List of state leaders in 1474

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1474.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Baeda Maryam I (1468–1478)
  • Adal Sultanate – Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (1472–1487)
• Kingdom of Kongo – João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
• Songhai Empire – Sonni Ali (1464–1492)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Axayacatl (1469–1481)
• Inca Empire – Tupac (1471–1493)
• Texcoco – Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472–1515)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Chenghua Emperor (1464–1487)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1473–1489)
• Joseon (Korea) – Seongjong (1469–1494)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō En (1470–1476)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – John II (1458–1479)
• Duchy of Burgundy – Charles I (1467–1477)
• Crown of Castile – Isabella I, Queen of Castile and Leon (1474–1504)
• Denmark and Norway – Christian I, King of Denmark (1448–1481), King of Norway (1450–1481)
  • Duchy of Schleswig – Christian I (1460–1481)
• Kingdom of England – (House of York) - Edward IV (1461–1470 and 1471–1483)
• Kingdom of France (House of Valois) - Louis XI (1461–1483)
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick III (1452–1493)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Ladislaus II (1471–1516)
  • County of Holstein-Pinneberg –
    1. Adolphus X (1464–1474)
    2. Eric (1474–1492)
  • County of Holstein-Rendsburg – Christian I (1460–1474)
  • Duchy of Holstein (-Rendsburg) - Christian I (1474–1481)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
• Polish–Lithuanian union – Casimir IV, Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Mehmed II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (1451–1481)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Afonso V (1438–1481)
• Russia - Ivan III the Great, Grand Duke of Muscovy (1462–1505)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James III (1460–1488)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Sten Sture the Elder, Regent of Sweden (1470–1497, 1501–1503)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Cyprus –
  1. James III (1473–1474)
  2. Catherine Cornaro (1474–1489)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Qait Bay (1468–1496)