721–1722 ) and Marino Enea Bonelli ( 1708–1709 , 1715–1716, 1720–1721, 1724–1725, 1728–1729, 1734, 1740 )
  - Capitani Reggenti: Gian Giacomo Angeli ( 1705, 1709, 1712–1713 , 1716, 1719–1720, 1725, 1729–1730, 1736, 1739–1740 ) and Giovanni Martelli ( 1712 , 1716, 1720, 1723–1724, 1727–1728 , 1732, 1738–1739, 1742, 1747–1748, 1752–1753 )
  - Capitani Reggenti: Francesco Maria Belluzzi (1716–1717, 1722, 1728, 1733, 1736–1737 ) and Bartolomeo Bedetti ( 1712–1713 , 1716–1717, 1720–1721, 1724–1725, 1731–1732 )
- Sardinia (1713-1720 to Austria)
  - King : Charles III. (1713–1720) (1711–1740 Emperor, 1711–1740 King of Bohemia, 1706–1740 Duke of Milan, 1713–1735 King of Naples, 1711–1740 Archduke of Austria, 1735–1740 Duke of Parma, 1720–1735 King of Sicily, 1711–1740 King of Hungary)
    - Viceroy : Pedro Nuño Colón Portugal (1713–1717)
- Savoy
  - Duke : Viktor Amadeus II. (1675–1720, 1730–1732 ) (1713–1720 King of Sicily, 1720–1730 King of Sardinia)
- Sicily (1713-1720 to Savoy)
  - King : Viktor Amadeus (1713–1720) (1675–1720 and 1730–1732 Duke of Savoy, 1720–1730 King of Sardinia)
    - Viceroy : Annibale Maffei (1714–1718)
- Tuscany
  - Grand Duke : Cosimo III. de 'Medici (1670-1723)
- Venice
  - Doge : Giovanni II. Cornaro (1709–1722)

Khanate of Crimea
- Khan : Devlet III. Giray (1716-1717)

Courland
- Regent : Anna (1711–1730) (1730–1740 Empress of Russia)

Malta
- Grand Master : Ramon Perellos y Roccaful (1697–1720)

Moldova (under Ottoman rule)
- Prince : Nicolae Mavrocordat ( 1709–1710 , 1711–1716) (1716, 1719–1730 Prince of Wallachia)
- Prince: Mihai Racoviță ( 1703–1705, 1707–1709 , 1716–1726) (1730–1731, 1741–1744 Prince of Wallachia)

Monaco
- Prince : Antoine I. (1701–1731)

Netherlands
- Republic of the Seven United Provinces
  - Drenthe and Gelderland
    - Governor : vacant (1702–1722)
  - Friesland
    - Governor : William IV of Orange (1711–1747) (1722–1747 governor of Drenthe and Geldern, 1718–1747 governor of Groningen, 1747 governor of Holland, Zealand, Utrecht and Overijssel, 1747–1751 heir to the Netherlands)
    - Regent: Marie Luise von Hessen-Kassel (1711–1731)
  - Groningen
    - Governor : vacant (1711–1718)
  - Holland and Zeeland
    - Governor : vacant (1702–1747)
  - Overijssel
    - Governor : vacant (1702–1747)
  - Utrecht
    - Governor : vacant (1702–1747)
- Austrian Netherlands (formally part of the Holy Roman Empire until 1714/95)
  - Governor : vacant (1714–1716)
  - Governor: Eugene of Savoy (1716–1724) (1706–1716 governor of Milan)

Ottoman Empire
- Sultan : Ahmed III. (1703-1730)

Poland
- King : August II. ( 1697–1704 , 1709–1733) (1694–1733 Elector of Saxony)

Portugal
- King : John V (1706–1750)

Prussia
- King : Friedrich Wilhelm I (1713–1740) (1713–1740 Elector of Brandenburg)

Russia
- Tsar : Peter I (1682–1725) (emperor from 1721)

Sweden
- King : Charles XII. (1697–1718) (1697–1718 Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken)

Spain
- King : Philip V (1700–1724, 1724–1746 ) (1700–1706 Duke of Milan, 1700–1713 King of Naples, 1700–1713 King of Sardinia, 1700–1713 King of Sicily)

Hungary
- King : Charles III. (1711–1740) (1711–1740 Emperor, 1711–1740 King of Bohemia, 1706–1740 Duke of Milan, 1713–1735 King of Naples, 1711–1740 Archduke of Austria, 1735–1740 Duke of Parma, 1713–1720 King of Sardinia, 1720–1735 King of Sicily)

Wallachia (under Ottoman rule)
- Prince : Ioan Mavrocordat (1716–1719) (1743–1747 Prince of Moldova)