List of state leaders in 1600

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1600.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Yaqob (1597–1603 and 1604–1606)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Álvaro II, Manikongo (1587–1614)
• Sennar Sultanate – Unsa I (1591–1603/4)

Asia

• Arakan – Mengradzagyi, King of Arakan (1593–1612)
• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – Naresuan (1590–1605)
• Burma (Taungoo dynasty) – Ngyaung Ram Meng (1599–1605)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Wanli Emperor (1573–1620)
• Đại Việt – Lê Kính Tông (1600–1619)
  • Đàng Ngoài – Trịnh Tùng, Trịnh lord (1570–1623)
  • Đàng Trong – Nguyễn Hoàng, Nguyễn lord (1558–1613)
• Japan (Sengoku period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Yōzei (1586–1611)
  • de facto -
    1. Council of Five Elders (1598–1600)
    2. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1600–1603)
• Khanate of Khiva – Haji Muhammad I (1558–1602)
• Joseon (Korea) – Seonjo (1567–1608)
• Mughal Empire – Akbar (1556–1605)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Nei (1587–1620)

Europe

• Crimean Khanate – Ghazi II Girai (1596–1608)
• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Christian IV (1588–1648)
• Kingdom of England – Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
• Kingdom of France – Henry IV (1589–1610)
• Holy Roman Empire – Rudolf II (1576–1612)
  • Duchy of Bavaria – Maximilian I (1597–1648)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Rudolf II (1576–1611)
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Joachim Frederick (1598–1608)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – John Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1596–1634)
  • Electorate of Cologne – Ernest of Bavaria (1583–1612)
  • Dutch Republic on the verge to independence
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt – Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1596–1626)
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) - Maurice (1592–1627)
  • Bishopric of Lübeck – John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1586–1607)
  • Electorate of Mainz – Wolfgang von Dalberg (1582–1601)
  • Duchy of Mantua – Vincenzo I Gonzaga (1587–1612)
  • Duchy of Modena – Cesare d'Este (1597–1628)
  • Electorate of the Palatinate – Frederick IV (1583–1610)
  • Duchy of Parma – Ranuccio I Farnese (1592–1622)
  • Duchy of Savoy – Charles Emmanuel I (1580–1630)
  • Electorate of Saxony – Christian II (1591–1611)
  • Archbishopric of Trier – Lothar von Metternich (1599–1623)
  • Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Ferdinando I de' Medici (1587–1609)
  • Duchy of Württemberg – Frederick I (1593–1608)
• Royal Hungary – Rudolf II (1576–1609)
• Kingdom of Ireland - Elizabeth I, Queen of Ireland (1558–1603)
• Moldavia – Prince of Moldavia:
  1. Ieremia Movilă (first rule: 1595-May 1600)
  2. Michael the Brave (May–September 1600)
  3. Ieremia Movilă (second rule: September 1600 – 1606)
• Kingdom of Naples – Philip III (1598–1621)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Henry III (1572–1610)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Mehmed III (1595–1603)
• Papal States – Pope Clement VIII (1592–1605)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Sigismund III Vasa (1587–1632)
• Kingdom of Spain and Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Philip III of Spain and II of Portugal (1598–1621)
• Duchy of Prussia – Albert Frederick (1568–1618)
• Tsardom of Russia - Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598–1605)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James VI (1567–1625)
• Kingdom of Spain – Philip III (1598–1621)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Duke Charles Albert, Viceroy of Sweden (1599–1611)
• Principality of Transylvania – Michael the Brave (1599–1601)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Gelre, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht and Zeeland (1585–1625)
  • Grand Pensionary of Holland - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1586–1619)
• Republic of Venice – Marino Grimani, Doge of Venice (1595–1606)
• Principality of Wallachia – Michael the Brave (1593–1601)

Middle East and North Africa

• Sultanate of Morocco – Ahmad II (1578–1603)
• Safavid Empire – Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1587–1629)