List of state leaders in 1717

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1717.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy –
  1. Osei Kofi Tutu I, Asantehene (1701–1717)
  2. Maniampon, Regent (1717–1720)
• Bunyoro – Olimi III, Omukama of Bunyoro (c.1710–1731)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Agaja (1708–1732)
• Ethiopian Empire – Dawit III (1716–1721)
• Merina Kingdom - Andriantsimitoviaminiandriana Andriandrazaka (1710-1730)
• Nkore – Ntare IV Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1699–c.1727)

Asia

• 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)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Kangxi Emperor (1662–1722)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Nakamikado (1709–1735)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Yoshimune (1716–1745)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Kei (1713–1751)
• Khanate of Kokand – Shahrukh Biy (1709–1721)
• Joseon (Korea) – Sukjong (1674–1720)
• Manipur - Pamheiba
• Mughal Empire – Farrukhsiyar (1713–1719)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway –
  • Monarch – Frederick IV (1699–1730)
  • Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested (1708–1721)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XV (1715–1774)
• Kingdom of Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George I (1714–1727)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Robert Walpole, First Lord of the Treasury (1715–1717)
    2. James Stanhope, First Lord of the Treasury (1717–1718)
• Holy Roman Empire – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–1740)
• Electors
  • Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian II Emanuel (1679–1726)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia –
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Frederick William I of Prussia, (as Frederick William II) (1713–1740)
  • Electorate of Cologne –
  • Electorate of Hanover – 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
  • Anhalt-Bernburg –
  • Principality of Anhalt-Dessau – Leopold I (1693–1747)
  • Anhalt-Köthen –
  • Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst –
  • Duchy of Arenberg – Leopold (1691–1754)
  • Principality of Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann (1713–1783)
  • Augsburg –
  • Austria –
  • Margraviate of Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert (1707–1761)
  • Margraviate of Baden-Durlach –
  • Bishopric of Bamberg –
  • Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden –
  • Brandenburg-Ansbach –
  • Brandenburg-Bayreuth –
  • Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel –
  • Bishopric of Constance –
  • Imperial Abbey of Corvey –
  • Bishopric of Eichstätt –
  • Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Freising –
  • Imperial Abbey of Fulda –
  • Principality of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, (Prince 1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
  • Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller, Heitersheim –
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt –
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel –
  • Bishopric of Hildesheim –
  • Hohenzollern-Hechingen –
  • Duchy of Holstein-Glückstadt –
  • Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp –
  • Imperial Ducal Abbey of Kempten –
  • Bishopric of Lübeck –
  • Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Karl Leopold (1713–1747)
  • Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolf Friedrich III (1708–1752)
  • Mergentheim –
  • Bishopric of Münster –
  • Principality of Orange-Nassau – Wilhelm IV (1711–1751)
  • Duchy of Oldenburg –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück –
  • Bishopric of Paderborn –
  • Electorate of the Palatinate –
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken –
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach –
  • Passau –
  • Bishopric of Regensburg –
  • Salm-Kyrburg –
  • Salm-Salm –
  • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld –
  • Saxe-Gotha –
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen –
  • Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich (1706–1763)
  • Saxe-Weimar –
  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt –
  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen –
  • Bishopric of Speyer –
  • Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg – Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan (1704–1749)
  • Bishopric of Worms –
  • Württemberg –
  • Würzburg –
• Counts and Prelates
  • Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym –
  • Bentheim-Bentheim –
  • Bentheim-Steinfurt –
  • Essen Abbey –
  • Gandersheim Abbey –
  • Gutenzell Abbey – Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
  • Herford Abbey –
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg –
  • Hohenlohe-Bartenstein –
  • County of Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
  • Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen –
  • County of Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II (1702–1764)
  • County of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Carl Ludwig (1702–1756)
  • Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst –
  • Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich (1715–1769)
  • Hoogstraten –
  • County of Isenburg – Ernst Kasimir, Count of Isenburg (1708–1749)
  • Principality of Isenburg-Birstein – Wolfgang Ernst I 1711–1744. (1744–1754)
  • 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 –
  • Nassau-Usingen –
  • Nassau-Weilburg –
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen –
  • Quedlinburg Abbey – Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710–1755)
  • County of Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIX (1711–1747)
  • Reuss-Gera –
  • Reuss-Lobenstein –
  • Reuss-Obergreiz –
  • Reuss-Schleiz –
  • Reuss-Untergreiz –
  • Salm-Dhaun –
  • Salm-Dyck –
  • Salm-Grumbach –
  • Principality of Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph (1716–1779)
  • Salm-Reifferscheid –
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg –
  • Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein –
  • Schaumburg-Lippe –
  • Stolberg-Rossla –
  • Stolberg-Stolberg –
  • County of Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst (1710–1771)
  • Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont –
  • Weingarten Abbey –
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) –
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) –
  • Wied –
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan – Ahmed III (1703–1730)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Haci Halil Pasha (1716–1717)
    2. Nisanci Mehmed Pasha (1717–1718)
• Kingdom of Portugal – John V (1706–1750)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick William I (1713–1740)
• 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 – Arvid Horn, President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710–1738)
• 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)
    • Friesland – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711–1751)

Middle East and North Africa

• Sultanate of Morocco – Ismail (1684–1727)