List of state leaders in 1515

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1515.

Africa

• Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri (1501–1516)
• Ethiopian Empire – Dawit II (1508–1540)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Alfonso I (1509–1542)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Abu Abdallah Muhammad (1505–1524)
• Sennar Sultanate – Amara Dunqas (1503–1533/4)
• Songhai Empire – Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Moctezuma II, Hueyi Tlatoani (1502–1520)
• Inca Empire – Huayna Capac, Qhapaq Inka (1493–1527)
• Muisca Confederation
  • zipa - Tisquesusa (1514–1537)
  • zaque - Quemuenchatocha (1490–1538)

Asia

• Aceh Sultanate-Ali Mughayat Syah
• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – Ramathibodi II (1491–1529)
• China - Zhengde Emperor (1505–1521)
• Kingdom of Cochin – Unniraman Koyikal II (1503–1537)
• Delhi Sultanate – Sikandar Lodi (1489–1517)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1500–1526)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshitane (1508–1521)
• Khanate of Khiva – Ilbars I (1515–1525)
• Joseon (Korea) – Jungjong (1506–1544)
• Persia – Ismail I, Shah of Persia (1502–1524)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)
• Sunda Kingdom – Sri Baduga Maharaja (1482–1521)
• Vijayanagara Empire – Krishnadevaraya (1509–1529)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Ferdinand II (1479–1516)
• Crown of Castile –
  • Queen - Joanna (1504–1556)
  • Regent – Ferdinand II of Aragon (1508–1516)
• Crimean Khanate –
  1. Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
  2. Mehmed I Giray(1515–1523)
• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Christian II (1513–1523)
  • Duchy of Schleswig – Christian II (1513–1523) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
• Kingdom of England – Henry VIII (1509–1547)
• Kingdom of France –
  1. Louis XII (1498–1515)
  2. Francis I (1515–1547)
• Holy Roman Empire – Maximilian I (1493–1519)
  • Duchy of Bavaria – William IV (1508–1550)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – - Vladislaus II (1471–1516)
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Joachim I (1499–1535)
  • Duchy of Ferrara and Duchy of Modena and Reggio – Alfonso I d'Este (1505–1534)
  • Duchy of Holstein – Christian II (1513–1523) and Frederick I (1490–1533) in condominial rule
  • Margravate of Mantua – Francesco II Gonzaga (1484–1519)
  • Duchy of Savoy – Charles III (1504–1553)
  • Archbishopric of Trier – Richard Greiffenklau zu Vollraths (1511–1531)
  • Duchy of Urbino – Francesco Maria I della Rovere (1508–1534)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Vladislaus II (1490–1516)
• Italy
  • Papal States – Pope Leo X (1513–1521)
  • Republic of Venice – Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (1501–1521)
• Khanate of Kazan – Möxämmädämin (1502–1518)
• Principality of Moldavia – Bogdan III the One-Eyed (1504–1517)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Vasili III of Russia (1505–1533)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Selim I, the Grim (1512–1520)
• Kingdom of Poland – Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Manuel I (1495–1521)
• Principality of Ryazan – Ivan V (1500–1520)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James V (1513–1542)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Sten Sture the Younger, Regent of Sweden (1512–1520)