List of state leaders in 1422

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1422.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Yeshaq I (1414–1429)

The Americas

• Inca Empire – Viracocha (1410–1437)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Yongle Emperor (1402–1424)
• Kingdom of Chūzan - Shō Hashi (1422–1439)
• Japan (Muromach period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Shōkō (1412–1428)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1394–1423)
• Joseon (Korea) – Sejong the Great (1418–1450)
• Kingdom of Nanzan – Taromai (1415–1429)
• Siam
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom – Intharacha (1408–1424)
  • Sukhothai Kingdom – Maha Thammaracha IV (1419–1438)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Alfonso V (1416–1458)
• Duchy of Burgundy – Philip III, the Good (1419–1467)
• Byzantine Empire – Manuel II Palaiologos (1391–1425)
• Crown of Castile – John II (1406–1454)
• Kingdom of England
  1. - Henry V (1413–1422)
  2. - Henry VI (1422–1461 and 1470–1471)
• Kingdom of France
  1. - Charles VI (1380–1422)
  2. - Charles VII (1422–1461)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Vasily I of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow (1389–1425)
• Germany (House of Luxembourg) - Sigismund, King of the Romans (1410–1437)
  • Duchy of Bavaria-Straubing (house of Wittelsbach) - John, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing and Count of Holland and County of Hainaut (1417–1425)
  • Margraviate of Meissen (Wettin) - Wilhelm der Reiche (1381–1425) and Friedrich der Streitbare (1381–1428)
  • Landgraviate of Thuringia (Wettin) - Friedrich IV der Friedfertige (1406–1440)
• Kingdom of Naples – rival claimants:
  • Joanna II (1414–1435)
  • Louis III (1417–1426)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (1421–1451)
• Kingdom of Poland – Wladislaus II (1386–1434)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch – John I (1385–1433)
  • Co-regent – Infante Edward (1412–1433)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James I (1406–1437)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Qara Osman (1403–1435)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Janus (1398–1432)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt –
  1. as-Salih Nasir-ad-Din Muhammad (1421–1422)
  2. Barsbay (1422–1437)
• Empire of Trebizond – Alexios IV (1416–1429)