List of state leaders in 1340

1339 state leaders - Events of 1340 - 1341 state leaders - State leaders by year ----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1314-1344)

Americas

*Aztecs Tenoch, Great Speaker (1325-1376)

Asia

*China (Yuan Dynasty) - Huizong, Emperor of China (1333-1370)
*Chūzan - Seii - King of Chūzan (1337-1355)
*Hokuzan - Haniji - King of Hokuzan (1322-1395)
*Japan
**Monarch (Northern Pretender) - Emperor Kōmyō, emperor of Japan (1336-1348)
**Monarch (Southern Court) - Emperor Go-Murakami, emperor of Japan (1339-1368)
**Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Takauji, Shogun of Japan (1338-1358)
*Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) - Chunghye, King of Goryeo (1339 - 1344)
*Nanzan - Ofusato - King of Nanzan (1337-1396)

Europe

*Bulgarian Empire - Ivan Alexander, Tsar of Bulgaria (1331-1371)
*Byzantine Empire - Andronicus III Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor, (1328-1341)
*Castile - Alfonso XI, King of Castile and Leon (1312-1350)
*Denmark -
*#"Interregnum (1332-1340)"
*#Valdemar IV, King of Denmark (1340-1375)
*England - Edward III, King of England (1327-1377)
*France - Philip VI, King of France (1328-1350)
*Genoa - Simone Boccanegra, Doge of Genoa (1339-1344; 1356-1364)
*Holy Roman Empire (House of Wittelsbach) - Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1314-1347)
**Hainaut (House of Avesnes) - William IV, Count of Hainaut (1337-1345)
*Lithuania - Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1316-1341)
*Norway - Magnus VII, King of Norway (1319-1355 (as defacto 1343-1355))
*Portugal - Afonso IV King of Portugal (1325-1357)
*Sweden - Magnus II, King of Sweden (1319-1363)

Middle East and North Africa

*Cyprus - Hugh IV, King of Cyprus (1324-1359)
*Egypt -
*# Nasir-ad-Din Muhammad, Sultan of Egypt (1309-1340)
*# Sayf-ad-Din Abu-Bakr, Sultan of Egypt (1340-1341)
*Ottoman Empire - Orhan I, Ottoman Bey (1326-1359)