List of state leaders in 1279

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1279.

Africa

• Alodia –
• Ethiopian Empire – Yekuno Amlak (1270–1285)
• Mali – Abu Bakr, Mansa of Mali (1275–1285)

Asia

• Champa -
• China
  • Yuan dynasty, or Empire of Kublai Khan, conquers Southern Song dynasty
  • Southern Song dynasty – Emperor Bing (1278–1279)
  • Yuan dynasty – Kublai Khan (1271–1294)
• Chola – Rajendra Chola III (1246–1279)
• Kingdom of Dambadeniya from Yapahuwa – Bhuvanaikabâhu I (1271–1283)
• Delhi Sultanate – Ghiyas ud din Balban, Sultan of Delhi (1266–1287)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Chungnyeol (1274–1308)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Uda (1274–1287)
  • Kamakura shogunate - Prince Koreyasu (1266–1289)
  • Shikken - Hōjō Tokimune (1268–1284)
• Kalinga (Eastern Ganga Dynasty) -
• Khmer Empire – Jayavarman VIII (1243–1295)
• Kingdom of Pagan – Narathihapate (1254–1287)
• Singhasari – Kertanegara of Singhasari (1268–1292)
• Srivijaya Empire –
• Sukhothai Kingdom –
  1. Ban Mueang (1270–1279)
  2. Ram Khamhaeng (1279–1298)
• Tibet – Drogön Chögyal Phagpa

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Peter III (1276–1285)
• Principality of Catalonia – Peter III (1276–1285)
• Kingdom of Bohemia – Wenceslaus II (1278–1305)
• Bulgarian Empire –
  1. Ivailo, Tsar of Bulgaria (1277–1280)
  2. Ivan Asen III, Tsar of Bulgaria (1279–1280)
• Byzantine Empire (Palaeologian dynasty) - Michael VIII Palaiologos (1259–1282)
• Crown of Castile – Alfonso X (1252–1284)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Eric V (1259–1286)
• Kingdom of England – Edward I (1272–1307)
• Kingdom of France – Philip III (1270–1285)
• Kingdom of Gwynedd – Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Gwynedd (1246–1282)
• Holy Roman Empire (House of Habsburg) - Rudolph I, King of the Romans (1273–1291)
  • County of Holland – Floris V (1256–1296)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Traidenis (1269–1282)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Joanna I (1274–1305)
• Kingdom of Norway – Magnus VI (1263–1280)
• Papal States – Pope Nicholas III (1277–1280)
• Duchy of Poland –
  1. Bolesław V the Chaste, High Duke of Poland (1243–1279)
  2. Leszek II the Black, High Duke of Poland (1279–1288)
• Kingdom of Portugal –
  1. Afonso III (1249–1279)
  2. Denis (1279–1325)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Alexander III (1249–1286)
• Kingdom of Serbia – Stephen Dragutin (1276–1282)
• Kingdom of Sicily – Charles I (1266–1282)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Magnus I (1275–1290)
• State of the Teutonic Order – Hartmann von Heldrungen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (1273–1282)
• Kingdom of Valencia – Peter III (1276–1285)
• Principality of Wallachia – Bărbat (c. 1277-c. 1290)

Middle East and North Africa

• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia – Leo III (1270–1289)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Hugh III (1267–1284)
• Hadramaut –
• Hafsid Caliphate –
  1. Yahya II al-Watiq (1277–1279)
  2. Ibrahim I (1279–1283)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Baraka Khan (1277–1280)
• Marinid Caliphate –
• Ilkhanate – Abaqa (1265–1281)
• Seljuks of Turkey – Keyhüsrev III (1265–1284)
• Karamanids – Güneri (1277–1300)
• County of Tripoli – Bohemond VII (1275–1287)
• Yemen -
• Zayyanid Caliphate – Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan