List of state leaders in 1426

1425 state leaders - Events of 1426 - 1427 state leaders - State leaders by year ----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Yeshaq I, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1414-1429)

Asia

*China (Ming Dynasty) - Xuande, Emperor of China (1425 - 1435)
*Chūzan - Shō Hashi - King of Chūzan (1422-1439)
* Japan
** Monarch - Shoko, Emperor of Japan (1412-1428)
** Shogun (Ashikaga) - "vacant"
*Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sejong, King of Joseon (1418-1450)
*Nanzan - Taromai - King of Nanzan (1415-1429)

Europe

*Aragon - Alfonso V, King of Aragon (1416-1458)
*Burgundy - Philip III, the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1419-1467)
*Byzantine Empire - John VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor, (1425-1448)
*Castile - John II, King of Castile (1406-1454)
*England (House of Lancaster) - Henry VI, King of England (1422-1461 and 1470-1471).
*France (Valois Dynasty) - Charles VII, King of France (1422-1461)
*Germany (House of Luxembourg) - Sigismund, King of the Romans (1410-1437)
**Hainaut and Holland (Civil war)
***Jacqueline, duchess of Bavaria-Straubing and countess of Holland and Hainaut (House of Wittelsbach) (1417-1432), ruled in Gouda and surroundings
***Philip III, the Good, Regent of Hainaut and Holland (House of Valois) (1425-1432), ruled in Hainaut and most of Holland and Zeeland
*Lithuania - Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1392-1430)
*Naples - rival claimants:
**Joan II, Queen of Naples (1414-1435)
**Louis III, King of Naples (1417-1426)
*Navarre - Blanche I, Queen of Navarre (1425-1441)
*Poland - Wladislaus II, King of Poland (1386-1434)
*Portugal - John I, King of Portugal (1385-1433)
*Scotland - James I, King of Scotland (1406-1437)
*Venice - Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice (1423-1457)

Middle East and North Africa

*Ak Koyunlu - Kara Osman, Leader of the White Sheep Turkmen (1403-1435)
*Cyprus - Janus, King of Cyprus (1398-1432)
*Egypt - Barsbay, Sultan of Egypt (1422-1437)
*Ottoman Empire - Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (1421-1451)
*Trebizond - Alexius IV, Emperor of Trebizond (1416-1429)