List of state leaders in 1279

1278 state leaders - Events of 1279 - 1280 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Alodia -
• Empire of Ethiopia - Yekuno Amlak (1270–1285)
• Mali - Abu Bakr, Mansa of Mali (1275-1285)

Asia

• Champa -
• China
  • Yuan Dynasty, or Empire of Kublai Khan, conquers Southern Song Dynasty
  • Southern Song Dynasty - Emperor Bing (1278–1279)
  • Yuan Dynasty - Kublai Khan (1271–1294)
• Chola - Rajendra Chola III (1246-1279)
• Kingdom of Dambadeniya from Yapahuwa - Bhuvanaikabâhu I (1271-1283)
• Delhi Sultanate - Ghiyas ud din Balban, Sultan of Delhi (1266-1287)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) - Chungnyeol (1274–1308)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Go-Uda (1274–1287)
  • Shogun (Kamakura) - Prince Koreyasu (1266–1289)
  • Shikken - Hōjō Tokimune (1268–1284)
• Kalinga (Eastern Ganga Dynasty) -
• Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VIII (1243–1295)
• Pagan Kingdom - Narathihapate, King of Pagan (1254-1287)
• Singhasari - Kertanegara of Singhasari (1268-1292)
• Srivijaya Empire -
• Sukhothai Kingdom - Ram Khamhaeng the Great (1277–1317)
• Tibet - Drogön Chögyal Phagpa

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon - Peter III (1276–1285)
• County of Barcelona - Peter III (1276–1285)
• Kingdom of Bohemia - Wenceslaus II (1278–1305)
• Bulgarian Empire -
  1. Ivailo, Tsar of Bulgaria (1277–1280)
  2. Ivan Asen III, Tsar of Bulgaria (1279–1280)
• Byzantine Empire (Palaeologian dynasty) - Michael VIII Palaiologos (1259–1282)
• Crown of Castile - Alfonso X (1252–1284)
• Kingdom of Denmark - Eric V (1259–1286)
• Kingdom of England - Edward I (1272–1307)
• Kingdom of France - Philip III (1270–1285)
• Kingdom of Gwynedd - Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Gwynedd (1246–1282)
• Holy Roman Empire (House of Habsburg) - Rudolph I, King of the Romans (1273–1291)
  • County of Holland - Floris V (1256–1296)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Traidenis (1269–1282)
• Kingdom of Navarre - Joan I (1274–1305)
• Kingdom of Norway - Magnus VI (1263–1280)
• Papal States - Pope Nicholas III (1277-1280)
• Duchy of Poland -
  1. Bolesław V the Chaste, High Duke of Poland (1243–1279)
  2. Leszek II the Black, High Duke of Poland (1279–1288)
• Kingdom of Portugal -
  1. Afonso III (1249–1279)
  2. Denis (1279–1325)
• Kingdom of Scotland - Alexander III (1249–1286)
• Kingdom of Serbia - Stephen Dragutin (1276–1282)
• Kingdom of Sicily - Charles I, King of Sicily (1266-1282)
• Kingdom of Sweden - Magnus I (1275–1290)
• State of the Teutonic Order - Hartmann von Heldrungen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (1273-1282)
• Kingdom of Valencia - Peter III (1276–1285)
• Principality of Wallachia - Bărbat (c. 1277-c. 1290)

Middle East and North Africa

• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia - Leo III (1270–1289)
• Kingdom of Cyprus - Hugh III (1267–1284)
• Hadramaut -
• Hafsid Caliphate -
  1. Yahya II al-Watiq (1277-1279)
  2. Ibrahim I (1279-1283)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt - Baraka Khan (1277–1280)
• Marinid Caliphate -
• Ilkhanate - Abaqa (1265–1281)
• County of Tripoli - Bohemond VII (1275–1287)
• Yemen -
• Zayyanid Caliphate - Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan