List of state leaders in 1338

See also
List of state leaders in 1337 Events of 1338 List of state leaders in 1339 State leaders by year

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1338.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Amda Seyon I (1314–1344)
• Gurma - Banydoba, Ruler of Gurma (1336–1380)
• Mali Empire , Maghan, Mansa of Mali (1337–1341)
• Zeng Empire – Daud IV (1334–1357)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Tenoch, Great Speaker (1325–1376)

Asia

• Amber (Kachwaha family) - Joshi, Raja of Amber (1318–1367)
• Chandellas – Viravarman II Deva, Ruler of the Chandellas (1315–1350)
• China (Yuan dynasty) - Emperor Huizong (1333–1370)
• Kingdom of Chūzan - Seii (1337–1355)
• Cutch State – Lakha I, Rajput of Cutch (C.1320–1344)
• Delhi Sultanate – (Tughlaq dynasty) - Muhammad bin Tughluq (1325–1351)
• Gondwana - Sabala Simha, Ruler of Gondwana (1325–1354)
• Kingdom of Hokuzan – Haniji (1322–1395)
• Japan (Nanboku-chō period)
  • Monarch (Northern Court) - Emperor Kōmyō (1336–1348)
  • Monarch (Southern Court) - Emperor Go-Daigo (1318–1339)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Takauji (1338–1358)
• Jalairid Sultanate – Hasan Buzurg (1336–1356)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Chungsuk (1332–1339)
• Kingdom of Nanzan – Ofusato (1337–1396)
• Sukhothai Kingdom (Siam) – Ngua Nam Thum (1323–1347)
• Tibet -
  • Viceroy of Tibet – Ananda Mati, Hierarch of the monastery Sa-skya (1330–1358)
• Vijayanagara Empire – Harihara I (1336–1356)

Europe

• Principality of Achaea – Robert (1332–1364)
• Kingdom of Albania – Robert (1332–1364)
• Kingdom of Aragon – Peter IV (1336–1387)
• Giudicato of Arborea – Peter III, Giudice of Arborea (1336–1347)
• Bosnia – Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia (1326–1348)
• Bulgarian Empire – Ivan Alexander, Tsar of Bulgaria (1331–1371)
• Byzantine Empire – Andronikos III Palaiologos (1328–1341)
• Crown of Castile – Alfonso XI (1312–1350)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Interregnum (1332–1340)
• Durazzo - Charles, Duke of Durazzo (1336–1348)
• Kingdom of England – Edward III (1327–1377)
• Kingdom of France – Philip VI (1328–1350)
• Kingdom of Hungary – (House of Capet – Anjou) - Charles I (1312–1342)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Gediminas (1316–1341)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan I of Moscow (1325–1340)
• Kingdom of Norway – Magnus VII (1319–1355 (as de facto 1343–1355))
• Novgorod –
  • President of the Council of Novgorod - Vasili Kalika (1330–1352)
• Kingdom of Poland – Casimir III the Great, King of Poland (1333–1370)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Afonso IV (1325–1357)
• Kingdom of Serbia – Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (1331–1355)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Magnus II (1319–1363)
• Republic of Venice – Francesco Dandolo, Doge of Venice (1329–1339)
• Wallachia – Basarab I (c. 1310–1352)

Holy Roman Empire

• Holy Roman Empire (House of Wittelsbach) - Louis IV (1314–1347)

Electors

• Electorate of Mainz – Heinrich III von Virneberg (1328–1346)
• Kingdom of Bohemia (House of Luxembourg) - John I (1310–1346)
• Electorate of Cologne – Walram of Jülich (1332–1349)
• Electorate of Saxony – Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1298–1356)
• Archbishopric of Trier – Baldwin of Luxembourg (1307–1354)

Bohemia

• King of Bohemia - John the Blind (1310–1346)
• Silesia – Part of Bohemia
  • Duchy of Beuthen – Wladislaw (1312–1351/1355)
  • Bishopric of Breslau – Nanker (1326–1341)
  • Duchy of Brzeg – Boleslaw III (1311–1352)
  • Duchy of Falkenberg – Boleslaw I (1313–1362/1365)
  • Duchy of Jawor – Henry I of Jawor (1301–1346)
  • Duchy of Glatz – Bolko (1326–1368)
  • Duchy of Głogów – Henry I of Jawor (1337–1346)
  • Glogau – Steinau – John, Duke of Ścinawa (1309–1361/1365)
  • Duchy of Legnica – Bolesław III the Generous (1338–1348/1352)
  • Duchy of Münsterberg (Ziębice) – Bolko II of Ziębice (1321–1341)
  • Duchy of Oels – Konrad I of Oleśnica (1322–1366)
  • Duchy of Opole – Bolko II (1313–1356)
  • Duchy of Racibórz – Nicolas II (1336–1365)
  • Duchy of Żagań – Henry IV the Faithful (1309–1342)
  • Duchy of Świdnica –
    • Henry II (1326–1343)
    • Bolko II (1326–1368)
  • Duchy of Strelitz – Albrecht (1313–1366)
  • Duchy of Teschen – Casimir I, Duke of Cieszyn (1313/1317–1358)
• Masovia-Płock, dependency of Bohemia (questionable) - Boleslaw III, Duke of Masovia-Płock (1338–1351)

