List of state leaders in 1278

1277 state leaders - Events of 1278 - 1279 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

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

Asia

*China
** Southern Song Dynasty - Duanzong, Emperor of Song (1276-1278)
** 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 - Hojo 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 -
*# Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-1278)
*# Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia (1278-1305)
*Bulgarian Empire - Ivailo, Tsar of Bulgaria (1277 - 1280)
*Byzantine Empire (Palaeologian dynasty) - Michael VIII, Byzantine emperor, (1259-1282)
*Castile-León - Alfonso X, King of Castile and León (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)
*Portugal - Alfonso III, King of Portugal (1249 - 1279)
*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 - Brbat, 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)