List of state leaders in 1485

1484 state leaders - Events of 1485 - 1486 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Benin - Ozolua, Oba of Benin (1480-1504)
*Bornu - Ali Gazi, Mai of Bornu (1465-1497)
*Buganda - Kiggala, Kabaka of Buganda (1474-1501)
*Ethiopia - Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (1478-1494)
**Adal Sultanate - Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad, Sultan (1472 - 1488)
*Kongo - João I, Manikongo (1470 - 1509)
*Mali - Mahmud II, Mansa of Mali (1481-1496)
*Nri - Anyamata, Eze Nri (1465-1511)
*Mutapa - Mukombero Nyahuma, Mwenemutapa (1480-1490)
*Rwanda - Cyirima I, King of Rwanda (1482-1506)
*Songhai Empire - Sunni Ali, Sunni of the Songhai Empire (1464-1492)
*Wolof Empire - Tase Daagulen, Buur-ba Jolof (1481-1488)

Americas

*Aztec Empire - Tízoc, Aztec Emperor (1481-1486)
*Inca Empire - Tupac, Inca Emperor (1471-1493)
*Texcoco - Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472-1515)

Asia

*Ahom Kingdom - Susenphaa, King of Ahom (1439-1488)
*Arakan - Daulya, King of Arakan (1482-1492)
*Ava (Burma) - Minhkaung II, King of Ava (1481-1502)
*Ayutthaya (Siam) - Boromma Trailokanat, King of Ayutthaya (1448-1488)
*Bahmani Sultanate - Muhammad Shah IV, Bahmani Sultan (1482-1518)
*Bangala - Fath Shah, Sultan of Bengal (1481-1486)
*Cambodia - Dharmara Jadhiraja, King of Cambodia (1444-1486)
*Chiang Mai - Tilokaraja, King of Chiang Mai (1441-1487)
*China (Ming Dynasty) - Chenghua, Emperor of China (1464 - 1487)
*Gujarat - Mahmud Shah I, Sultan of Gujarat (1458-1511)
* Jaffna - Singai Pararasasegaram, King of Jaffna (1478-1519)
* Japan
** Monarch - Go-Tsuchimikado, Emperor of Japan (1464-1500)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Shogun of Japan (1473-1489)
*Kazakh Khanate - Buryndyq Khan, Kazakh Khan (1480-1511)
*Kedah - Mohammed Jiwa Zainal al-Abidin I, Sultan of Kedah (1472-1506)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Seongjong, King of Joseon (1469-1494)
*Kotte - Parakramabahu VIII, King of Kotte (1484-1508)
*Lan Xang (Vientiane) -
*# Suvarna Banlang, King of Lan Xang (1479-1485)
*# Laasaenthai Bouvanaat, King of Lan Xang (1485-1495)
*Majapahit - Brawijaya VI, Raja of Majapahit (1478-1498)
*Malacca - Alauddin Riayat Shah, Sultan of Malacca (1477-1488)
*Maldives -
*# Hassan V, Sultan of the Maldives (1484-1485)
*# Hassan IV, Sultan of the Maldives (1485-1491)
*Malwa - Ghiyath Shah, Sultan of Malwa (1469-1500)
*Moghulistan - Yunus Khan, Moghul Khan (1462-1487)
*Mysore - Hiriya Chamaraja Wodeyar II, King of Mysore (1478-1513)
*Pahang - Mansur I, Sultan of Pahang (1475-1519)
*Pegu - Dhammazedi, King of Pegu (1472-1492)
*Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Shin, King of Ryūkyū (1477-1526)
*Sulu - Kamal ud-Din, Sultan of Sulu (1480-1505)
*Vietnam - Lê Thánh Tông, Emperor of Dai Viet (1460-1497)
*Vijayanagara Empire -
*#Virupaksha Raya II, Vijayanagara Emperor (1465-1485)
*#Praudha Raya, Vijayanagara Emperor (1485)
*#Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya, Vijayanagara Emperor (1485-1491)

