List of state leaders in 1453

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1453.

Africa

• Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Badlay (1445–1471)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt –
  1. Jaqmaq (1438–1453)
  2. Uthman (1453)
  3. Inal (1453–1461)
• Ethiopian Empire – Zara Yaqob (1434–1468)

Asia

• Ahom Kingdom – Susenphaa (1439–1488)
• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Uzun Hassan (1435–1478)
• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – Borommatrailokkanat (1448–1488)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Jingtai Emperor (1449–1457)
• Delhi Sultanate – Bahlul Khan Lodi (1451–1489)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Hanazono (1428–1464)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1449–1473)
• Joseon (Korea) – Danjong (1452–1455)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Kinpuku (1450–1453)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Alfonso V (1416–1458)
• Kingdom of Bohemia – Ladislaus Pohrobek (1453–1457)
• Kingdom of Bosnia – Stephen Thomas (1443–1461)
• Duchy of Burgundy – Philip III, the Good (1419–1467)
• Byzantine Empire - Constantine XI Palaiologos (1449–1453)
• Crown of Castile – John II (1406–1454)
• Crimean Khanate – Hacı I Giray (1449–1466)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – John II (1432–1458)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Christian I (1448–1481)
• Kingdom of England – Henry VI (1422–1461 and 1470–1471)
• Despotate of Epirus – Leonardo III Tocco (1448–1479)
• Marquisate of Ferrara – Borso d'Este (1450–1471)
• Republic of Florence – Cosimo de' Medici (1434–1464)
• Kingdom of France – Charles VII (1422–1461)
• Republic of Genoa – Pietro Fregoso, Doge of Genoa (1450–1458)
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick III (1452–1493)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Ladislaus V (1440–1457)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Casimir IV Jagiellon (1440–1492)
• Margravate of Mantua – Ludovico III Gonzaga (1444–1478)
• Duchy of Milan – Francesco I Sforza (1450–1466)
• Duchy of Modena and Reggio – Borso d'Este (1452–1471)
• Principality of Moldavia – Alexăndrel (1452–1454, 1455)
• March of Montferrat – John IV (1445–1464)
• Despotate of Morea – Demetrios Palaiologos (1449–1460) and Thomas Palaiologos (1428–1460)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Vasily II (1425–1462)
• Kingdom of Naples – Alfonso I (1442–1458)
• Kingdom of Navarre – John II the Great (1425–1479)
• Kingdom of Norway – Christian I (1450–1481)
• Novgorod Republic – Vasily Vasil'evich (1425–1462)
• Ottoman Empire – Mehmed II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (1451–1481)
• Papal States – Pope Nicholas V (1447–1455)
• Lordship of Piombino – Emanuele Appiani (1451–1457)
• Kingdom of Poland – Casimir IV Jagiellon (1440–1492)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Afonso V (1438–1481)
• Qasim Khanate – Qasim Khan (1452–1468)
• Knights of Rhodes – Grand Master Jean de Lastic (1437–1454)
• Marquisate of Saluzzo – Ludovico I (1416–1475)
• Kingdom of Sardinia – Alfonso I (1416–1458)
• Duchy of Savoy – Louis I (1440–1465)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James II (1437–1460)
• Serbian Despotate – Đurađ Branković (1427–1456)
• Kingdom of Sicily – Alfonso I (1416–1458)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Karl Knutsson (1448–1470)
• State of the Teutonic Order – Grand Master Ludwig von Erlichshausen (1450–1467)
• Duchy of Urbino – Federico da Montefeltro (1444–1482)
• Republic of Venice – Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice (1423–1457)
• Principality of Wallachia – Vladislav II (1447–1456)
• Lordship of Zeta – Stefan I Crnojević (1451–1465)

North America

• Aztec Empire – Moctezuma I (1440–1469)

South America

• Inca Empire – Pachacuti (1438–1471)
• Muisca Confederation
  • zaque Hunzahúa (~1450-1470)
  • zipa Meicuchuca (~1450-1470)