List of state leaders in 1356

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1356.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Newaya Krestos (1344–1372)
• Kingdom of Kano – Yaji I (1349–1385)
• Mali Empire – Suleiman (1341–1360)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Tenoch, Great Speaker (1325–1376)

Asia

• China (Yuan dynasty) - Emperor Huizong (1333–1370)
• Bahmani Sultanate – Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah (1347–1358)
• Kingdom of Chūzan - Satto (1355–1395)
• Kingdom of Hokuzan – Haniji (1322–1395)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch (Northern Pretender) - Emperor Go-Kōgon (1352–1371)
  • Monarch (Southern Court) - Emperor Go-Murakami (1339–1368)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Takauji (1338–1358)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Gongmin (1351–1374)
• Lan Xang (Laos) - Fa Ngoum (1354–1373)
• Kingdom of Nanzan – Ofusato (1337–1396)
• Tibet - Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen (1354-1364)

Europe

• Bulgarian Empire – Ivan Alexander, Tsar of Bulgaria (1331–1371)
• Byzantine Empire (Palaiologan dynasty) - John V (1341–1391)
• Crown of Castile – Peter I (1350–1369)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Valdemar IV (1340–1375)
• Kingdom of England – Edward III (1327–1377)
• Kingdom of France – John II (1350–1364)
• Holy Roman Empire (House of Luxembourg) - Charles IV (1347–1378)
  • Duchy of Bavaria-Straubing (House of Wittelsbach) -
    • William I (1347–1388)
    • Albert (1347–1404)
  • County of Hainaut –
    1. (House of Avesnes) - Margaret, Countess of Hainaut (1347–1356)
    2. (House of Wittelsbach) - William V, Count of Hainaut (1356–1388)
  • County of Holland (House of Wittelsbach) - William V, Count of Hainaut (1354–1388)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Algirdas (1345–1377)
• Kingdom of Norway – Haakon VI (1343–1380)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Afonso IV (1325–1357)
• Kingdom of Sweden –
  • Magnus II (1319–1363)
  • Eric XII, rival King of Sweden (1356–1359)
• Principality of Taranto – Louis (1346–1362)
• Kingdom of Naples – Joanna I (1343–1382)
• Principality of Achaea – Robert, Prince of Taranto (1332–1364)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan II (1353–1359)
• Principality of Wallachia – Nicolae Alexandru (1352–1364)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Cyprus – Hugh IV (1324–1359)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan (1354–1361)
• Ottoman Empire – Orhan I, Bey of the Ottoman Empire (1326–1359)