List of state leaders in 1500
1499 state leaders - Events of 1500 - 1501 state leaders - State leaders by year
Africa
- Akan state of Twifo-Heman - Ofusu Kwabi (c.1500-c.1520)
- Buganda - Kiggala, King of Buganda (c.1474-c.1501)
- Ethiopia - Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (1494-1508)
- Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din, Sultan (1488 - 1518)
- Kongo - João I (1470 - 1509)
- Rwanda - Cyirima I, King of Rwanda (c.1428-c.1506)
- Songhai Empire - Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493-1528)
Americas
- Aztec Empire - Auitzotl, Aztec Emperor (1486-1502)
- Inca Empire - Huayna Capac, Inca Emperor (1493-1527)
- Texcoco - Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472-1515)
Asia
- Ahmadnagar - Ahmad Shah I, Nizam of Ahmadnagar (1490-1509)
- Arakan - Tsalenggathu, King of Arakan (1494-1501)
- Ava (Burma) - Minhkaung II, King of Ava (1481-1502)
- Ayutthaya (Siam) - Rama T'ibodi II, King of Ayutthaya (1491-1529)
- Bahmani Sultanate - Muhammad Shah IV, Bahmani Sultan (1482-1518)
- Bengal - Aladdin Husain, Sultan of Bengal (1494-1518)
- Berar - Fath-Allah 'Imad ul-Mulk, Sultan of Berar (1490-1504)
- Bidar - Qasim Shah I, Sultan of Bidar (1492-1504)
- Bijapur - Yusuf Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur (1490-1510)
- Cambodia - Sri Sukonthor, King of Cambodia (1486-1512)
- Ceylon - Parakramabahu VIII, King of Ceylon (1484-1508)
- Chiang Mai - Müang Kaeo, King of Chiang Mai (1495-1526)
- China (Ming Dynasty) - Hongzhi, Emperor of China (1487-1505)
- Delhi - Sikandar Lodi, Sultan of Delhi (1489-1517)
- Đại Việt (Viet Nam) Later Lê Dynasty - Lê Hiến Tông, Emperor of Vietnam (1497-1504)
- Gujarat - Mahmud Shah I, Sultan of Gujarat (1458-1511)
- Japan
- Monarch -
- Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Shogun of Japan (1494-1508)
- Kedah - Mohammed Jiwa Zainal al-Abidin I, Sultan of Kedah (1472-1506)
- Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Yeonsangun, King of Joseon (1494-1506)
- Lan Xang (Vientiane) -
- Malacca - Mahmud Shah I, Sultan of Malacca (1488-1510)
- Malwa -
- Multan - Husseyn Langah I, King of Multan (1456-1502)
- Orissa - Prataparudra, King of Orissa (1497-1540)
- Pahang - Mansur I, Sultan of Pahang (1475-1519)
- Pegu - Binnya Ran II, King of Pegu (1492-1526)
- Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Shin, King of Ryūkyū (1477-1526)
- Sindh - Firuz Salah ud-Din, Sultan of Sindh (1492-1521)
- Taungoo (Burma) - Minkyinyo, King of Taungoo (1486-1531)
- Vijayanagar - Immadi Narasimha, Emperor of Vijayanagar (1491-1505)
Europe
- Andorra -
- Aragon - Ferdinand II, King of Aragon (1479-1516)
- Bohemia - Vladislav II, King of Bohemia (1471-1516)
- Burgundy - Philip IV, the Fair, Duke of Burgundy (1482-1506)
- Castile - Isabella I, Queen of Castile (1474-1504)
- Crimea - Meñli I Giray, Khan of Crimea (1478-1515)
- Denmark - John, King of Denmark (1481-1513)
- England - Henry VII, King of England (1485-1509)
- Ferrara - Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and Modena (1471-1505)
- France - Louis XII, King of France (1498-1515)
- Albret - Alain I, Lord of Albret (1471-1522)
- Alençon - Charles IV, Dukes of Alençon (1492-1525)
- Armagnac - Margaret, Countess of Armagnac (1481-1549)
- Bourbon - Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1488-1503) and Count of Marche (1477-1503)
- Brittany - Anne, Duchess of Brittany (1488-1514)
- Nevers - Engelbert of Cleves, Count of Nevers (1491-1506)
- Holy Roman Empire - Maximilian I, King of the Romans (1493-1519)
- Anhalt-Köthen - Waldemar VI, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1471-1508)
- Arenberg - Eberhard IV, Count of Arenberg (1496-1531)
- Baden-Baden - Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1475-1515)
- Baden-Sausenberg - Philip I, Margrave of Baden-Sausenberg (1487-1503)
- Barby-Barby - Burchard IV, Count of Barby-Barby (1493-1506)
- Barby-Ruppin -
- Bavaria-Dachau - Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria-Dachau (1467-1501)
- Bavaria-Landshut - George the Rich, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut (1479-1503)
- Bavaria-Munich - Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria-Munich (1465-1508)
- Bentheim-Bentheim - Eberwin II, Count of Bentheim-Bentheim (1473-1530)
- Bentheim-Lingen -
- Bentheim-Steinfurt - Arnold II, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1498-1544)
- Bentheim-Tecklenburg - Otto VIII, Count of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1493-1526)
- Brandenburg - Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1499-1535)
- Brandenburg-Ansbach - Frederick I, Margrave of Ansbach (1486-1515) and Margrave of Bayreuth (1495-1515)
