List of state leaders in 1456

1455 state leaders - Events of 1456 - 1457 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) - Jingtai, Emperor of China (1449-1457)
* 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 - Alfonso V, King of Aragon (1416-1458)
*Burgundy - Philip III, the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1419-1467)
*Castile - Henry IV of Castile, King of Castile (1454-1474)
*Denmark and Norway - Christian I, King of Denmark (1448-1481), King of Norway (1450-1481)
*England (House of Lancaster) - Henry VI, King of England (1422-1461 and 1470-1471)
*France (Valois Dynasty) - Charles VII, King of France (1422-1461)
*Hungary - Ladislaus V, King of Hungary and Bohemia (1444-1457)
*Lithuania and Poland - Casimir IV Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1440-1492), King of Poland (1447-1492)
*Portugal - Alfonso V of Portugal, King of Portugal (1438-1481)
*Scotland - James II, King of Scotland (1437-1460)
*Sweden - Charles VIII, King of Sweden (1448-1457, 1464-1465, and 1467-1470)
*Venice - Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice (1423-1457)

Middle East and North Africa

*Ak Koyunlu - Uzun Hassan, Leader of the White Sheep Turkmen (1435-1478)
*Cyprus - John II, King of Cyprus (1432-1458)
*Egypt - Inal, Sultan of Egypt (1453-1461)
*Ottoman Empire - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (1451-1481)