List of state leaders in 1492

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1492.

Africa

• Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
• Kingdom of Bamum – Monjou, Mfon of Bamum (1461–1498)
• Benin Empire – Ozolua, Oba of Benin (1480–1504)
• Bornu Empire (Sayfawa dynasty) – Ali Gazi (1465–1497)
• Kingdom of the Buganda – Kiggala, Kabaka of Buganda (1474–1501)
• Ethiopian Empire – Eskender (1478–1494)
• Empire of Great Fulo – Tenguella (1490–1512)
• Kanem-Bornu Empire – Ali Gazi
• Sultanate of Kano – Muhammad Rumfa (1463–1499)
• Kilwa Sultanate – Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (1490–1495)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Nzinga a Nkuwu, Manikongo (1470–1509)
• Mali Empire – Mahmud II, Mansa of Mali (1481–1496)
• Kingdom of Mutapa – Changamire, Mwenemutapa (1490–1494)
• Kingdom of Nri – Eze Nri Anyamata (1465–1611)
• Kingdom of Nungu – Gima, Nunbado (1470–1520)
• Kingdom of Rwanda – Cyirima I (1482–1506)
• Shilluk Kingdom – Nyikaangø (1490–1517)
• Songhai Empire –
  1. Sonni Ali (1464–1492)
  2. Sonni Baru (1492–1493)
• Kingdom of Swaziland – Mswati I
• Warsangali Sultanate – Garaad Omar (1487–1495)
• Wolof Empire –
  1. Birayma Kuran Kan (1488–1492)
  2. Bukaar Biye-Sungule (1492–1527)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Ahuitzotl (1486–1502)
  • Texcoco – Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472–1515)
  • Tlatelolco – Itzquauhtzin (1475–1520)
• Boriken – Agüeybaná I (–1510)
• Inca Empire – Tupac (1471–1493)
• Cacicazgo of Higüey – Cayacoa
• Cacicazgo of Jaragua – Bohechio
• Kaqchikel –
  • Oxlahuh-Tz'i', Ahpo Sotz'il of Iximche (–1508)
  • Kablahuh-Tihax, Ahpo Xahil of Iximche (1488–1509)
• Cacicazgo of Maguá – Guarionex
• Cacicazgo of Maguana – Caonabo and Anacaona
• Cacicazgo of Marién – Guacanagaríx
• Muisca Confederation
  • zipa - Nemequene (1490–1514)
  • zaque - Quemuenchatocha (1490–1538)
• Tarascan state – Zuangua (1479–1520)
• Kingdom of the Zapotec – Cosijoeza (1487–1529)

Asia

• Ahmadnagar Sultanate – Ahmad Nizam Shah I (1490–1509)
• Ahom Kingdom – Suhenphaa (1488–1493)
• Astrakhan Khanate – Abdal-Karim Khan Astrakhani (1490–1504)
• Ava Kingdom (Burma) – Minkhaung II (1481–1502)
• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – Ramathibodi II (1491–1529)
• Bahmani Sultanate – Mahmood Shah Bahmani II (1482–1518)
• Bengal Sultanate – Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah (1490–1494)
• Berar Sultanate – Fathullah Imad-ul-Mulk (1490–1504)
• Kingdom of Bhaktapur – Raya Malla (1482–1519)
• Bidar Sultanate – Qasim Barid I (1492–1504)
• Bijapur Sultanate – Yusuf Adil Shah (1490–1510)
• Bruneian Empire – Bolkiah (1485–1524)
• Cambodia – Sri Sukonthor (1486–1512)
• China (Ming dynasty) – Hongzhi Emperor (1487–1505)
• Sultanate of Cirebon – Sunan Gunungjati (1479–1568)
• Đại Việt – Lê Thánh Tông (1460–1497)
• Delhi Sultanate – Sikandar Lodi (1489–1517)
• Demak Sultanate – Raden Patah (1478–1518)
• Fergana Valley – Umar Shaikh Mirza II (1469–1494)
• Gajapati Kingdom – Purushottama Deva (1466–1497)
• Gujarat Sultanate – Mahmud Begada (1458–1511)
• Hanthawaddy Kingdom –
  1. Dhammazedi (1471–1492)
  2. Binnya Ran II (1492–1526)
• Sultanate of Herat – Husayn Mirza Bayqara (1470–1506)
  • Sistan Kingdom (Mihrabanid dynasty) – Shams al-Din Muhammad (1480–1495)
• Jaffna kingdom – Singai Pararasasegaram (1478–1519)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
  • Ashikaga shogunate – Ashikaga Yoshitane (1490–1493)
• Joseon (Korea) – Seongjong (1469–1494)
• Jianzhou Jurchens – Sibeoci Fiyanggū (1481–1522)
• Kingdom of Kantipur – Ratna Malla (1482–1520)
• Kara Del –
  1. Yǎn Kè Bèi Lá (1488–1492)
  2. Shǎn Bā (1492–1493)
• Kashmir Sultanate – Fatehshah (1486–1495)
• Kazakh Khanate – Burunduk Khan (1480–1511)
• Kedah Sultanate – Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin I (1472–1506)
• Kengtung – Ai Lao (1474–1501)
• Khen – Nilambar (1480–1498)
• Kingdom of Kotte – Parakramabahu VIII (1484–1508)
• Lan Na – Yotchiangrai (1487–1495)
• Lan Xang – La Sen Thai (1485–1495)
• Majapahit (Rajasa dynasty) – Girindrawardhana (1478–1498)
• Malacca Sultanate – Mahmud Shah (1488–1511)
• Maldives Sultanate –
  1. Hassan VI (1491–1492)
  2. Ibrahim II (1492–1492)
  3. Kalu Mohamed (1492–1492)
  4. Yoosuf III (1492–1493)
• Malwa Sultanate – Ghiyath Shah (1469–1500)
• Kingdom of Manipur – Senbi Kiyamba (1467–1508)
• Marwar (Rathore dynasty) –
  1. Rao Satal (1489–1492)
  2. Rao Suja (1492–1515)
• Mewar (Sisodia dynasty) - Rana Raimal (1473–1509)
• Khanate of Moghulistan – Mahmud Khan (1487–1508)
• Mongolia (Northern Yuan dynasty) – Dayan Khan (1479–1517) and Mandukhai Khatun (1449–1510))
• Kingdom of Mrauk U –
  1. Min Dawlya (1482–1492)
  2. Ba Saw Nyo (1492–1494)
• Multan – Husseyn Langah I (1456–1502)
• Pahang Sultanate – Ahmad Shah I (1475–1495)
• Prome Kingdom - Thado Minsaw (1482–1526)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)
• Samudera Pasai Sultanate – Muhammad Syah II (1474–1495)
• Khanate of Sibir – Ibak Khan (1468–1495)
• Sindh Sultanate – Jam Nizamuddin II (1461–1508)
• Sunda Kingdom – Sri Baduga Maharaja (1482–1521)
• Sultanate of Sulu – Kamalud-Din (1480–1505)
• Sutiya Kingdom – Purnadhabnarayan (1480–1500)
• Sultanate of Ternate – Zainal Abidin (1486–1500)
• Kingdom of Tondo – Dayang Kalangitan
• Uyghurstan – Ahmad Alaq (1487–1503)
• Vijayanagara Empire – Narasimha Raya II (1491–1505)

