List of heads of state 1717

Italian states
- Genoa
  - Doge : Lorenzo Centurione (1715-1717)
  - Doge: Benedetto Viale (1717–1719)
- 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 : Maximilian Karl von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1717–1718)
- 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 : Francesco Maria Belluzzi (1716–1717, 1722, 1728, 1733, 1736–1737 ) and Bartolomeo Bedetti ( 1712–1713 , 1716–1717, 1720–1721, 1724–1725, 1731–1732 )
  - Capitani Reggenti: Federico Gozi ( 1707–1708, 1711–1712 , 1717, 1721, 1725–1726 ) and Girolamo Martelli ( 1711 , 1717, 1721, 1726, 1730–1731, 1736 )
  - Capitani Reggenti: Ottavio Leonardelli ( 1685, 1690–1691, 1696–1697, 1700–1701, 1704 , 1717–1718) and Francesco Giangi ( 1709 , 1717–1718, 1721–1722, 1729 )
- 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)
    - Viceroy: José Antonio de Rubí y Boxadors (1717)
    - Viceroy: Jean-François-Nicolas de Bette (1717–1718) (1718–1719 Viceroy of Sicily)
- 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)
- Khan: Saadet IV Giray (1717–1724)

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

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

Moldova (under Ottoman rule)
- 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 : 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)