Europe

*Andorra -
**Pere de Cardona, Bishop of Urgell and Co-Prince of Andorra (1472-1515)
**Catherine, Queen of Navarre, Countess of Foix and Co-Princess of Andorra (1486-1516)
*Aragon - Ferdinand II, King of Aragon (1479-1516)
*Astrakhan - Qasim I, Khan of Astrakhan (1466-1490)
*Burgundy -
** Duke - Philip IV, the Fair, Duke of Burgundy (1482-1506)
** Regent - Maximilian I (1482-1594)
*Crimea - Meñli I Giray, Khan of Crimea (1478-1515)
*Denmark and Norway - John I, King of Denmark (1481-1513), King of Norway (1481-1513)
*England
*# Richard III, King of England (1483 - 1485) (overthrown)
*# Henry VII, King of England (1485-1509)
*Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio - Ercole d'Este I, Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio (1471-1505)
*Florence - Lorenzo the Magnificent (1469-1492)
*France
** Monarch - Charles VIII, King of France (1483-1498)
** Regents - Anne de Beaujeu and Pierre II of Bourbon
*Georgia - Constantine II, King of Georgia (1478-1505)
**Imereti - Alexander II, King of Imereti (1483-1510)
**Kakheti - Alexander I, King of Kakheti (1476-1511)
*Granada -
*# Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada (1483-1485)
*# Abū `Abd Allāh Muhammed XIII, Sultan of Granada (1485-1486)
*Holy Roman Empire - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1452-1493)
**Anhalt-Dessau -
**#Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1471 - 1516)
**#George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1471 - 1509)
**#Rudolph IV, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1471 - 1510)
**Anhalt-Köthen - Waldemar VI, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1471 - 1508)
**Baden - Christopher I, Margrave of Baden (1475 - 1515)
**Bavaria-Dachau - Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria-Dachau (1467 - 1501)
**Bavaria-Landshut - George, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut (1479 - 1503)
**Bavaria-Munich - Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria-Munich (1465 - 1504)
**Bentheim-Bentheim - Eberwin, Count of Bentheim-Bentheim (1473 - 1530)
**Bentheim-Lingen - Otto, Count of Bentheim-Lingen (1450-1508)
**Bentheim-Steinfurt - Eberwin II, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1466-1498)
**Bentheim-Tecklenburg - Nicholas III, Count of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1450-1493)
**Bohemia - Ladislaus II, King of Bohemia (1471-1516)
**Brandenburg - Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg {1470-1486}
**Brunswick-Grubenhagen - Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1464 - 1526)
**Brunswick-Luneburg - Henry VII, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1471 - 1521)
**Burgundy - Philip IV, Duke and Free Count of Burgundy (1482 - 1506)
**Cieszyn - Kazimierz II, Duke of Cieszyn (1477-1528)
**Cleves - John II, Duke of Cleves and Marck (1481 - 1521)
**Fürstenberg - Henry IX, Count of Fürstenberg (1484 - 1499)
**"'Guastalla - Cristoforo Torelli, Count of Guastalla (1449-1490)
**Hanau-Babenhausen - Philip II, Count of Hanau-Babenhausen (1480 - 1504)
**Hanau-Münzenberg - Philip I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (1452 - 1500)
**Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) -
**#William I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1471 - 1500)
**#William II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1471 - 1500)
**Hesse-Marburg - William III, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (1483 - 1500)
**Hohenlohe-Neuenstein - Kraft