List of state leaders in 1359

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1359.

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)
• 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 Yoshiakira (1358–1367)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Gongmin (1351–1374)
• Kingdom of Nanzan – Ofusato (1337–1396)

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)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Algirdas (1345–1377)
• Kingdom of Norway – Haakon VI (1343–1380)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Peter I (1357–1367)
• 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 (1332–1364)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow –
  1. Ivan II (1353–1359)
  2. Dmitry Donskoy (1359–1389)
• Principality of Wallachia – Nicolae Alexandru, Voivode of Wallachia (1352–1364)
• Republic of Venice – Giovanni Dolfin, Doge of Venice (1356–1361)

Holy Roman Empire

• Holy Roman Emperor (House of Luxembourg) - Charles IV (1347–1378)
• Duchy of Bavaria-Straubing (House of Wittelsbach) -
  • William I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (1347–1388)
  • Albert I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (1347–1404)
• County of Blankenburg – Poppo II (1314–1367)
• Duchy of Bohemia – (House of Luxembourg) - Charles, Elector and King of Bohemia (1346–1378)
• Duchy of Brabant – (House of Leuven) - Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1355–1406)
• Electorate of Brandenburg – (House of Wittelsbach) - Louis II (1351–1365)
• Bishopric of Breslau – Preczlaw of Pogarell (1342–1376)
• Bishopric of Brixen – Matthew Andergassen (1336–1363)
• Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg – (House of Welf) - Magnus I the Pious (1345–1369)
• County of Burgundy – (House of Capet) - Philip I (1347–1361)
• County of Cleves – Johann (1347–1368)
• Imperial Abbey of Corvey – Dietrich I of Dalwigk (1336–1359)
• Essen Abbey – Katharina of the Mark (1337–1360)
• County of Flanders – (House of Dampierre) - Louis II of Male (1346–1384)
• Prince-Bishopric of Freising – Albert II of Hohenberg (1349–1359)
• Bishopric of Geneva – Alamand de Saint-Jeoire (1342–1366)
• County of Geneva – (House of Geneva) - Amadeus III (1320–1367)
• Greyerz – John of Montsalvens (1342–1365)
• Duchy of Guelders – (House of Wassenberg) - Reinoud III the Fat (1343–1361)
• County of Hainaut and County of Holland (House of Wittelsbach) -
  • Count - William V, Count of Hainaut (1347–1388)
  • Regent – Albert, Count of Holland (1358–1388)
• Hanau – Ulrich III (1346–1369)
• Henneberg-Hartenberg - (House of Henneberg) - Berthold (1348–1378)
• Henneberg-Schleusingen - (House of Henneberg) - Henry V (1347–1405)
• Hersfeld Abbey – John II of Elben (1343–1367)
• Landgraviate of Hesse – Henry II the Iron (1346–1384)
• Bishopric of Hildesheim – Henry III of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1331–1363)
• Hohenlohe-Haltenbergstetten – Ulrich III of Brauneck in Haltenbergstetten (1347–1367)
• Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Kraft III of Hohenlohe (1344–1371)
• County of Hohenzollern – (House of Hohenzollern) - Frederick IX (1333–1379)
• Hohnstein - Henry V (1313–1356)
• Hohnstein-Heringen - Dietrich V (1315–1378)
• Holstein-Rendsburg – Henry II the Iron, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein (1340–1382)
• County of Hoya – Gerhard III (1319–1383)
• Isenburg-Arenfels - Gerhard II (1333–1373)
• Isenburg-Büdingen - Henry II (1341–1378)
• Isenburg-Grenzau - Philip I (1341–1361)
• Isenburg-Kempenich - Simon II (1341–1367)
• Isenburg-Wied - William I (1327–1383)
• Margraviate of Jülich – William V (1328–1361)
• Leuchtenberg – Ulrich II (1334–1378)
• Prince-Bishopric of Liège – Engelbert of the Mark (1345–1364)
