List of state leaders in 1236

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1236.

Africa

• Kingdom of Kano – Naguji (c. 1194-c. 1247)
• Kanem Empire – Dunama Dabbalemi (1224–1242)

Asia

• China (Southern Song dynasty) – Lizong (1224–1264)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Gojong (1213–1259)
• Delhi Sultanate –
  1. Iltutmish (1211–1236)
  2. Rukn ud din Firuz (1236)
  3. Razia Sultana (1236–1240)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Shijō (1232–1242)
  • Kamakura shogunate – Kujō Yoritsune (1226–1244)
  • Shikken – Hōjō Yasutoki (1224–1242)
• Khmer Empire – Indravarman II? (1220–1243)
• Mongol Empire – Ögedei Khan (1229–1241)

Europe

• Principality of Achaea – Geoffrey II Villehardouin (c. 1228–1246)
• County of Angoulême – Hugh I (1218–1249)
• Kingdom of Aragon – James I (1213–1276)
• County of Barcelona – James I (1213–1276)
• Duchy of Brittany – Peter I (1213–1237)
• Bulgarian Empire – Ivan Asen II, Tsar of Bulgaria (1218–1241)
• Crown of Castile – Ferdinand III (1217–1252)
• County of Champagne – Theobald IV (1201–1253)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Valdemar II (1202–1241)
• Kingdom of England – Henry III (1216–1272)
• County of Flanders – Jeanne (1205–1244)
• Kingdom of France – Louis IX (1226–1270)
• Kingdom of Gwynedd – Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd (1194–1240)
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick II (1220–1250)
  • Bishopric of Augsburg – Siboto von Seefeld (1227–1247)
  • Duchy of Bavaria – Otto II (1231–1253)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Wenceslaus I (1230–1253)
  • Bishopric of Hildesheim – Conrad II (1221–1246)
  • County of Holland – William II (1234–1256)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Béla IV (1235–1270)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Mindaugas (1236–1253)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Theobald I (1235–1253)
• Kingdom of Norway – Haakon IV (1217–1263)
• Duchy of Poland – Henry I, High Duke of Poland (1232–1238)
• Kingdom of Portugal – Sancho II (1223–1247)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Alexander II (1214–1249)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Eric XI (1222–1229, 1234–1250)
• Kingdom of Thessalonica – Boniface II (1230–1239)

Middle East and North Africa

• Emirate of Aleppo –
  1. al-Aziz Muhammad (1216–1236)
  2. an-Nasir Yusuf (1236–1260)
• Almohad Caliphate – Abdul-Wahid II, Almohad Caliph (1232–1242)
• Principality of Antioch – Bohemond V (1233–1252)
• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia –
  • Isabella (1219–1252)
  • Hethum I (1226–1270)
• Byzantine Empire – in exile in the Empire of Nicaea – John III Doukas Vatatzes (1222–1254)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Henry I (1218–1253)
• Sultanate of Damascus – Al-Ashraf (1229–1237)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Al-Kamil (1218–1238)
• Kingdom of Jerusalem (in Acre) – Conrad of Hohenstaufen (1228–1254)
• The Jezirah – Al-Ashraf (1218–1237)
• Sultanate of Rûm – Kayqubad I (1220–1237)
• Empire of Trebizond –
  1. Andronikos I (1222–1235)
  2. John I (1235–1238)