List of state leaders in 1288

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1288.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – 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 Fushimi (1287–1298)
  • 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

• Principality of Achaea – Charles II (1285–1289)
• Kingdom of Aragon – 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 VI (1286–1320)
• Kingdom of England – Edward I (1272–1307)
• Kingdom of France – 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)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Ladislaus IV (1272–1290)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Butigeidis (1285–1291)
• Kingdom of Norway – Eric II (1280–1299)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Denis (1279–1325)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Margaret (1286–1290)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Magnus I (1275–1290)
• Teutonic Order – Burkhard von Schwanden, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1283–1290)

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 – Henry II (1285–1306)
• Kingdom of Jerusalem – Henry II (1285–1291)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Al Mansur Qalawun (1280–1290)
• Ilkhanate – Arghun (1284–1291)