List of State Leaders in 1716

Europe

Denmark–Norway –
- Monarch – Frederick IV, King of Denmark (1699–1730)
- Prime Minister – Christian Christophersen Sehested, Chancellor of Denmark (1708–1721)
France – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
Great Britain –
- Monarch – George I, King of Great Britain (1714–1727)
- Prime Minister – Robert Walpole, First Lord of the Treasury (1715–1717)
Holy Roman Empire – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–1740)
Electors
- Bavaria – Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1679–1726)
- Bohemia –
- Brandenburg – Frederick William I of Prussia, (as Frederick William II, Elector of Brandenburg), (1713–1740)
- Cologne –
- Hanover –
- Mainz –
- Saxony –
- Trier –
Princes
- Anhalt-Bernburg –
- Anhalt-Dessau – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1693–1747)
- Anhalt-Köthen –
- Anhalt-Zerbst –
- Arenberg – Leopold, Duke of Arenberg (1691–1754)
- Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713–1783)
- Augsburg –
- Austria –
- Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1707–1761)
- Baden-Durlach –
- Bamberg –
- Berchtesgaden –
- Brandenburg-Ansbach –
- Brandenburg-Bayreuth –
- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel –
- Constance –
- Corvey –
- Eichstätt –
- Ellwangen –
- Freising –
- Fulda –
- Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg (1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
- Heitersheim –
- Hesse-Darmstadt –
- Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) –
- Hildesheim –
- Hohenzollern-Hechingen –
- Holstein-Glückstadt –
- Holstein-Gottorp –
- Kempten –
- Lübeck –
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1713–1747)
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1708–1752)
- Mergentheim –
- Münster –
- Nassau-Orange – Wilhelm IV, Prince of Nassau-Orange (1711–1751)
- Oldenburg –
- Osnabrück –
- Paderborn –
- Electorate of the Palatinate –
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken –
- Palatinate-Sulzbach –
- Passau –
- Regensburg –
- Salm-Kyrburg –
- Salm-Salm –
- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld –
- Saxe-Gotha –
- Saxe-Hildburghausen –
- Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1706–1763)
- Saxe-Weimar –
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt –
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen –
- Speyer –
- Strassburg – Guillaume Gaston I Cardinal de Rohan-Soubise, Prince-Bishop of Strassburg (1704–1749)
- Worms –
- Württemberg –
- Würzburg –

Counts and Prelates
- Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym –
- Bentheim –
- Bentheim-Steinfurt –
- Essen – )
- Gandersheim –
- Gutenzell – Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
- Herford –
- Hesse-Homburg –
- Hohenlohe-Bartenstein –
- Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
- Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen –
- Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II, Count of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1702–1764
- Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Carl Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1702–1756)
- Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst –
- Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715–1769)
- Hoogstraten –
- Isenburg – Ernst Kasimir, Count of Isenburg (1708–1749)
- Isenburg-Birstein – Wolfgang Ernst I, Prince of Isenburg-Birstein 1711–1744. (1744–1754)
- Isenburg-Meerholz –
- Isenburg-Wächtersbach – Ferdinand Maximilian II, Count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach (1703–1755)
- Kaisersheim –
- Käppel –
- Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim – Johann Franz, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim (1699–1750)
- Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (1698–1766)
- Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg –
- Leiningen-Emichsburg –
- Lindau –
- Lippe-Alverdissen –
- Lippe-Biesterfeld –
- Lippe-Detmold –
- Lippe-Weissenfeld –
- Nassau-Saarbrücken –
- Nassau-Usingen –
- Nassau-Weilburg –
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen –
- Quedlinburg – Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710–1755)
- Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1711–1747)
- Reuss-Gera –
- Reuss-Lobenstein –
- Reuss-Obergreiz –
- Reuss-Schleiz –
- Reuss-Untergreiz –
- Salm-Dhaun –
- Salm-Dyck –
- Salm-Grumbach –
- Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716–1779)
- Salm-Reifferscheid –
- Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg –
- Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein –
- Schaumburg-Lippe –
- Stolberg-Rossla –
- Stolberg-Stolberg –
- Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1710–1771)
- Waldeck-Pyrmont –
- Weingarten –
- Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) –
- Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) –
- Wied –
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Sultan – Ahmed III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1703–1730)
- Grand Vizier –
  1. Sehid Damad Silahdar Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1713–1716)
  2. Haci Halil Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1716–1717)
Portugal – John V, King of Portugal (1706–1750)
Prussia – Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1713–1740)
Russia – Peter I, Tsar of Russia, (1682–1725)
Spain – Philip V, King of Spain (1700–1724, 1724–1746)
Sweden –
- Monarch – Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697–1718)
- Prime Minister – Arvid Horn, President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710–1738)
Tuscany – Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (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)