List of state leaders in 1421

1420 state leaders - Events of 1421 - 1422 state leaders - State leaders by year ----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Yeshaq I, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1414-1429)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Yongle, Emperor of China (1402 - 1424)
*Chūzan - Shō Shishō - King of Chūzan (1407-1421)
* Japan
** Monarch - Shoko, Emperor of Japan (1412-1428)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Shogun of Japan (1394-1423)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sejong, King of Joseon (1418-1450)
*Nanzan - Taromai - King of Nanzan (1415-1429)

Europe

*Aragon - Alfons V "the Magnanimous", King of Aragon (1416-1458)
*Bohemia - Sigismund,, King of Bohemia (1419-1437)
*Burgundy - Philip III, the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1419-1467)
*Byzantine Empire - Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor, (1391-1425)
*Castile - John II, King of Castile (1406-1454)
*England - Henry V of England, King of England (1413-1422)
*France - Valois Dynasty - Charles VI of France "the Well-Beloved", later "the Mad" (1380-1422)
*Genoa - Tomaso Campofregoso, Doge (Duke) of Genoa (second time)
*Germany (House of Luxembourg) - Sigismund, King of the Romans (1410-1437)
**Bavaria-Straubing (house of Wittelsbach) - John, duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland and Hainaut (1417-1425)
**Margraviate of Meißen (Wettin) - Wilhelm der Reiche (1381-1425) and Friedrich der Streitbare (1381-1428)
**Thuringia (Wettin) - Friedrich IV der Friedfertige (1406-1440)
*Eric of Pomerania (1382-1459) - king of Norway (1389-1442), of Sweden and the Kalmar Union (1396-1439), and of Denmark (1412-1439)
*Naples - rival claimants:
**Joan II, Queen of Naples (1414-1435)
**Louis III, King of Naples (1417-1426)
*Navarre - Charles III "the Noble" (1387-1425)
*Poland - Wladislaus II, King of Poland (1386-1434)
*Portugal - John I "the Good", King of Portugal (1385-1433)
*Scotland - James I, King of Scotland (1406-1437)
*Venice - Tommaso Mocenigo, Doge (Duke) of Venice (1413-1423)

Middle East and North Africa

*Ak Koyunlu - Kara Osman, Leader of the White Sheep Turkmen (1403-1435)
*Byzantium - Manuel II, Emperor of the Romans (1391-1425)
*Cyprus - Janus, King of Cyprus (1398-1432)
*Egypt -
*# Sayf-ad-Din Tatar, Sultan of Egypt (1412-1421)
*# Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt (1421)
*# Sayf-ad-Din Tatar, Sultan of Egypt (1421)
*# Nasir-ad-Din Muhammad, Sultan of Egypt (1421-1422)
*Trebizond - Alexius IV, Emperor of Trebizond (1416-1429)
*Ottoman empire - Mehmed I Çelebi (nicknamed Kirisci, "the Executioneer") (died 26 May 1421) -- Murad II (1421-1451)

ee also

* Pope Martin V
* amateur historian Gavin Menzies' book, "".