List of state leaders in 1242

1241 state leaders - Events of 1242 - 1243 state leaders - State leaders by year ----

Asia

*China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Lizong, Emperor of China (1224-1264)
*Goryeo (Korea) - King Gojong, King of Goryeo (1213-1259)
* Japan
** Monarch -
**# Emperor Shijō, emperor of Japan (1232-1242)
**# Emperor Go-Saga, emperor of Japan (1242-1246)
** Shogun (Kamakura) - Kujo Yoritsune, Shogun of Japan (1226-1244)
** Shikken -
**# Hōjō Yasutoki, Shikken (1224-1242)
**# Hōjō Tsunetoki, Shikken (1242-1246)
*Khmer Empire - Indravarman II (1220 - 1243)
*Mongol Empire - Töregene Khatun, Mongol Regent (1241-1246)
*Pagan - Kyaswa, King of Pagan (1234-1250)

Europe

*Achaea - Geoffrey II Villehardouin, Principality of Achaea (c. 1228-1246)
*Angouleme - Hugh I, Count of Angouleme (1218-1249)
*Aragon - James I, King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona (1213-1276)
*Brittany - John I, Duke of Brittany (1237-1286)
*Bulgarian Empire - Kaliman I, Tsar of Bulgaria (1241-1246)
*Castile - Ferdinand III of Castile, King of Castile and Leon (1217-1252)
*Champagne - Theobald IV, Count of Champagne (1201-1253)
*Denmark - Eric IV, King of Denmark (1241-1250)
*England - Henry III, King of England (1216-1272)
*Flanders - Jeanne, Countess of Flanders (1205 - 1244)
*France - Louis IX, King of France (1226-1270)
*Gwynedd - Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Prince of Gwynedd (1240-1246)
*Holy Roman Empire - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1220-1250)
**Bohemia - Wenceslaus I, King of Bohemia (1230-1253)
**Holland - William II, Count of Holland (1234-1256)
*Hungary - Béla IV, King of Hungary (1235-1270)
*Lithuania - Mindaugas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1236-1253)
*Navarre - Theobald I of Navarre, King of Navarre (1235-1253)
*Norway - Håkon IV, King of Norway (1217-1263)
*Poland - Konrad of Mazovia, High Duke of Poland (1241 - 1243)
*Portugal - Sancho II, King of Portugal (1223-1247)
*Scotland - Alexander II, King of Scotland (1214-1249)
*Sweden - Eric XI, King of Sweden (1222-1229, 1234-1250)

Middle East and North Africa

*Almohad Caliphate -
*# Abdul-Wahid II, Almohad Caliph (1232-1242)
*# Ali, Almohad Caliph (1242-1248)
*Antioch - Bohemund V, Prince of Antioch (1233-1252)
*Armenia - Hethum I of Armenia, King of Armenia (1226-1270)
*Cyprus - Henry I, King of Cyprus (1218-1253)
*Damascus (Ayyubid dynasty) - As-Salih Ismail, Sultan of Damascus (1239-1245)
*Egypt (Ayyubid dynasty) - As-Salih Ayyub, Sultan of Egypt (1240-1249)