List of sovereign states in 1496

The notion of a sovereign state arises in the 16th century with the development of modern diplomacy. For earlier times, the term "sovereign state" is an anachronism. What corresponded to sovereign states in the medieval and ancient period were monarchs ruling By the Grace of God, de facto feudal or imperial autocrats, or de facto independent nations or tribal confederations.

Sovereign states[]

A[]

Aach - Lordship of Aach
Aachen - Free Imperial City of Aachen
Aalen - Free Imperial City of Aalen
Aceh - Sultanate of Aceh (from 1496)
Adal - Adal Sultanate
Alodia - Kingdom of Alodia
Alsace - Duchy of Alsace
Andorra - Principality of Andorra
Anhalt - Principality of Anhalt
Annam - Kingdom of Annam
Ansbach - Margraviate of Ansbach
Aq Koyunlu Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans)
Aragon - Kingdom of Aragon
Arakan - Kingdom of Arakan
Armagnac - County of Armagnac
Ashanti - Kingdom of Ashanti
Assam - Kingdom of Assam
Astrakhan - Khanate of Astrakhan
Austria - Archduchy of Austria
Auvergne - County of Auvergne
Ayutthaya - Ayutthaya Kingdom
Aztecs - Aztec Empire

B[]

Baden - Margraviate of Baden
Bali - Sultanate of Bali
Bavaria - Duchy of Bavaria
Bengal - Sultanate of Bengal
Benin - Benin Empire
Bohemia - Kingdom of Bohemia
Bourbonnais - Duchy of Bourbonnais
Brandenburg - March/Margraviate of Brandenburg
Bremen - Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen
Brittany - Duchy of Brittany
Brunei - Sultanate of Brunei
Brunswick-Lüneburg - Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg

C[]

Castille - Crown of Castille
Catalonia - Principality of Catalonia
Ceylon - Kotte Kingdom
Chagatai Khanate - Chagatai Khanate
Champa - Kingdom of Champa
Cherokee - Cherokee Tribe
China - Empire of the Great Ming
Cleves - Duchy of Cleves
Cologne - Electorate of Cologne
Connacht - Kingdom of Connacht
Cospaia - Republic of Cospaia
Creek - Creek Tribe
Crimea - Crimean Khanate

D[]

Đại Việt - Kingdom of Đại Việt
Deccan - Kingdom of Deccan
Dehli - Sultanate of Dehli
Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark

E[]

England - Kingdom of England
Ethiopia - Ethiopian Empire

F[]

France - Kingdom of France
Friesland - Lordship of Friesland
Funj - Funj Tribe

G[]

Gelre - Duchy of Gelre
Georgia - Kingdom of Georgia
Republic of Genoa - The Most Serene Republic of Genoa
Golden Horde - Golden Horde Khanate
Gondwana - Kingdom of Gondwana
Gujarat - Sultanate of Gujarat

H[]

Haasa - The Sheikdom of al-Haasa
Hamburg - Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Hausa - Hausa Kingdoms
Hejaz - Sultanate of Hejaz
Hesse - Landgraviate of Hesse
Hungary - Kingdom of Hungary
Huron - Huron Tribe

I[]

Inca - Inca Empire
Iroquois - Iroquois Tribe

J[]

Japan -

K[]

Kanem Bornu - Bornu Empire
Kartli - Kingdom of Kartli
Kashmir - Sultanate of Kashmir
Kazakh - Kazakh Khanate
Kazan - Kazan Khanate
Khandesh - Kingdom of Khandesh
Khmer - Khmer Empire
Knights Hospitaller - Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Knights of Malta, Knights of Rhodes, and Chevaliers of Malta
Kongo - Kingdom of Kongo
Korea - Kingdom of Joseon