VII, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1472 - 1503)
**Holstein - John, King of Denmark, Count of Holstein (1481 - 1513)
**Isenburg-Büdingen - Louis II, Count of Isenburg in Büdingen (1461 - 1511)
**Jülich-Berg - William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg (1475 - 1511)
**Leiningen-Rickingen -
**#Herman, Count of Leiningen-Rickingen (1473 - 1506)
**#Wecker, Count of Leiningen-Rickingen (1473 - 1499)
**Leiningen-Westerburg - Reinhard V, Count of Leiningen-Westerburg (1481 - 1522)
**Limburg-Styrum - John III, Count of Limburg-Styrum (1473 - 1510)
**Lippe - Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (1432 - 1511)
**Lorraine - Rene II, Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1473 - 1508)
**Löwenstein - Louis I, Count of Löwenstein (1476 - 1524)
**Mansfeld-Querfurt, 2nd Line - Volrad II, Count of Mansfeld-Querfurt, 2nd Line (1450 - 1499)
**#Günther IV, Count of Mansfeld-Vorder-Ort (1484 - 1526)
**#Ernest II, Count of Mansfeld-Vorder-Ort (1484 - 1531)
**#Hoyer IV, Count of Mansfeld-Vorder-Ort (1484 - 1540)
**Mecklenburg
**#Mangus II, Duke of Mecklenburg (1483 - 1503)
**#Balthasar, Duke of Mecklenburg (1483 - 1507)
**Nassau-Beilstein - Henry IV, Count of Nassau-Beilstein (1477 - 1499)
**Nassau-Dillenburg -
**#Engelbert II, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1475 - 1504)
**#John V, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1475 - 1516)
**Nassau-Idstein - Philip, Count of Nassau-Idstein (1480 - 1509)
**Nassau-Saarbrücken - John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1472 - 1545)
**Nassau-Weilburg - Louis I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1480 - 1523)
**Nassau-Wiesbaden - Adolph III, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden (1480 - 1509)
**Oldenburg -
**#Gerhard II, Count of Oldenburg (1483 - 1512)
**#John IV, Count of Oldenburg (1483 - 1526)
**#Adolph, Count of Oldenburg (1483 - 1500)
**Orange - John II, Prince of Orange (1482 - 1502)
**Palatinate-Mosbach - Otto II, Count Palatine of Mosbach (1461 - 1499)
**Palatinate-Simmern - John I, Count Palatine of Simmern (1480 - 1509)
**Palatine Electorate - Philip, Elector Palatine (1476 - 1508)
**Reuss-Greiz -
**#Henry I, Bailiff of Reuss-Greiz (1475 - 1502)
**#Henry II, Bailiff of Reuss-Greiz (1475 - 1528)
**#Henry III, Bailiff of Reuss-Greiz (1475 - 1535)
**Reuss-Lobenstein - Henry II, Bailiff of Reuss-Lobenstein (1482 - 1500)
**Reuss-Plauen - Henry II, Bailiff of Reuss-Plauen (1482 - 1520)
**Reuss-Weida - Henry II, Bailiff of Reuss-Weida (? - 1510)
**Salm-Badenweiler - John VI, Count of Salm-Badenweiler (1451 - 1505)
**Salm-Blankenburg - Louis (1443-1503)
**Salm-Reifferscheid - Peter, Count of Salm-Reifferscheid (1479 - 1505)
**Savoy - Charles I, Duke of Savoy (1468-1490)
**Saxon Electorate - Ernest, Elector of Saxony {1464-1486}
**Saxony - Albertinian Line - Albert, Duke of Saxony - Albertinian Line (1485 - 1500)
**Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg -
**#John I, Count of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg (1464/1498 - 1527)
**#Anthony, Count of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg (1474 - 1526)
**Schwarzburg-Leutenberg - Balthasar II, Count of Schwarzburg-Leutenberg (1463 - 1525)
**Solms-Braunfels - Otto II, Count of Solms-Braunfels (1459 - 1504)
**Solms-Lich - Philip, Count of Solms-Lich (1477 - 1544)
**Stolberg - Henry XIX, Count of Stolberg (1455 - 1511)
**Upper Salm - John V, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Upper Salm
**Waldeck-Eisenberg - Philip II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1475 - 1524)
**Waldeck-Wildungen - Henry VIII, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen (1475 - 1513)
**Wertheim-Freudenberg - Asmus, Count of Wertheim-Freudenberg (1482 - 1509)
**Zweibrücken-Lichtenberg -
**#Simon VI Wecker, Count of Zweibrücken-Lichtenberg (1464 - 1499)
**#Simon VII Wecker, Count of Zweibrücken-Lichtenberg (1464 - 1504)
**Zweibrücken-Ochsenstein - Henry II, Count of Zweibrücken-Ochsenstein (1453 - 1499)
*Ireland -
