List of state leaders in 1272

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1272.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Yekuno Amlak (1270–1285)

Asia

• China
  • Southern Song dynasty – Emperor Duzong (1264–1274)
  • Yuan dynasty – Kublai Khan, Emperor of Yuan (1271–1294)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Wonjong (1259–1274)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Kameyama (1260–1274)
  • Kamakura shogunate - Prince Koreyasu (1266–1289)
  • Shikken - Hōjō Tokimune (1268–1284)
• Khmer Empire – Jayavarman VIII (1243–1295)
• Pagan Kingdom – Narathihapate (1254–1287)
• Sukhothai Kingdom – Ban Mueang (1257–1277)

Europe

• Principality of Achaea – William II of Villehardouin (1246–1278)
• Kingdom of Aragon – James I (1213–1276)
• Kingdom of Bohemia – Ottokar II (1253–1278)
• Bulgarian Empire – Constantine Tikh, Tsar of Bulgaria (1257–1277)
• Byzantine Empire (Palaeologian dynasty) - Michael VIII (1259–1282)
• Crown of Castile – Alfonso X (1252–1284)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Eric V (1259–1286)
• Kingdom of England –
  • Henry III (1216–1272)
  • Edward I (1272–1307)
• Despotate of Epirus – Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas (1267–1297)
• Kingdom of France – Philip III (1270–1285)
• Kingdom of Gwynedd – Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1246–1282)
• Holy Roman Empire – (disputed election) Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans (1257–1272) and Alfonso X of Castile, King of the Romans (1257–1284)
  • County of Holland – Floris V (1256–1296)
  • Principality of Lüneburg – John (1269–1277)
• Kingdom of Hungary –
  • Stephen V (1270–1272)
  • Ladislaus IV (1272–1290)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Traidenis (1269–1282)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Henry I (1270–1274)
• Kingdom of Norway – Magnus VI (1263–1280)
• Duchy of Poland – Bolesław V the Chaste, High Duke of Poland (1243–1279)
• Kingdom of Portugal – Afonso III (1249–1279)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Alexander III (1249–1286)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Valdemar I (1250–1275)

Middle East and North Africa

• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia – Leo III (1270–1289)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Hugh III (1267–1284)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Baibars (1260–1277)
• Ilkhanate – Abaqa (1265–1281)
• Seljuks of Turkey – Keyhüsrev III (1265–1284)
• Karamanids – Mehmet I (1261–1277)