List of state leaders in 1285

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1285.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire –
  1. Yekuno Amlak (1270–1285)
  2. Yagbe'u Seyon (1285–1294)

Asia

• China (Yuan dynasty) - Kublai Khan, Emperor of China (1260–1294, ruler of all China from 1279)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Chungnyeol (1274–1308)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Uda (1274–1287)
  • Kamakura shogunate - Prince Koreyasu (1266–1289)
  • Shikken - Hōjō Sadatoki (1284–1301)
• Khmer Empire – Jayavarman VIII (1243–1295)
• Sukhothai Kingdom – Ram Khamhaeng the Great (1277–1317)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon –
  1. Peter III (1276–1285)
  2. Alfonso III (1285–1291)
• Kingdom of Bohemia – Wenceslaus II (1278–1305)
• Bulgarian Empire – George I, Tsar of Bulgaria (1280–1292)
• Byzantine Empire – Andronikos II Palaiologos (1282–1328)
• Crown of Castile – Sancho IV (1284–1295)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Eric V (1259–1286)
• Kingdom of England – Edward I (1272–1307)
• Kingdom of France –
  1. Philip III (1270–1285)
  2. Philip IV (1285–1314)
• Holy Roman Empire (House of Habsburg) - Rudolph I, King of the Romans (1273–1291)
  • County of Holland – Floris V (1256–1296)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania –
  1. Daumantas (1282–1285)
  2. Butigeidis (1285–1291)
• Kingdom of Norway – Eric II (1280–1299)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Denis (1279–1325)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Alexander III (1249–1286)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Magnus I (1275–1290)

Middle East and North Africa

• Seljuks of Turkey – Mesud II (1284–1296)
• Karamanids – Güneri (1277–1300)
• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia – Leo III (1270–1289)
• Kingdom of Cyprus –
  1. John I (1284–1285)
  2. Henry II (1285–1306)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Al Mansur Qalawun (1280–1290)
• Ilkhanate – Arghun (1284–1291)