List of state leaders in 1459

1458 state leaders - Events of 1459 - 1460 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Badlay, Sultan (1445 - 1471)
*Ethiopia - Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (1434-1468)

Americas

*Aztec Empire - Moctezuma I, Aztec Emperor (1440-1469)
*Inca Empire - Pachacuti, Inca Emperor (1438-1471)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Zhengtong, Emperor of China (1457-1464)
* Japan
** Monarch - Go-Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (1428-1464)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Shogun of Japan (1449-1473)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sejo, King of Joseon (1455-1468)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Taikyū, King of Ryūkyū (1454-1460)

Europe

*Aragon - John II, King of Aragon (1458-1479)
*Burgundy - Philip III, the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1419-1467)
*Castile - Henry IV of Castile, King of Castile (1454-1474)
*Cyprus - Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (1458-1464)
*Denmark - Christian I, King of Denmark (1448-1481)
*England (House of Lancaster) - Henry VI, King of England (1422-1461 and 1470-1471)
*Florence - Cosimo de' Medici, de facto leader of Florence (1434-1464)
*France (Valois Dynasty) - Charles VII, King of France (1422-1461)
**Anjou - René I, Duke of Anjou (1434-1480)
**Bourbon - John II, Duke of Bourbon (1456-1488)
**Brittany - Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1458-1488)
**Burgundy - Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (1419-1467)
**Orleans - Charles, Duke of Orléans (1407-1465)
*Holy Roman Empire - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1440-1493)
**Bohemia - George, King of Bohemia (1458-1471)
**Brandenburg - Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1440-1470)
**Cologne - Dietrich II, Elector of Cologne (1414-1463)
**Mainz - Dietrich I, Elector of Mainz (1434-1459
**Palatinate - Frederick I, Elector Palatine (1449-1476)
**"'Savoy - Louis, Duke of Savoy (1440-1465)
**Saxe-Wittenberg - Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1428-1464)
**"'Trier - Johann II, Elector of Trier (1456-1503)
*Hungary - Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary (1458-1490)
*Ireland - Henry VI, Lord of Ireland (1422-1461)
*Mantua - Ludovico II, Marquis of Mantua (1444-1478)
*Milan - Francesco I, Duke of Milan (1450-1466)
*Naples - Ferdinand I, King of Naples (1458-1494)
*Navarre - John II, King of Navarre (1425-1479)
*Norway - Christian I, King of Norway (1450-1481)
*Papal States - Pope Pius II, Bishop of Rome (1458-1464)
*Poland - Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland (1447-1492)
*Portugal - Afonso V of Portugal, King of Portugal (1438-1481)
*Scotland - James II, King of Scotland (1437-1460)
*Sicily - John II, King of Sicily (1458-1479)
*Sweden - Christian I, King of Sweden (1457-1464)

Middle East and North Africa

*Ak Koyunlu - Uzun Hassan, Leader of the White Sheep Turkmen (1435-1478)
*Cyprus - Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (1458-1464)
*Kara Koyunlu - Jahan Shah, Leader of the Black Sheep Turkmen (1436-1467)
*Mamluk Empire - Inal, Sultan of Egypt (1453-1461)
*Ottoman Empire - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (1451-1481)
*Timurid Empire - Abu Sa'id (Timurid dynasty), Sultan of the Timurid Empire (1451-1469)