List of state leaders in 1385

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1385.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Dawit I (1382–1413)
• Kingdom of Kano –
  1. Yaji I (1349–1385)
  2. Bugaya (1385–1390)
• Mali Empire – Musa II (1374–1387)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Hongwu Emperor (1368–1398)
• Kingdom of Chūzan – Satto (1355–1395)
• Kingdom of Hokuzan – Haniji (1322–1395)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch (Northern Pretender) - Emperor Go-Komatsu (1382–1412)
  • Monarch (Southern Court) - Emperor Go-Kameyama (1383–1392)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1368–1394)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – U (1374–1388)
• Kingdom of Nanzan – Ofusato (1337–1396)
• Northern Yuan – Uskhal Khan (1378–1387)
• Siam
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom – Borommarachathirat I (1370–1388)
  • Sukhothai Kingdom – Maha Thammaracha II (1368–1399)

Europe

• Bulgarian Empire –
  1. Ivan Shishman, Tsar of Bulgaria (1371–1395)
  2. Ivan Sratsimir, Tsar of Bulgaria in Vidin (1356–1396)
  • Principality of Karvuna – Dobrotitsa, Despot of Karvuna (1347–1387)
• Byzantine Empire (Palaiologan dynasty) - John V (1341–1391)
• Crown of Castile –- Monarch John I of Castile (1358–1390).
• Kingdom of England – Richard II (1377–1399)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Robert II (1371–1390)
• Kingdom of France –- Charles VI of France and Isabella of Bavaria-Straubing
• Holy Roman Empire (House of Luxembourg) - Wenceslaus, King of the Romans (1378–1400)
  • Duchy of Bavaria-Straubing (House of Wittelsbach) -
    • William I (1347–1388)
    • Albert (1347–1404)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – Albert II (1361–1395)
  • County of Hainaut and County of Holland
    • Count - William V, Count of Hainaut (1347–1388)
    • Regent – Albert, Count of Holland (1358–1388)
• Golden Horde – Tokhtamysh (1380–1395)
• Kingdom of Poland – Jadwiga of Poland (1384 –1399)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch –
  1. Beatrice (1383–1385)
  2. John I (1385–1433)
  • Regent and Defender of the Kingdom –
  1. John, Master of Aviz (1384–1385)
• Principality of Taranto – Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (1383–1393)
• Kingdom of Naples – Charles III (1382–1386)
• Principality of Achaea – Charles III of Naples (1383–1386)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Dmitry Donskoy (1359–1389)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Murad I (1359–1389)
• Wallachia – Dan I, Voivode of Wallachia (1383–1386)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Cyprus – James I (1382–1398)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Barquq (1382–1389)
• Empire of Trebizond – Alexios III Comnenus (1349–1390)