List of state leaders in 1396

1395 state leaders - Events of 1396 - 1397 state leaders - State leaders by year ----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1382 - 1413)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Hongwu, Emperor of China (1368 - 1398)
*Chūzan - Bunei - King of Chūzan (1395-1407)
*Hokuzan - Min - King of Hokuzan (1396-1400)
* Japan
** Monarch - Go-Komatsu, Emperor of Japan (1392-1412)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Shogun of Japan (1394-1423)
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Taejo, King of Joseon (1392-1398)
*Nanzan - Monarch
*"Multiple rival claims to the title."
*#Ofusato - King of Nanzan (1337-1396)
*#Oueishi - King of Nanzan (1388-1402)

Europe

*Achaea -
*#interregnum (1386 - 1396)
*#Pedro Bordo, Prince of Achaea (1396 - 1402)
*Bulgarian Empire - Ivan Sratsimir, Tsar of Bulgaria (1356-1396)
*Byzantine Empire - Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor, (1391-1425)
*Castile - Henry III, King of Castile (1390-1406)
*England - Richard II, King of England (1377-1399)
*France - Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)
*Germany - (House of Luxembourg) - Wenceslaus, King of the Romans (1378-1400)
**Bavaria-Straubing (House of Wittelsbach) - Albert, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland and Hainaut (1347-1404)
*Moldavia - Stephen I, Prince of Moldavia (1394-1399)
*Naples - Louis II, King of Naples (1389 - 1399)
*Portugal - John I, King of Portugal (1385-1433)
*Taranto - Raimondo del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto (1393 - 1406)
*Wallachia - Mircea I, Prince of Wallachia (1386-1418)

Middle East and North Africa

*Cyprus - James I, King of Cyprus (1382-1398)
*Egypt - Barquq, Sultan of Egypt (1390-1399)
*Ottoman Empire - Beyazid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1389-1402)