List of state leaders in 1388

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1388.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) - Dawit I (1382–1413)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Lukeni lua Nimi (~1380-~1420)
• Kingdom of Kano – Bugaya (1385–1390)
• Mali Empire –
  1. Maghan II (1387–1388)
  2. Sandaki (1388–1390)

Asia

• Bahmani Sultanate in India - Muhammad Shah II (1378–1397)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Hongwu Emperor (1368–1398)
• Kingdom of Chūzan – Satto (1355–1395)
• Delhi Sultanate in India (Tughlaq dynasty) - Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1351–1388) and Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughluq II (1388–1389)
• Kingdom of Hokuzan – Haniji (1322–1395)
• Japan (Nanboku-chō period)
  • Monarch (Northern Pretender) - Emperor Go-Komatsu (1382–1412)
  • Monarch (Southern Court) - Emperor Go-Kameyama (1383–1392)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1368–1394)
• Khmer Empire – Hou-eul-na (1371-????)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) –
  1. U (1374–1388)
  2. Chang (1388–1389)
• Kingdom of Nanzan – Multiple rival claims to the title.
  1. Ofusato (1337–1396)
  2. Oueishi (1388–1402)
• Siam
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom –
  1. Borommarachathirat I (1370–1388)
  2. Thong Lan (Suphannaphum Dynasty) (1388)
  3. Ramesuan (Uthong Dynasty) (1388–1395)
  • Sukhothai Kingdom – Maha Thammaracha II (1368–1399)

Europe

• Principality of Achaea – Interregnum (1386–1396)
• Kingdom of Aragon – John I the Hunter (1387–1396)
• Duchy of the Archipelago – Francesco I Crispo (1383–1397)
• Duchy of Athens – Nerio I Acciajuoli (1388–1394)
• Duchy of Austria (Albertinian line) - Albert III (1365–1395)
• Inner Austria (Leopoldian line) - William, Duke of Styria, Duke of Carinthia and Count of Tyrol (1386–1406)
• County of Auvergne – John II (1386–1394)
• Margraviate of Baden – Rudolf VII (1372–1391) and Bernard I (1372–1431)
• Principality of Catalonia – John I the Hunter (1387–1396)
• Duchy of Brabant – Joanna (1355–1406)
• Duchy of Brittany – John V the Conqueror (1364–1399)
• Bulgarian Empire –
  1. Ivan Shishman, Tsar of Bulgaria (1371–1395)
  2. Ivan Sratsimir, Tsar of Bulgaria in Vidin (1356–1396)
  • Principality of Karvuna – Ivanco, Despot of Karvuna (1387–1395)
• Duchy of Burgundy (House of Valois) - Philip the Bold (1364–1404)
• Byzantine Empire (Palaiologan dynasty) - John V (1341–1391)
• Crown of Castile – John I (1379–1390)
• Kingdom of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden - Margrete I and Norway, Regent of Sweden (1387–1412)
• Kingdom of England (Angevin) - Richard II (1377–1399)
• Kingdom of France (House of Valois) - Charles VI the Well-Beloved (1380–1422)
• Republic of Genoa – Antoniotto Adorno, Doge of Genoa (1384–1390)
• Golden Horde – Tokhtamysh (1380–1395)
• Duchy of Guelders – William I (1371–1402)
• Holy Roman Empire – Wenceslaus of Luxemburg (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)
• Kingdom of Hungary (Angevin) - Mary (1382–1395) with Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1386–1395)
• Kingdom of León – John I (1379–1390)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Ladislaus II Jogaila (1377/8-1392/1401)
• County of Maine – Charles III of Taranto (1384–1404)
• Principality of Moldavia – Petru I, Voivod of Moldavia (1375–1391)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Dmitry Donskoy (1359–1389)
• Kingdom of Naples – Ladislaus the Magnanimous (1386–1389)
• Kingdom of Navarre (Évreux) - Charles III the Noble (1387–1425)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Murad I (1359–1389)
• Kingdom of Poland – Hedwig (Angevin, 1384–1399) with Vladislaus II (Jagiellonian, 1386–1399/1401)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – João I (1385–1433)
• Electorate of Saxony – Wenzel (1370–1388) and Rudolf III (1388–1419)
• Kingdom of Scotland (House of Stuart) - Robert II (1371–1390)
• Kingdom of Sicily (House of Aragon) - Maria (1377–1401)
• Principality of Taranto – Otto (1383–1393)
• Empire of Trebizond – Alexios III Comnenus (1349–1390)
• Kingdom of Valencia – John I the Hunter (1387–1396)
• Republic of Venice – Antonio Venier, Doge of Venice (1382–1400)
• Principality of Wallachia – Mircea cel Bătrân (the Elder) (1386–1418)
• Holy See – Pope Urban VI (1378–1389)
• Teutonic Knights – Konrad III Zollner von Rothstein, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1382–1390)

Middle East and North Africa

Including Anatolia and the Caucasus.

• Ottoman Empire - Murad I (1360–89)
• Abbasid Caliphate – Al-Musta'sim (1386–1389)
• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia – Leo (or Leon) V (or VI) (1374–1393)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – James I (1382–1398)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Barquq (1382–1389)
• Kingdom of Georgia – Bagrat V (1360–1393)
• Kara Koyunlu (Black Sheep Turkomans) – Qara Muhammad (1378/9-~1388) and Qara Yusuf (~1388–1399/1400)
• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Qara Osman (1378/9 to 1435/6)