List of state leaders in 1809

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1809.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Bonsu, Asantehene (1804–1824)
• Kingdom of Buganda – Semakokiro (1771–1814)
• Bunyoro – Nyamutukura Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro (1786–1835)
• Kingdom of Burundi – Ntare IV Rugamba (1796–1852)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Adandozan (1797–1818)
• Ethiopian Empire – Egwale Seyon Hezqeyas (1801–1818)
• Fulani Empire – Usman dan Fodio, Fulani Caliph (1804–1814)
• Funj Sultanate - Badi VII (1805-1821)
• Kingdom of Kaffa - Hoti Gaocho (1798-1821)
• Mayotte – Suhali bin Salim, Sultan of Mayotte (1807–1817)
• Sultanate of Ndzuwani – Alawi bin Husain (1796–1816)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Yuhi III (1797–1830)
• Wadai Empire – Abd al-Karim Sabun, Sultan of Wadai (1804–1815)
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781–1816)

Asia

• Afghanistan –
  • Kabul -
    1. Shoja Shah, King of Afghanistan (1803–1809)
    2. Mahmud Shah, King of Afghanistan (1809–1818)
• Ahom kingdom – Suklingphaa (1795–1811)
• Alirajpur State - Pratap Singh I (1765-1818)
• China (Qing dynasty) - Jiaqing Emperor (1796–1820)
• Jaora State - 'Abdu'l Ghafur Muhammad Khan (1808-1825)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Kōkaku (1780–1817)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari (1786–1837)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom - Shō Kō (1804–1828)
• Khanate of Kokand –
  1. 'Alim Khan (1800–1809)
  2. Muhammad 'Umar Khan (1809–1822)
• Joseon (Korea) – Sunjo (1800–1834)
• Kingdom of Luang Phrabang - Anurutha (1794-1819)
• Sultanate of the Maldives – Mu'in ad-Din I Muhammad (1799–1835)
• Nepal – Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah (1799–1816), Maharajadhiraja of Nepal
• Rajpipla State - Ramsinhji (1803-1810)
• Siam –
  1. Rama I (1782–1809)
  2. Rama II (1809–1824)
• Sikh Empire – Ranjit Singh, Maharaja (1801–1839)
• Vietnam -

Europe

• Andorra –
  • Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros, Bishop of Urgell (1797–1816)
  • Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1804–1814)
• Austria - Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1792*-1835) *Note: Leader of Austria held the title of Archduke prior to 1804
• Kingdom of Bohemia – Francis (1792–1835)
• Confederation of the Rhine
  • Kingdom of Bavaria – Maximilian I (1799*-1825) *Note: Leader of Bavaria held title of Elector prior to 1805
    • Prime Minister – Count Maximilian Joseph von Montgelas (1799–1817)
  • Kingdom of Saxony – Frederick Augustus I (1763*-1827) *Note: Leader of Saxony held the title of Elector prior to 1806
  • Kingdom of Westphalia – Jérôme Bonaparte (1807–1813)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg – Frederick I (1797*-1816) *Note: Leader of Württemberg held the title of Elector prior to 1806, and the title of Duke prior to 1803
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Frederick VI (1808–1814)
  • Minister of State - Christian Gunther (1797–1810)
• Grand Duchy of Finland –
  • Monarch -
    1. Gustav IV Adolf (1792–1809)
    2. Charles XIII (1809)
    3. Alexander I (1809–1825)
• First French Empire – Napoleon (1804–1814)
• Kingdom of Holland – Louis I (1806–1810)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Francis (1792–1835)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan - Mahmud II (1808–1839)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Çarhaci Ali Pasha (1808–1809)
    2. Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (1809–1811)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch – Maria I (1777–1816)
  • Prince-Regent – Prince John (1792–1816)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick William III (1797–1840)
  • Chief Minister - Count Karl Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1808–1810)
• Russian Empire – Alexander I (1801–1825)
• Kingdom of Spain – Joseph Bonaparte (1808–1813)
• Kingdom of Sweden –
  1. Gustav IV Adolf (1792–1809)
  2. Charles XIII (1809–1818)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1807–1809)
    2. Spencer Perceval (1809–1812)
• Duchy of Warsaw – Frederick Augustus I (1807–1813)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793–1816)
• Egypt – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt (1805–1848)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Slimane (1792–1822)
• Persia (Qajar dynasty) – Fath Ali Shah (1797–1834)

North America and the Caribbean

• Miskito Nation – George Frederic Augustus I, King of the Miskito Nation (1801–1824)
• United States
  • Head of State/Government:
    1. Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States (1801–1809)
    2. James Madison, President of the United States (1809–1817)

Oceania

• Kingdom of Hawaii – Kamehameha I (1795–1819)
• Kauai – Kaumualii, King of Kaua'i and Ni'ihau (1794–1810)