List of state leaders in 1261
1260 state leaders - Events of 1261 - 1262 state leaders - State leaders by year
Asia
- China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Lizong, Emperor of China (1224 - 1264)
- Goryeo (Korea) - King Weonjong of Goryeo, King of Goryeo (1259 - 1274)
- Japan
- Monarch - Kameyama, Emperor of Japan (1260-1274)
- Shogun (Kamakura) - Prince Munetaka, Shogun of Japan (1252-1266)
- Shikken - Hojo Nagatoki, Shikken (1256-1264)
- Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VIII (1243 - 1295)
- Mongol Empire - Kublai Khan, Mongol Khan (1260 - 1294)
- Pagan - Narathihapate, King of Pagan (1254 - 1287)
- Sukhothai - Pho Khun Ban Muang, King of Sukhothai (1257 - 1277)
Europe
- Achaea - William II Villehardouin, Principality of Achaea (1246 - 1278)
- Bohemia - Ottokar I, King of Bohemia (1253 - 1278)
- Bulgaria - Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria, King of Bulgaria (1257 - 1277)
- Castile - Alfonso X of Castile, King of Castile and Leon (1252 - 1284)
- Denmark - Eric V of Denmark, King of Denmark (1259 - 1286)
- England - Henry III of England, King of England (1216 - 1272)
- France - Louis IX of France, King of France (1226 - 1270)
- Gwynedd - Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Gwynedd (1246 - 1282)
- Holland - Floris V, Count of Holland (1256 - 1296)
- Hungary - Béla IV, King of Hungary (1235 - 1270)
- Navarre - Theobald II of Navarre, King of Navarre (1253 - 1270)
- Norway - Håkon IV, King of Norway (1217 - 1263)
- Poland - Boleslaus V, High Duke of Poland (1243 - 1279)
- Portugal - Alfonso III, King of Portugal (1249 - 1279)
- Scotland - Alexander III of Scotland, King of Scotland (1249 - 1286)
- Sweden
- Monarch - Valdemar I, King of Sweden (1250-1275)
- Regent - Birger Jarl, regent of Sweden (1250-1266)
Middle East and North Africa
- Antioch - Bohemund VI, Prince of Antioch (1252 - 1268)
- Armenia - Hethum I of Armenia, King of Armenia (1226 - 1270)
- Cyprus - Hugh II, King of Cyprus (1253-1268)
- Egypt - Baibars, Sultan of Egypt (1260-1277)
- Ilkhanate - Hülëgü, Ilkhan (1256-1265)