- Bremen - Johann III Rode on Wale, Archbishop of Bremen (1497-1511)
- Brunswick-Lüneburg - Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1491-1514)
- Burgundy - Philip IV the Fair, Duke of Brabant, Count of Burgundy and Artois (1482-1506)
- Castell -
- Cieszyn - Kazimierz II, Duke of Cieszyn (1477-1528)
- Cologne - Hermann IV of Hesse, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1480-1508)
- Cleves-Mark - John II the Pious, Duke of Cleves and Count of Mark (1481-1521)
- East-Frisia - Edzard I the Great, Count of East Frisia (1491-1528)
- Fürstenberg-Baar - Wolfgang, Count of Fürstenberg-Baar (1499-1509)
- Guelders - Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders (1492-1538)
- Hesse - Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1509-1567)
- Isenburg-Büdingen - Louis II, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen (1461-1511)
- Königsegg - John IV, Baron of Königsegg (1500-1544)
- Magdeburg - Ernst of Saxony, Archbishop of Magdeburg (1475-1513)
- Mainz - Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1484-1504)
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1477-1503)
- Mindelheim - Georg von Frundsberg, Lord of Mindelheim (1478-1528)
- Nassau-Weilburg - Louis I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1492-1523)
- Nieder-Isenburg - James, Count of Nieder-Isenburg (1486-1503)
- Limburg-Styrum -
- Lorraine - René II, Duke of Lorraine (1473-1508) and Duke of Bar (1483-1508)
- Opole - John the Good|, Duke of Opole (1476-1532)
- Orange - John II of Châlon, Prince of Orange (1475-1502)
- Ortenburg-Neuortenburg - Ulrich II, Count of Ortenburg-Neuortenburg (1495-1524)
- Öttingen-Wallerstein - Louis XIII, Count of Öttingen-Wallerstein (1449-1517)
- Palatinate - Philip, Elector Palatine (1476-1508)
- Pappenheim - William, Lord of Pappenheim (1482-1508)
- Pomerania - Boguxlaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1478-1523)
- Runkel - John, Count of Runkel (1460-1521)
- Salm-Kyrburg -John VII, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Kyrburg (1499-1531)
- Saxony (Ernestine) - Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1486-1525)
- Saxony (Albertine) - George, Duke of Saxony (1500-1539)
- Saxe-Lauenburg - John IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1463-1507)
- Sayn - Mathieu Schiner, Bishop of Sion (1499-1522)
- Schönborn - John IV, Lord of Schönborn (1490-1529)
- Solms-Braunfels - Otto II, Count of Solm-Braunfels (1459-1504)
- Stadion (state) - Nicholas, Lord of Stadion (1479-1507)
- Stolberg-Stolberg - Henry IX, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1455-1511)
- Trier - Johann II of Baden, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1456-1503)
- Utrecht - Frederik IV van Baden, Archbishop of Utrecht (1496-1517)
- Wied -
- Worms - Johann II von Dalberg, Bishop of Worms (1482-1503)
- Württemberg - Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (1498-1519)
- Würzburg - Lorenz von Bibra, Bishop of Würzburg (1495-1519)
- Hungary - Ulászló II, King of Hungary (1490-1516)
- Ireland
- Airgíalla - Rossa mac Maghnusa, King of Airgíalla (1497-1513)
- Breifne - Eoghan mac Tighearnain Oig, King of Breifne (1500-1528)
- East Breifne - Seaan mac Cathail, King of East Breifne (1491-1510)
- Hy-Many - Maelsechlainn mac Tadhg O Cellaigh, King of Hy-Many (1499-1511)
- Leinster - Muircheartach mac Donnchadh MacMurrough-Kavanagh, King of Leinster (1478-1512)
- Moylurg - Cormac MacDermot, King of Moylurg (1499-1528)
- Lithuania - Alexander, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1492-1505)
- Mantua - Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1484-1519)
- Milan -
- Moldavia - Stephen III the Great, Prince of Moldavia (1457-1504)
- Muscovy - Ivan III of Russia, Grand Prince of Muscovy (1462-1505)
- Naples - Frederick IV, King of Naples (1496-1501)
- Navarre -
- Norway - John, King of Norway (1481-1513)
- Papal States - Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503)
- Poland - John I Olbracht, King of Poland (1492-1501)
- Portugal - Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521)
- Knights of Rhodes - Pierre d'Aubusson, Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes (1476-1503)
- Savoy - Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (1497-1504)
- Scotland - James IV, King of Scotland (1488-1513)
- Sweden - John II, King of Sweden (1497-1501)
- Teutonic Order - Friedrich of Saxony, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1497-1510)
- Venice - Agostin Barbaigo, Doge of Venice (1486-1501)
- Duchy of the Archipelago - Francesco III Crispo, Duke (1500-1511)
- Wallachia - Radu cel Mare, Prince of Wallachia (1495-1508)