Other states of the Holy Roman Empire

• Lower Alsace – Ulrich, Landgrave of Lower-Alsace (1308–1343)
• County of Anhalt-Bernburg – Bernhard III (1318/1324–1348)
• Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst –
  • Albert II co-ruler (1316–1362)
  • Waldemar I co-ruler (1316–1367)
• Patria del Friuli (Patriarchate of Aquileia) – Bertrando di San Genesio (1334–1350)
• Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg – Henry III von Schönegg (1337–1348)
• Duchy of Austria (House of Habsburg) - Albert II (1330–1358)
• Margraviate of Baden-Eberstein – Herman IX (1314–1362)
• Margraviate of Baden-Hachberg – Henry IV (1330–1369)
• Margraviate of Baden-Pforzheim – Rudolf IV (1333–1353)
• Margraviate of Baden-Sausenberg – Rudolf II (1313–1352)
• Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg – Leopold II von Egloffstein (1335–1343)
• County of Bar – Henry IV (1337–1344)
• Duchy of Brabant – John III (1312–1355)
• Prince-Bishopric of Basel – Johann II von Munsingen (1335–1365)
• Duchy of Lower Bavaria (House of Wittelsbach) - Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (1310–1339)
• Bentheim-Bentheim – Simon, Lord of Bentheim (1333–1348)
• County of Berg – Adolf IX of Berg (1308–1348)
• Blamont - Henry III, Count of Blamont (1327–1342)
• County of Blankenburg – Poppo II (1314–1367)
• Bishopric of Brandenburg – Louis von Neindorf (1327–1347)
• Archbishopric of Bremen-Hamburg – Burchard II (1327–1344)
• County of New Bruchhausen – Henry VI (1327–1362)
• County of Old Bruchhausen – Otto (1298–1351)
• Duchy of Brunswick-Göttingen –
  • Otto the Mild (1318–1344)
  • Ernst (1318/1345–1367)
• Duchy of Brunswick-Grubenhagen – Henry II (1322–1351)
• Duchy of Brunswick-Herzberg – William (1322–1360)
• Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg –
  • Otto II (1330–1352)
  • William (1330–1369)
• Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel –
  • Otto the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1318–1344)
  • Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen (1318–1345/1346)
  • Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1318–1369)
• Cagliari - Bonfacio II, Ruler of Cagliari (1320–1341)
• Carpi – Manfredo Pio, Lord of Carpi (1319–1320, 1327–1348)
• County of Castell – Frederic IV the Old (1285–1349)
• County of Cleves – Dietrich VIII The Pious (1311–1347)
• Coevorden – Reinould III, Burgrave of Coevorden (1338–1370)
• Dauphiné – Humbert II of Viennois (1333–1349)
• County of Delmenhorst –
  • Christian The Elder (1294–1355)
  • Christian The Younger (1355–1367)
• County of Dohna –
  • Otto XIV (1336–1385)
  • Frederic (1336–1341)
• Bishopric of Eichstätt – Heinrich V Schenk von Reicheneck (1329–1344)
• Florence – No Lord, Gonfaloniere of Justice (1328–1342)
• County of Freiburg – Conrad II (1317–1350)
• Prince-Bishopric of Freising – Konrad IV von Klingenberg (1324–1340)
• Imperial Abbey of Fulda – Heinrich VI von Hohenberg (1315–1353)
• Fürstenberg –
  • Henry III, Count of Fürstenberg (1327–1367)
  • John, Count of Fürstenberg (1327–1365)
• Fürstenberg-Wartenberg - Conrad, Count of Fürstenberg-Wartenberg (1327–1370)
• Bishopric of Geneva – Peter de Faucigny, Bishop of Geneva (1311–1342)
• County of Geneva – Amédée III (1320–1367)
• Republic of Genoa – Rafaela Doria, Consul of Genoa (1335–1339)
• County of Gleichen –
  • Henry V (1306–1345)
  • Hermann (1306–1345)
• Duchy of Guelders – Reinoud II the Black (1326–1343)
• Jever – Sibeth, Chief of Jever (1330–1341)
• County of Hainaut (House of Avesnes) - William II (1337–1345)
• Bishopric of Halberstadt – Albert II of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1324–1342)
• County of Hanau – Ulrich II (1306–1346)
• Bishopric of Havelberg – Dietrich I Kothe von Stendal (1325–1341)
• County of Henneberg-Aschach-Römhild – Herman III (1292–1357)
• County of Henneberg-Hartenberg – Poppo X (1317–1348)
• County of Henneberg-Schleusingen – Berthold IV, Prince of Henneberg-Schleusingen (1284–1340)
• Landgraviate of Hesse – Henry II, The Iron (1328–1376)
• Bishopric of Hildesheim – Henry III of Brunswick, Bishop of Hildesheim (1331–1363)
• County of Hohenzollern (House of Hohenzollern) - Frederick IX, Count of Hohenzollern (1333–1379)
