List of state leaders in 1342

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1342.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Amda Seyon I (1314–1344)
• Kanem Empire – (Sayfawa dynasty) - Idris I (1329–1353)
• Morocco (Marinid dynasty) - Abu Al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman (1331–1351)
• Waalo – Sam Dyakekh, King of Waalo (1336–1343)
• Zeng Empire – Daud IV, King of Kilwa (1334–1357)

Americas

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

Asia

• Kingdom of Champa
  1. Chế A Nan (1318–1342)
  2. Tra Hoa (Bo-dê) (1342–1360)
• China (Yuan dynasty) - Emperor Huizong (1333–1370)
• Kingdom of Chūzan - Seii (1337–1355)
• Kingdom of Dambadeniya – Bhuvanaikabâhu IV (1341–1353)
• Delhi Sultanate – (Tughlaq dynasty) - Muhammad bin Tughluq (1325–1351)
• Dhundhar – (Kachwaha clan) - Raja Junasi Dev (1328–1366)
• Gondwana - Sabala Simha, Ruler of Gondwana (1325–1354)
• Kingdom of Hokuzan – Haniji (1322–1395)
• Japan (Nanboku-chō period)
  • Monarch (Northern Pretender) - Emperor Kōmyō (1336–1348)
  • Monarch (Southern Court) - Emperor Go-Murakami (1339–1368)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Takauji (1338–1358)
• Kamata Kingdom – (Khen dynasty) - Durlabh Narayan (1330–1350)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Chunghye (1339–1344)
• Madurai Sultanate – Ghiyas-ud-Din Muhammad Damghani (1340–1344)
• Kingdom of Nanzan – Ofusato (1337–1396)
• Sukhothai Kingdom (Siam) – Ngua Nam Thum (1323–1347)
• Đại Việt (Trần dynasty) - Trần Dụ Tông (1341–1369)
• Vijayanagara Empire (Sangama dynasty) - Harihara I (1336–1354)

Europe

• Principality of Achaea – Robert (1332–1364)
• Giudicato of Arborea – Peter III, Giudice of Arborea (1336–1347)
• Bulgarian Empire – Ivan Alexander, Tsar of Bulgaria (1331–1371)
• Byzantine Empire – John V Palaiologos (1341–1391)
• Crown of Castile – Alfonso XI (1312–1350)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Valdemar IV (1340–1375)
• Kingdom of England – Edward III (1327–1377)
• Kingdom of France – Philip VI (1328–1350)
• Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia – Liubartas (1340–1349)
• Republic of Genoa – Simone Boccanegra, Doge of Genoa (1339–1344; 1356–1364)
• Hebrides – John of Islay, Lord of the Isles (1330–1387)
• Holy Roman Empire (House of Wittelsbach) - Louis IV (1314–1347)
  • County of Hainaut (House of Avesnes) - William IV (1337–1345)
  • Electorate of Saxony – Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1298–1356)
• Latin Empire of Constantinople – Catherine II (1308–1346)
  • Aegina - Boniface II, Count of Aegina (1338–1374)
  • Anaphe – Domenic, Lord of Anaphe (1338–1358)
• Kingdom of Hungary – (House of Capet–Anjou) -
  1. Charles I (1312–1342)
  2. Louis I the Great (1342–1382)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Jaunutis (1341–1345)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Simeon Proud, Prince of Moscow (1340–1353)
• Livonia –
• Kingdom of Norway – Magnus VII (1319–1355 (as de facto 1343–1355))
• Novgorod –
  • President of the Council of Novgorod - Vasili Kalika (1330–1352)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Afonso IV (1325–1357)
• Kingdom of Serbia – Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (1331–1355)
• Kingdom of Scotland – David II
• Kingdom of Sweden – Magnus II (1319–1363)
• Republic of Venice – Bartholomew Gradenigo, Doge of Venice (1339–1342)

Middle East and North Africa

• Jandarids (Celebi Dynasty) - Altynbash, Bey of Sinop (1300–1355)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Hugh IV (1324–1359)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt –
  1. Ala'a ad-Din Kujuk (1341–1342)
  2. Shihab ad-Din Ahmad (1342)
  3. Salih Imad-ad-Din Ismail (1342–1344)
• Ottoman Empire – Orhan I, Ottoman Bey (1326–1359)