**Airgíalla - Aodh Og mac Aodha Ruaidh, King of Airgíalla (1485-1496)
**Breifne - Feidhlimidh mac Donnchadha, King of Breifne (1476-1500)
**East Breifne - Toirdhealbhach mac Seaain an Einigh, King of East Breifne (1467-1487)
**Hy-Many - William mac Aedh O Cellaigh, King of Hy-Many (1476-1487)
***Síol Anmchadha - Breasal mac Eoghan Ua Madadhan, Lord of Síol Anmchadha (1479-1526)
**Leinster - Muircheartach mac Donnchadh MacMurrough-Kavanagh, King of Leinster (1478-1515)
**Moylurg - Ruaidri Og McDermott, King of Moylurg (1478-1486)
**Thomond - Conchobhar Mór macToirdhealbhaig O’Brien, King of Thomond (1466-1496)
**Ui Failghe - Cathaoir mac Cuinn, King of Ui Failghe (1474-1511)
*Hungary - Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary (1458-1490)
*Kazan -
*# Möxämmädämin Ämin, Khan of Kazan (1484-1485)
*# Ilham, Khan of Kazan (1485-1487)
*Lithuania and Poland - Casimir IV, Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440-1492), King of Poland (1447-1492)
**Mantua - Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1484-1519)
*Masovia - Konrad III Rudy, Duke of Masovia (1454-1503)
*Milan - Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan (1476-1494)
*Moldavia - Stephen III, Prince of Moldavia (1457-1504)
*Monaco - Lamberto Grimaldi, Lord of Monaco (1458-1494)
**Montferrat - Boniface III, Marquess of Montferrat (1483-1494)
*Naples - Ferdinand I, King of Naples (1458-1494)
*Navarre - Catherine, Queen of Navarre (1468-1518)
*Naxos - Giovanni III, Duke of Naxos (1480-1494)
*Piombino - Iacopo IV Appiani, Prince of Piombino (1474-1511
*Portugal - John II of Portugal, King of Portugal and Algarves (1481-1495)
*Russia - Ivan III the Great, Grand Duke of Muscovy (1462-1505)
*Ryazan - Ivan Vasilievich, Prince of Ryazan (1483-1500)
*Saluzzo - Ludovico II, Margrave of Saluzzo (1475-1504)
*Scotland - James III, King of Scotland (1460-1488)
*Sweden - Sten Sture the Elder, Regent of Sweden (1470-1497, 1501-1503)
*Teutonic Order - Martin Truchseß von Wetzhausen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1477-1489)
*Urbino - Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino (1472-1508)
*Venice -
*# Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1478-1485)
*# Marco Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1485-1486)
*Wallachia - Vlad IV. Călugărul, Prince of Wallachia (1482-1495)
*Zeta - Ivan Crnojević, Lord Zetan (1465-1490)

Middle East and North Africa

*Ak Koyunlu - Y‘aqub ibn Uzun Hasan, Leader of the White Sheep Turkmen"'
*Cyprus - Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (1474-1489)
*Egypt - Qait Bay, Sultan of Egypt (1468-1496)
*Fez - Abu Zakariya Muhammad al-Saih al-Mahdi, Sultan of Fez (1472-1504)
*Herat - Husayn Bayqarah, Sultan of Herat (1470-1506)
*Oman - Omar ibn al Khattab, Sultan of Oman (1451-1490)
*Ottoman Empire - Beyazid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481-1512)
*Samarkand - Ahmad, Sultan of Samarkand (1469-1494)
*Sistan - Shams al-Din Muhammad, Mihrabanid malik (1480-1495)