List of state leaders in 1221
1220 state leaders - Events of 1221 - 1222 state leaders - State leaders by year
Africa
- Kingdom of Ghana (Susu Kingdom) - Sumanguru Kante, King of Ghana (~1200-1235)
- Kanem-Bornu Empire - Dunama II Dibbalem, Saifawa Mai of Kanem (1210-1224)
Asia
- China (Jin Dynasty) - Xuanzong, Emperor of Jin China (1213-1223)
- China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Ningzong, Emperor of Song China (1194-1224)
- Goryeo - Gojong, King of Goryeo (1213-1259)
- India - Iltutmish, Mameluk sultan of India (1211-1236)
- Japan
- Khmer Empire - Indravarman III? (1220-1243)
- Mongol Empire - Genghis Khan, Mongol Khan (1206-1227)
- Western Xia - Shenzong, Emperor of Western Xia (1211-1223)
Europe
- Achaea - Geoffrey I of Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea (1209-c. 1228)
- Angouleme - Hugh I, Count of Angouleme (1218-1249)
- Aquitaine - Henry II, Duke of Aquitaine (1216-1254)
- Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (1213-1276)
- Athens - Otto de la Roche, Duke of Athens (1205-1225)
- Austria - Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (1198-1230)
- Auvergne - Guy II, Count of Auvergne (1195-1224); Robert IV, Dauphin of Auvergne (1169-1235)
- Baden - Frederick, Margrave of Baden (1216-1231)
- Bar - Henry II, Count of Bar (1214-1239)
- Bavaria - Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1183-1231)
- Blois - Margaret, Countess of Blois, with Walter of Avesnes (1218-1230)
- Bohemia - Premysl I Ottokar, King of Bohemia (1198-1230)
- Boulogne - Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne (1216- c. 1260)
- Brabant - Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1190-1235)
- Britanny - Peter I, Duke of Brittany (1213-1237)
- Bulgaria - Ivan Asen II, King of Bulgaria (1218-1241)
- Burgundy - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1218-1272)
- Carinthia - Bernard, Duke of Carinthia (1201-1256)
- Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (1217-1252)
- Champagne - Theobald IV, Count of Champagne (1201-1253)
- Deheubarth - Maelgwyn ap Rhys, Prince of Deheubarth (1199-1230), disputed with Rhys the Hoarse (1216-1234)
- Denmark - Valdemar II, the Victorious King of Denmark (1202-1241)
- Dymin - Warcislaw III, Duke of Dymin (1219-1264)
- England - Henry III King of England (1216-1272)
- Epirus - Theodore Ducas, Despot of Epirus (1214-1230)
- Flanders - Jeanne, Countess of Flanders (1205-1244)
- France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (1180-1223)
- Gdansk - Swietopelk II the Great, Duke of Gdansk (1215-1266)
- Gelderland - Gerard IV, Count of Guelders (1207-1229)
- Gwynedd - Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd (1194-1240)
- Hainaut - Jeanne, Countess of Hainaut (1205-1244)
- Holland - William I, Count of Holland (1203–1222)
- Holy Roman Empire - Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor (1211-1250) and King of Sicily (1198-1250)
- Hungary - Andrew II, King of Hungary (1205-1235)
- Ireland - Henry III of England, Lord of Ireland (1216-1272)
- Isle of Man - Ragnald, King of the Isle of Man (1187-1229)
- Lorraine - Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine (1220–1251)
- Maine - John Capet, Count of Maine (1219-1232)
- Montferrat - William IV, Marquis of Montferrat (1207-1225)
- Namur - Philip II, Marquis of Namur (1217–1226)
- Navarre - Sancho VII the Strong King of Navarre (1194-1234)
- Naxos - Marco Sanudo, Duke of the Archipelago (1207-1227)
- Normandy - Henry III, Duke of Normandy (claimed, 1216-1259)
- Norway - Haakon IV, King of Norway (1217-1263)
- Opole - Kasimir I, Duke of Opole (1211-1230)
- Poitiers - Alphonse of Toulouse, Count of Poitiers (1220-1271)
- Poland - Leszek the White, King of Poland (1211-1227)
- Portugal - Afonso II, the Fat, King of Portugal (1212-1233)
- Powys - Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor, Prince of Powys (1191-1236)
- Provence - Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (1209-1245)
- Rugia - Wislaw, Duke of Rugia (1218-1249)
- Russia - Yuri II, Tsar of Russia (1218-1238)
- Saxony - Albert II, Duke of Saxony (1212-1260)
- Scotland - Alexander II King of Scotland (1214-1249)
- Serbia - Stefan Prvovencani, King of Serbia (1196-1228)
- Slawno - Boguslaw III, Duke of Slawno (1190-1223)
- Swabia - Henry II, Duke of Swabia (1216-1235)
- Sweden - John I, King of Sweden (1216-1222)
- Szczecin - Dobry, Duke of Szeczcin (1220-1278)
- Thessalonica - Demetrius of Montferrat, King of Thessalonica (1207-1224)
- Toulouse - Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1194-1222)
- Venice - Pietro Ziani Doge of Venice (1205-1229)
- Wroclaw - Henry I the Bearded, Duke of Wroclaw (1201-1238)
- Württemberg - Hartmann, Count of Württemberg (1194-1240)
Middle East and North Africa
- Abbasid Caliphate - An-Nasir, Caliph of Baghdad (1180-1225)
- Aleppo - Al-Aziz, Ayyubid Emir of Aleppo (1216-1236)
- Almohad Caliphate - Abu Ya'qub Yusuf II, Almohad Caliph (1213-1224)
- Antioch - Bohemond IV, Prince of Antioch (1219-1233)
- Armenia - Isabella, Queen of Armenia (1219-1252)
- Ayyubid Sultanate - Al-Kamil, Sultan of Egypt (1218-1238)
- Baghdad - An-Nasir, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (1180-1225)
- Beirut - John of Ibelin, Lord of Beirut (c. 1200-1236)
- Byzantine Empire - in exile in the Empire of Nicaea - Theodore I Lascaris Byzantine Emperor (1204-1222)
- Cyprus - Henry I, King of Cyprus (1218-1253)
- Damascus - Al-Mu'azzam, Ayyubid Sultan of Damascus (1218-1227)
- Georgia - Giorgi IV Lasha, King of Georgia (1213-1223)
- Hamah -
- Al-Mansur I Ayyubid Emir of Hamah (1191-1221)
- Al-Nasir Ayyubid Emir of Hamah (1221-1229)
- Homs - Al-Mujahid Ayyubid Emir of Homs (1186-1240)
- Jerusalem - Yolande, Queen of Jerusalem (1212-1228 (John of Brienne, regent, 1212-1225)
- The Jezirah - Al-Ashraf Ayyubid ruler of the Jezirah (1218-1237)
- Latin Empire of Constantinople - Conon of Bethune, regent (1219-1221) in the absence of Robert of Courtenay
- Trabzon - Alexius I, Emperor of Trebizond (1204-1222)
- Tripoli - Bohemond IV, Count of Tripoli (1219-1233)
- Yemen - Al-Mas'ud Yusuf Ayyubid Emir of Yemen (1215-1229)