List of state leaders in 1472

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1472.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Baeda Maryam I (1468–1478)
  • Adal Sultanate – Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (1472–1487)
• Kingdom of Kongo – João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
• Songhai Empire – Sonni Ali (1464–1492)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Axayacatl (1469–1481)
• Inca Empire – Tupac (1471–1493)
• Muisca Confederation
  • zaque Michuá (1470-1490)
  • zipa Saguamanchica (1470-1490)
• Texcoco – Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472–1515)

Asia

• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – Borommatrailokkanat (1448–1488)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Chenghua Emperor (1464–1487)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1449–1473)
• Joseon (Korea) – Seongjong (1469–1494)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō En (1470–1476)

Europe

• Crown of Aragon – John II (1458–1479)
• Duchy of Burgundy – Charles I (1467–1477)
• Crown of Castile – Henry IV (1454–1474)
• Principality of Catalonia – René I (in opposition to John II, 1466–1472)
• Denmark and Norway – Christopher I, King of Denmark (1448–1481), King of Norway (1450–1481)
• Kingdom of England – (House of York) - Edward IV (1461–1470 and 1471–1483)
• Kingdom of France (House of Valois) - Louis XI (1461–1483)
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick III (1452–1493)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Ladislaus II (1471–1516)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
• Polish–Lithuanian union – Casimir IV, Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Mehmed II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (1451–1481)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Afonso V (1438–1481)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow - Ivan III the Great, Grand Duke of Moscow(1462–1505)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James III (1460–1488)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Sten Sture the Elder, Sten Sture the Elder, Regent (1470–1497, 1501–1503)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Uzun Hassan (1453–1478)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – James II (1464–1473)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Qait Bay (1468–1496)
• Morocco – Abu Zakariya Muhammad al-Saih al-Mahdi (1472–1505).