• Lordship of Lippe – (House of Lippe) -
  • Otto (1344–1360)
  • Bernhard V (1344–1364)
• County of Loon – Diederik (1336–1361)
• Duchy of Lorraine – (House of Metz) - John I (1346–1378)
• Nieder-Isenburg – Salentin III (1319–1370)
• County of Luxembourg – (House of Luxembourg) - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1346–1378)
• Archbishopric of Magdeburg – Otto of Hesse (1327–1361)
• Electorate of Mainz – Gerlach of Nassau (1346–1371)
• Mantua (House of Gonzaga) - Ludovico I (1328–1360)
• County of Mark – Engelbert III (1347–1391)
• Bishopric of Meissen – John I of Isenburg (1341/1342–1370)
• Margraviate of Meissen – (House of Wettin) - Frederick III (1349–1381)
• Bishopric of Metz – Ademar of Monteil (1327–1361)
• Milan – (House of Visconti) - Galeazzo II Visconti, Lord of Milan (1349–1378)
• March of Montferrat – (Palaiologan dynasty) - John II (1338–1372)
• County of Namur – (House of Dampierre) - William I, Marquis of Namur (1337–1391)
• County of Nassau – (House of Nassau, Walramian line) - Gerlach I (1305–1361)
• Nassau-Weilburg – (House of Nassau, Walramian line) - John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1344–1371)
• New Bruchhausen - Henry VI, Count of New Bruchhausen (1327–1362)
• Duchy of Oels – (Piast dynasty) - Konrad I (1320–1366)
• County of Oldenburg – Conrad I (1345–1368)
• Principality of Orange – (House of Orange) - Raymond V (1340–1393)
• Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn – Balduin of Steinfurt (1341–1361)
• Pappenheim – Henry V, Lord of Pappenheim (1345–1387)
• County of Ravensberg – (House of Jülich-Heimbach) - Gerhard I (1346–1360)
• Bishopric of Regensburg – Frederick of Nuremberg (1340–1365)
  • County of Regenstein – Albert III (1349–1365)
• Rietberg – (House of Rietberg) - Conrad III, Count of Rietberg (1347–1365)
• Archbishopric of Salzburg – Ordulf of Wiesseneck (1343–1365)
• County of Savoy – (House of Savoy) - Amadeus VI the Green Count (1343–1383)
• Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg – (House of Ascania) - Rudolf I (1298–1356)
• Schwarzburg-Käfernburg - Günther XII (1324–1368)
• Bishopric of Schwerin – Andrew of Wiślica (1342–1364)
• Bishopric of Sion – Guichard Tavelli (1342–1375)
• Bishopric of Speyer – Gerhard of Ehrenberg (1336–1363)
• Duchy of Stettin – Barnim III the Great (1344–1368)
• County of Stolberg-Wernigerode –
  • Henry VI (1344–1368)
  • Henry VII (1347–1390)
• County of Toggenburg – (House of Toggenburg) - Frederick V (1315–1364)
• Bishopric of Trent – Meinhard von Neuhaus (1349–1362)
• County of Tyrol –
  • Margaret (Meinhardian dynasty) (1335–1363)
  • Louis V the Brandenburger (House of Wittelsbach) (1342–1361)
• County of Uznach – (House of Toggenburg) - Frederick V (1315–1364)
• Bishopric of Utrecht – John IV of Arkel (1342–1364)
• County of Veldenz – Henry II (1347–1378)
• Bishopric of Verden – Daniel of Wichtrich (1342–1363)
• County of Waldburg – Eberhard III (1338–1361)
• County of Waldeck – (House of Waldeck) – Otto II (1344–1369)
• County of Weimar-Orlamünde – (House of Ascania) – Frederick I (1340–1365)
• Werle-Güstrow – Nicholas III, Prince of Werle-Goldberg (1337–1360)
• Bishopric of Worms – Dietrich I Bayer von Boppard (1350–1365)
• County of Württemberg –
  • Eberhard II the Jarrer (1344–1392)
  • Ulrich IV (1344–1362)
• Ziegenhain - Gottfried VII (1329–1372)
• Zürich – Rudolf Brun, Burgomaster of Zürich (1336–1360)
• Zweibrücken – (House of Walramids) - Walram II (1311–1366)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Cyprus –
  1. Hugh IV (1324–1359)
  2. Peter I (1359–1369)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan (1354–1361)
• Ottoman Empire –
  1. Orhan I, Bey of the Ottoman Empire (1326–1359)
  2. Murad I, Bey of the Ottoman Empire (1359–1389)