List of state leaders in 1279

1278 state leaders - Events of 1279 - 1280 state leaders - State leaders by year ----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Yekuno Amlak, Emperor of Ethiopia (1270 - 1285)

Asia

*China
** "Yuan Dynasty (Great Khanate of Mongol Empire) conquers Southern Song Dynasty"
** Southern Song Dynasty - Emperor Bing, Emperor of Song (1278-1279)
** Yuan Dynasty - Kublai Khan, Emperor of Yuan (1271-1294)
*Goryeo (Korea) - King Chungnyeol of Goryeo, King of Goryeo (1274 - 1308)
* Japan
** Monarch - Emperor Go-Uda, emperor of Japan (1274-1287)
** Shogun (Kamakura) - Prince Koreyasu, Shogun of Japan (1266-1289)
** Shikken - Hōjō Tokimune, Shikken (1268-1284)
*Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VIII (1243 - 1295)
*Sukhothai - Ramkhamhaeng, King of Sukhothai (1277 - 1317)

Europe

*Aragon-Barcelona-Valencia - Peter III, King of Aragon and Valencia/Count of Barcelona (1276-1285)
*Bohemia - Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia (1278 - 1305)
*Bulgaria -
*#Ivailo, Tsar of Bulgaria (1277-1280)
*#Ivan Asen III, Tsar of Bulgaria (1279-1280)
*Byzantine Empire (Palaeologian dynasty) - Michael VIII, Byzantine emperor, (1259-1282)
*Castile - Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon (1252-1284)
*Denmark - Eric V, King of Denmark (1259-1286)
*England - Edward I, King of England (1272-1307)
*France - Philip III, King of France (1270-1285)
*Gwynedd - Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Gwynedd (1246-1282)
*Holy Roman Empire (House of Habsburg) - Rudolph I, King of the Romans (1273-1291)
**Holland - Floris V, Count of Holland (1256 - 1296)
*Lithuania - Traidenis, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1269 - 1282)
*Navarre - Joan I, Queen of Navarre (1274-1305)
*Norway - Magnus VI, King of Norway (1263-1280)
*Poland -
*#Boleslaus V, High Duke of Poland (1243-1279)
*#Leszek Czarny, High Duke of Poland (1279-1288)
*Portugal -
*#Alfonso III, King of Portugal (1249 - 1279)
*#Denis, King of Portugal (1279 - 1325)
*Scotland - Alexander III, King of Scotland (1249-1286)
*Serbia - Stefan Dragutin, King of Serbia (1276-1282)
*Sweden - Magnus I, King of Sweden (1275-1290)
*Wallachia - Bărbat, Prince of Wallachia (c.1277-c.1290)

Middle East and North Africa

*Armenia - Leo III of Armenia, King of Armenia (1270 - 1289)
*Cyprus - Hugh III, King of Cyprus (1267-1284)
*Egypt - Baraka Khan, Sultan of Egypt (1277-1280)
*Ilkhanate - Abaqa, Il Khan of Persia (1265-1281)
*Tripoli - Bohemund VII, Count of Tripoli (1275 - 1287)