Europe

• Andorra –
  • Pere de Cardona, Bishop of Urgell and Co-Prince of Andorra (1472–1515)
  • Catherine of Navarre, Co-Princess of Andorra (1483–1516)
• Kingdom of Aragon – Ferdinand II (1479–1516)
• Crown of Castile – Isabella I (1474–1504)
• Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
• Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Hans (1481–1513)
  • Duchy of Schleswig – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
• England and Wales (Tudor dynasty): Henry VII, King of England and Lord of Ireland (1485–1509)
• Kingdom of France – Charles VIII (1483–1498)
• Emirate of Granada - Muhammad XII (1487–1492)
• Holy Roman Empire – Maximilian I (1486–1519)
  • Principality of Anhalt-Dessau - Ernest I (1474–1516) and Rudolph IV (1474–1487), coregents
  • Principality of Anhalt-Köthen – Waldemar VI (1471–1508)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Vladislav II (1471–1516)
  • County of Burgundy –
    • Duke - Philip IV, the Fair (1482–1506)
    • Regent – Maximilian I, King of the Romans
  • Duchy of Holstein – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
  • Principality of Lüneburg – Henry I (1486–1520)
  • Principality of Mindelheim – Georg von Frundsberg (1478–1528)
  • Principality of Orange – John IV (1475–1502)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Ulászló II (1490–1516)
  • Serbian Despotate - Đorđe Branković (1486–1496)
• Kingdom of Imereti - Alexander II (1483–1510)
• Khanate of Kazan – Möxämmädämin (1487–95)
• Kingdom of Kakheti – Alexander I (1476–1511)
• Kingdom of Kartli - Constantine II (1490–1505)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania –
  1. Casimir IV (1440–1492)
  2. Alexander Jagiellon (1492–1506)
• Principality of Moldavia – Stephen III the Great (1457–1504)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow (1462–1505)
  • Qasim Khanate – Satylghan ibn Nur Daulat (1491–1506)
• Kingdom of Naples – Ferdinand I (1458–1494)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Catherine (1483–1516)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481–1512)
• Papal States –
  1. Pope Innocent VIII (1484–1492)
  2. Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503)
• Great Perm – Matthew Velikopermsky (–1505)
• Kingdom of Poland –
  1. Casimir IV (1447–1492)
  2. John I Olbracht (1492–1501)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John II (1477–1495)
• Principality of Ryazan – Ivan IV (1483–1500)
• Marquisate of Saluzzo – Ludovico II (1475–1504)
• San Marino - Captains Regent
  1. Menetto di Menetto Bonelli and Matteo Tura (1491–1492)
  2. Riccio di Andrea and Fabrizio di Pier Leone Corbelli (1492–1492)
  3. Cristoforo di Cecco di Vita and Bonifazio di Andrea (1492–1493)
• Kingdom of Scotland (House of Stuart) – James IV (1488–1513)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Sten Sture the Elder, Regent (1470–1497)
• Republic of Venice – Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486–1501)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Fez (Wattasid dynasty) – Abu Zakariya Muhammad al-Saih al-Mahdi (1472–1504)
  • Principality of Debdou - Muhammad ibn Ahmad (1485–1515)
• Ifriqiya (Hafsid Dynasty) – Abu Yahya Zakariya (1490–1494)
• Greater Khorasan – Shamsuddin Mohammed III (1480–1495)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Qait Bay (1468–1496)
  • Sharifate of Mecca – Malik ul-Adil ibn Muhammed ibn Barakat (1455–1497)
• Morocco (Wattasid dynasty) – Abu Abd Allah al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya (1472–1504)
• Sultanate of Oman – Omar al Sharif (1490–1500)
• Emirate of Ramadan – Gıyâseddîn Halil Bey (1485–1510)
• Shirvan – Farrukh Yassar, Shirvanshah (1465–1500)
• Kingdom of Tlemcen – Abu Abdallah IV (1468–1504)