1228 state leaders - Events of 1229 - 1230 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Egypt - Al-Kamil, Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt (1218-1238)
• Kingdom of Ghana (Susu Kingdom) - Sumanguru Kante , King of Ghana (~1200-1235)
• Kanem-Bornu Empire - Dunama Dibbalemi , Saifawa Mai of Kanem (1221-1259)
• Maghreb - Yahya , Almohad Emir (1227-1235)

Asia

• Aleppo - Al-Aziz , Ayyubid Emir of Aleppo (1216-1236)
• Antioch - Bohemond IV, Prince of Antioch (1219-1233)
• Armenia - Isabella, Queen of Armenia (1219-1252)
• Baghdad - Al-Mustansir, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (1226-1242)
• Byzantine Empire - in exile in the Empire of Nicaea - John III Ducas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (1222-1254)
• China (Jin Dynasty) - Aizong , Emperor of Jin China (1224-1234)
• China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Lizong , Emperor of Song China (1224-1264)
• Cyprus - Henry I, King of Cyprus (1218-1253)
• Damascus -
  1. An-Nasir Dawud , Ayyubid Sultan of Damascus (1227-1229)
  2. Al-Ashraf , Ayyubid Sultan of Damascus (1229-1235)
• Georgia - Rusudan, King of Georgia (1223-1245)
• Goryeo - Gojong , King of Goryeo (1213-1259)
• Hamah -
  1. Al-Nasir , Ayyubid Emir of Hamah (1221-1229)
  2. Al-Muzaffar , Ayyubid Emir of Hamah (1229-1244)
• Homs - Al-Mujahid , Ayyubid Emir of Homs (1186-1240)
• India - Iltutmish, Mameluk sultan of India (1211-1236)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Go-Horikawa, Emperor of Japan (1221-1232)
  • Shogun (Kamakura) - Kujo Yoritsune, Shogun of Japan (1226-1244)
  • Shikken - Hojo Yasutoki, Shikken (1224-1242)
• Jerusalem (in Acre) - Conrad of Hohenstaufen, King of Jerusalem (1228-1254)
• The Jezirah - Al-Ashraf , Ayyubid ruler of the Jezirah (1218-1237)
• Khmer Empire - Indravarman III ? (1220-1243)
• Mongol Empire - Ögedei Khan, Mongol Khan (1229-1241)
• Trabzon - Andronicus I , Emperor of Trebizond (1222-1235)
• Tripoli - Bohemond IV, Count of Tripoli (1219-1233)
• Yemen - Al-Mas'ud Yusuf , Ayyubid Emir of Yemen (1215-1229)

Europe

• Achaea - Geoffrey II of Villehardouin , Prince of Achaea (c. 1228-1246)
• Angouleme - Hugh I , Count of Angouleme (1218-1249)
• Aquitaine - Henry II, Duke of Aquitaine (1216-1254)
• Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (1213-1276)
• Athens - Guy I de la Roche , Duke of Athens (1225-1263)
• Austria - Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (1198-1230)
• Auvergne - Robert IV, Dauphin of Auvergne (1169-1235)
• Baden - Frederick , Margrave of Baden (1216-1231)
• Bar - Henry II , Count of Bar (1214-1239)
• Bavaria - Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1183-1231)
• Blois - Margaret , Countess of Blois, with Walter of Avesnes (1218-1230)
• Bohemia - Premysl I Ottokar, King of Bohemia (1198-1230)
• Boulogne - Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne (1216- c. 1260)
• Brabant - Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1190-1235)
• Britanny - Peter I, Duke of Brittany (1213-1237)
• Bulgaria - Ivan Asen II, King of Bulgaria (1218-1241)
• Burgundy - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1218-1272)
• Carinthia - Bernard , Duke of Carinthia (1201-1256)
• Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (1217-1252)
• Champagne - Theobald IV, Count of Champagne (1201-1253)
• Deheubarth - Maelgwyn ap Rhys , Prince of Deheubarth (1199-1230), disputed with Rhys the Hoarse (1216-1234)
• Denmark - Valdemar II, the Victorious King of Denmark (1202-1241)
• Dymin - Warcislaw III , Duke of Dymin (1219-1264)
• England - Henry III, King of England (1216-1272)
• Epirus - Theodore Ducas , Despot of Epirus (1214-1230)
• Flanders - Jeanne, Countess of Flanders (1205-1244)
• France -
  • Louis IX, Saint Louis King of France (1226-1270)
  • Blanche of Castile Regent for Louis IX (1226-1234)
• Gdansk - Swietopelk II the Great , Duke of Gdansk (1215-1266)
• Gelderland -
  1. Gerard IV , Count of Guelders (1207-1229)
  2. Otto II , Count of Guelders (1229-1271)
• Gwynedd - Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd (1194-1240)
• Hainaut - Jeanne, Countess of Hainaut (1205-1244)
• Holland - Floris IV , Count of Holland (1222–1234)
• Holy Roman Empire - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1211-1250) and King of Sicily (1198-1250)
• Hungary - Andrew II, King of Hungary (1205-1235)
• Ireland - Henry III of England, Lord of Ireland (1216-1272)
• Isle of Man -
  1. Ragnald, King of the Isle of Man (1187-1229)
  2. Olaf II, King of the Isle of Man (1229-1237)
• Lorraine - Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine (1220–1251)
• Maine - John Capet , Count of Maine (1219-1232)
• Montferrat - Boniface II , Marquis of Montferrat (1225-1253)
• Namur -
  1. Henry II , Marquis of Namur (1226–1229)
  2. Margaret , Marquise of Namur (1229–1237)
• Navarre - Sancho VII the Strong, King of Navarre (1194-1234)
• Naxos - Angelo , Duke of the Archipelago (1227-1262)
• Normandy - Henry III, Duke of Normandy (claimed, 1216-1259)
• Norway - Haakon IV, King of Norway (1217-1263)
• Opole - Kasimir I , Duke of Opole (1211-1230)
• Poitiers - Alphonse of Toulouse, Count of Poitiers (1220-1271)
• Poland - Konrad of Masovia, King of Poland (1228-1232)
• Portugal - Afonso II, the Fat, King of Portugal (1212-1233)
• Powys - Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor , Prince of Powys (1191-1236)
• Provence - Ramon Berenguer IV , Count of Provence (1209-1245)
• Rugia - Wislaw , Duke of Rugia (1218-1249)
• Russia - Yuri II, Tsar of Russia (1218-1238)
• Saxony - Albert II , Duke of Saxony (1212-1260)
• Scotland - Alexander II King of Scotland (1214-1249)
• Serbia - Stefan Radoslav, King of Serbia (1228-1234)
• Slawno - Racibor II , Duke of Slawno (1223-1238)
• Swabia - Henry II, Duke of Swabia (1216-1235)
• Sweden - Eric XI, King of Sweden (1222-1229, 1234-1250)
• Szczecin - Dobry , Duke of Szeczcin (1220-1278)
• Toulouse - Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (1222-1249)
• Venice -
  1. Pietro Ziani, Doge of Venice (1205-1229)
  2. Jacopo Tiepolo , Doge of Venice (1229-1249)
• Wroclaw - Henry I the Bearded, Duke of Wroclaw (1201-1238)
• Württemberg - Hartmann, Count of Württemberg (1194-1240)