List of state leaders in 1459

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1459.

Africa

• Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Badlay (1445–1471)
• Ethiopian Empire – Zara Yaqob (1434–1468)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Moctezuma I (1440–1469)
• Inca Empire – Pachacuti (1438–1471)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Zhengtong Emperor (1457–1464)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Hanazono (1428–1464)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1449–1473)
• Korea (Joseon dynasty) – Sejo (1455–1468)
• Mandore – Jodha, Raja of Mandore
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Taikyū (1454–1460)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – John II (1458–1479)
• Duchy of Burgundy – Philip III, the Good (1419–1467)
• Crown of Castile – Henry IV of Castile (1454–1474)
• Crimean Khanate –
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Charlotte (1458–1464)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Christian I (1448–1481)
• Kingdom of England (House of Lancaster) - Henry VI (1422–1461 and 1470–1471)
• Republic of Florence – Cosimo de' Medici (1434–1464)
• Kingdom of France (House of Valois) - Charles VII (1422–1461)
  • Duchy of Anjou – René I (1434–1480)
  • Duchy of Bourbon – John II (1456–1488)
  • Duchy of Brittany – Francis II (1458–1488)
  • Duchy of Burgundy – Philip III (1419–1467)
  • Duchy of Orléans – Charles (1407–1465)
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick III (1440–1493)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – George of Poděbrady (1458–1471)
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Frederick II (1440–1470)
  • Electorate of Cologne – Dietrich II (1414–1463)
  • Electorate of Mainz – Dietrich I (1434–1459)
  • Electorate of the Palatinate – Frederick I (1449–1476)
  • Duchy of Savoy – Louis (1440–1465)
  • Electorate of Saxony – Frederick II (1428–1464)
  • Archbishopric of Trier – Johann II of Baden (1456–1503)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
• Lordship of Ireland – Henry VI of England (1422–1461)
• Margravate of Mantua – Ludovico III (1444–1478)
• Duchy of Milan – Francesco I (1450–1466)
• Kingdom of Naples – Ferdinand I (1458–1494)
• Kingdom of Navarre – John II (1425–1479)
• Kingdom of Norway – Christian I (1450–1481)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Mehmed the Conqueror (1451–1481)
• Papal States – Pope Pius II (1458–1464)
• Kingdom of Poland – Casimir IV Jagiellon (1447–1492)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Afonso V (1438–1481)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James II (1437–1460)
• Kingdom of Sicily – John II (1458–1479)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Christian I (1457–1464)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Uzun Hassan (1435–1478)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Charlotte (1458–1464)
• Kara Koyunlu – Jahan Shah, Leader of the Black Sheep Turkmen (1436–1467)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Inal (1453–1461)
• Timurid Empire – Abu Sa'id Mirza (1451–1469)