List of state leaders in 1405

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1405.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Dawit I (1382–1413)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Yongle Emperor (1402–1424)
• Kingdom of Chūzan - Bunei (1395–1407)
• Kingdom of Hokuzan – Hananchi (1401–1416)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Komatsu (1392–1412)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1394–1423)
• Joseon (Korea) – Taejong (1400–1418)
• Kingdom of Nanzan – Ououso (1403–1413)

Europe

• Principality of Achaea – Centurione II Zaccaria (1404–1430)
• Byzantine Empire – Manuel II Palaiologos (1391–1425)
• Kingdom of Castile – Henry III (1390–1406)
• Kingdom of England – Henry IV (1399–1413)
• Kingdom of France – Charles VI (1380–1422)
• Germany - (House of Wittelsbach) - Rupert, King of Germany (1400–1410)
  • Duchy of Bavaria-Straubing (House of Wittelsbach) - William II and Count of Holland and County of Hainaut (1404–1417)
  • Margraviate of Meissen (Wettin) - William der Einäugige (1349–1407), Wilhelm der Reiche (1381–1425) and Friedrich der Streitbare (1381–1428)
  • Landgraviate of Thuringia (Wettin) - Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia (1349–1406)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Vytautas the Great (1352–1430)
• Kingdom of Poland – Władysław II Jagiełło (1386–1434)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John I (1385–1433)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Robert III (1390–1406)
• Principality of Theodoro – Alexios I (1402–1434)
• Principality of Tver – Ivan (1400–1425)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turcomans) – Qara Osman (1403–1435)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Janus (1398–1432)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt –
  1. Faraj bin Barquq (1399–1405)
  2. Abdul Aziz bin Barquq (1405)
  3. Faraj bin Barquq (1405–1412)
• Empire of Trebizond – Manuel III (1390–1416)