List of state leaders in 1212

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1212.

Africa

• Kingdom of Ghana (Susu Kingdom) – Sumanguru Kante (~1200–1235)
• Kanem Empire – Dunama II Dibbalem, Saifawa Mai of Kanem (1210–1224)

Asia

• China (Jin dynasty) – Wanyan Yongji (1209–1213)
• China (Southern Song dynasty) – Emperor Ningzong (1194–1224)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Gangjong (1211–1213)
• India – Iltutmish, Mamluk sultan (1211–1236)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Juntoku (1210–1221)
  • Kamakura shogunate – Minamoto no Sanetomo (1203–1219)
  • Shikken – Hōjō Yoshitoki (1205–1224)
• Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) – Kuchlug (1211–1218)
• Khmer Empire – Jayavarman VII (Mahaparamasangata?) (1181–1220?)
• Mongol Empire – Genghis Khan (1206–1227)
• Sri Lanka – Lilavati of Polonnaruwa (1211- 1212)
• Western Xia – Emperor Shenzong (1211–1223)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Peter II (1196–1213)
• Bulgarian Empire – Boril, Tsar of Bulgaria (1207–1218)
• Kingdom of Castile – Alfonso VIII (1158–1214)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Valdemar II (1202–1241)
• Despotate of Epirus – Michael I Ducas (1205–1215)
• Kingdom of England – John (1199–1216)
• Kingdom of France – Philip II (1180–1223)
• Holy Roman Empire – Otto IV, King of Germany (1208–1215)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – Valdemar of Denmark (1192 and 1207–1218)
  • County of Holland – William I (1203–1222)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Andrew II (1205–1235)
• Kingdom of the Isles – Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson (1187–1226)
• Kingdom of Norway – Inge II (1204–1217)
• Kingdom of Portugal – Afonso II (1211–1223)
• Kingdom of Scotland – William the Lion (1165–1214)
• Serbian Grand Principality – Stefan the First-Crowned (1196–1228)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Eric X (1208–1216)
• Kingdom of Thessalonica – Demetrius (1207–1224)
  • Marquisate of Bodonitsa – Guy Pallavicini (1205–1237)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abbasid Caliphate – An-Nasir, Caliph of Baghdad (1180–1225)
• Almohad Caliphate – Muhammad al-Nasir (1199–1213)
• Ayyubid Sultanate – Al-Adil I, Sultan of Egypt (1200–1218)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Hugh I (1205–1218)
• Sultanate of Rûm – Kaykaus I (1211–1220)
• Empire of Trebizond – Alexios I (1204–1222)