List of state leaders in 1444

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1444.

Africa

• Adal Sultanate – Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din, Sultan (died 1445)
• Ethiopian Empire – Zara Yaqob (1434–1468)

The Americas

• Aztec Empire – Moctezuma I (1440–1469)
• Inca Empire – Pachacuti (1438–1471)

Asia

• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – Borommarachathirat II (1424–1448)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Zhengtong Emperor (1435–1449)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Hanazono (1428–1464)
  • Shōgun (Ashikaga shogunate) - vacant
• Joseon (Korea) – Sejong the Great (1418–1450)
• Timurid Empire - Shāhrukh Mīrzā (1407–1447)
• Uzbek Khanate - Abu'l Khayr Khan (1428-1468)
• Eastern Chagatai Khanate - Esen Buqa II (1429–1462)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shitatsu (1443–1449)

Europe

• Duchy of Anjou - René of Anjou (1434–1480)
• Crown of Aragon – Alfons V (1416–1458)
• Duchy of Burgundy – Philip III, the Good (1419–1467)
• Byzantine Empire – John VIII Palaiologos (1425–1448)
• Crown of Castile – John II (1406–1454)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Christopher of Bavaria (1440–1448)
• Kingdom of England (House of Lancaster) - Henry VI (1422–1461 and 1470–1471)
• Republic of Florence - Cosimo de' Medici (1434–1464 de facto)
• Kingdom of France (House of Valois) - Charles VII (1422–1461)
• Republic of Genoa - Raffaele Adorno, Doge of Genoa (1443–1447)
• Sultanate of Granada - Muhammed IX (1432–1445)
• Duchy of Milan - Filippo Maria Visconti (1412–1447)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow - Vasiliy II the Blind (1425–1462)
• Kingdom of Naples - Alfonso I (1442–1458)
• Kingdom of Norway – Christopher of Bavaria (1442–1448)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (1421–1451)
• Kingdom of Poland – Władysław III of Varna (1434–1444)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch – Afonso V (1438–1481)
  • Regent – Peter, Duke of Coimbra (1439–1446)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James II Stuart (1437–1460)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Christopher of Bavaria (1441–1448)
• Republic of Venice – Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice (1423–1457)
• Margraviate of Brandenburg - Friedrich II 'Irontooth' von Hohenzollern (1440-1470)
• Electorate of Saxony - Friedrich II 'the Gentle' von Wettin (1428-1464)
• Electoral Palatinate - Ludwig IV 'the Meek' von Wittelsbach (1436-1449)
• Electorate of Mainz - Dietrich Schenk von Erbach (1434-1459)
• Electorate of Cologne - Dietrich II von Moers(de) (1414-1463)
• Electorate of Trier - Jakob I von Sierck(de) (1439-1456)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Jahangir bin Ali (1444–1451)
• Qara Qoyunlu (Black Sheep Turkomans) - Jahan Shah (1438–1467)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – John II (1432–1458)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Jaqmaq (1438–1453)
• Sultanate of Ifriqiya (Hafsid) - Uthman (Hafsid) (1435–1488)
• Sultanate of Morocco (Marinid) - Abd al-Haqq II (1420–1465)