1248 state leaders - Events of 1249 - 1250 state leaders - State leaders by year

Asia

• China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Lizong, Emperor of China (1224-1264)
• Goryeo (Korea) - King Gojong, King of Goryeo (1213-1259)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Emperor Go-Fukakusa, emperor of Japan (1246-1260)
  • Shogun (Kamakura) - Kujo Yoritsugu, Shogun of Japan (1244-1252)
  • Shikken - Hojo Tokiyori, Shikken (1246-1256)
• Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VIII (1243 - 1295)
• Mongol Empire - Oghul Qaimish, Mongol Regent (1248-1251)
• Pagan - Kyaswa, King of Pagan (1234-1250)
• Sukhotai - Pho Khun Si Indrathit, King of Sukhothai (1249-1257)

Europe

• Achaea - William II Villehardouin, Principality of Achaea (1246-1278)
• Angouleme -
  1. Hugh I, Count of Angouleme (1218-1249)
  2. Hugh II, Count of Angouleme (1249-1260)
• Aragon - James I, King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona (1213-1276)
• Brittany - John I, Duke of Brittany (1237-1286)
• Bulgarian Empire - Micheal II Asen, Tsar of Bulgaria (1246-1256)
• Castile - Ferdinand III of Castile, King of Castile and Leon (1217-1252)
• Champagne - Theobald IV, Count of Champagne (1201-1253)
• Denmark - Eric IV, King of Denmark (1241-1250)
• England - Henry III, King of England (1216-1272)
• Flanders - Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1244 - 1278)
• France - Louis IX, King of France (1226-1270)
• Gwynedd - Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Gwynedd (1246-1282)
• Holy Roman Empire - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1220-1250)
  • Bohemia - Wenceslaus I, King of Bohemia (1230-1253)
  • Holland - William II, rival King (1234-1256)
• Hungary - Béla IV, King of Hungary (1235-1270)
• Lithuania - Mindaugas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1236-1253)
• Navarre - Theobald I of Navarre, King of Navarre (1235-1253)
• Norway - Håkon IV, King of Norway (1217-1263)
• Poland - Boleslaus V, High Duke of Poland (1243 - 1279)
• Portugal - Alfonso III, King of Portugal (1247-1279)
• Scotland -
  1. Alexander II, King of Scotland (1214-1249)
  2. Alexander III, King of Scotland (1249-1286)
• Sweden - Eric XI, King of Sweden (1222-1229, 1234-1250)

Middle East and North Africa

• Almohad Caliphate - Umar, Almohad Caliph (1248-1266)
• Antioch - Bohemund V, Prince of Antioch (1233-1252)
• Armenia - Hethum I of Armenia, King of Armenia (1226-1270)
• Cyprus - Henry I, King of Cyprus (1218-1253)
• Damascus (Ayyubid dynasty) -
  1. As-Salih Ayyub, Sultan of Damascus (1245-1249)
  2. Turanshah, Sultan of Damascus (1249-1250)
• Egypt (Ayyubid dynasty) -
  1. As-Salih Ayyub, Sultan of Egypt (1240-1249)
  2. Turanshah, Sultan of Egypt (1249-1250)