• County of Hohnstein – Henry V (1313–1356)
• County of Hohnstein-Heringen – Dietrich V (1315–1378)
• County of Hohnstein-Klettenberg – Henry VI (1315–1366/1367)
• County of Holland (House of Avesnes) - William IV (1337–1345)
• County of Holstein-Plön – John III (1316–1359)
• County of Holstein-Rendsburg – Gerhard III The Great (1304–1340)
• County of Hoya – Gerhard III (1319–1383)
• Nieder-Isenburg – Salentin III, Count of Nieder-Isenburg (1319–1370)
• Isenburg-Arnfels – Gerlach II of Isenburg-Arnfels (1333–1373)
• Isenburg-Büdingen – Henry II, Lord of Isenburg-Büdingen (1332–1378)
• Isenburg-Braunsberg – William I of Isenburg-Braunsberg (1327–1382/1383)
• Isenburg-Grenzau – Philip I, Lord of Isenburg-Grenzau (1324–1361)
• Isenburg-Kempenich – Simon I of Isenburg-Kempenich (1329–1341)
• Isenburg-Limburg – Gerlach V of Isenburg-Limburg (1335–1354)
• Duchy of Jülich – William V, Prince of the Empire (1328–1361)
• Bishopric of Cammin – Friedrich von Eickstedt (1329–1343)
• County of New Katzenellnbogen –
  • Eberhard IV (1328–1354)
  • John II (1326–1357)
• County of Old Katzenellnbogen – William II (1331–1385)
• County of Kiburg-Burgdorf – Eberhard II (1322–1357)
• Bishopric of Konstanz – Nicolas von Frauenfeld (1334–1344)
• Bishopric of Lebus – Stephen II (1317–1345)
• Leiningen – Frederic VI, Landgrave of Leiningen (1327–1342)
• County of Leiningen-Hartenburg – Gottfried (1316–1344)
• Lichtenau - Louis V, Lord of Lichtenau (1315- c. 1380)
• Lichtenberg – Simon, Lord of Lichtenberg (1317–1380)
• Leuchtenberg – Ulrich II, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg (1334–1378)
• Prince-Bishopric of Liège – Adolf II von der Mark (1313–1344)
• County of Loon – Diederik (1336–1361)
• Duchy of Lorraine – Rudolph (1328–1346)
• County of Löwenstein – Nicolas (1304–1340)
• Bishopric of Lübeck – Henry II von Bockholt, Bishop of Lübeck (1315–1341)
• Archbishopric of Magdeburg – Otto, Landgrave of Hesse, Archbishop of Magdeburg (1327–1361)
• Mansfeld Land – Burchard V, Count of Mansfeld (1311–1354)
• Mantua (House of Gonzaga) - Louis I, Lord of Mantua (1328–1360)
• County of Mark – Adolf II (1328–1347)
• Principality of Mecklenburg-Güstrow – Nicolas III (1337–1360/1361)
• Duchy of Mecklenburg-Wismar – Albrecht I (1329–1379)
• Bishopric of Meissen – Widicho II von Colditz (1312–1341)
• Burgraviate of Meissen –
  • Meinher V (1309–1351)
  • Meinher V (1336–1386)
  • Hermann VI (1336–1348)
• Margraviate of Meissen House of Wettin - Frederick II The Serious (1323–1349)
• Bishopric of Merseburg – Gebhard von Schrapelau (1320–1340)
• Milan (House of Visconti) - Azzone Visconti, Lord of Milan (1328–1339)
• Bishopric of Minden – Louis of Brunswick (1324–1346)
• March of Montferrat –
  1. Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat (1306–1338)
  2. John II (1338–1372)
• March of Moravia (House of Luxembourg) - Charles (1310–1346)
• County of Mörs – Dietrich IV (1303–1346)
• Prince-Bishopric of Münster – Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (1310–1357)
• County of Namur – William I, Marquis of Namur (1337–1391)
• County of Nassau –
  • Henry I, Count of Nassau-Siegen (1290–1303)
  • Gerlach I, Count of Nassau (1305–1344)
• County of Nassau-Hadamar –
  • Emicho II (1334–1359)
  • John (1334–1365)
• Nassau-Siegen - Henry I, Count of Nassau-Siegen (1303–1343)
• Bishopric of Naumburg – Widicho I von Osterau (1335–1348)
• County of Neuchâtel – Rudolph V (1288–1343)
• County of Neuenahr – William III (1336–1348)
• County of Nidda – John I (1304–1358)
• Burgraviate of Nuremberg (House of Hohenzollern) - John II (1332–1357)
• County of Oettingen –
  • Louis IX (1313–1346)
  • Louis X (1317–1378)
  • Frederick IV (1317–1357)
• County of Oldenburg – Conrad I (1313–1347)
• County of Orlamünde – Henry IV The Old (1290–1344)
• County of Orlamünde-Rudolstadt – Otto VI (1318–1340)
• Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück – Gottfried von Arnsberg, Bishop of Osnabrück (1320–1349)
• Bishopric of Paderborn – Bernard V, Count of Lippe, Bishop of Paderborn (1321–1341)
• Padua (Carrara Dynasty) -
  1. Marsilio da Carrara, Lord of Padua (1337–1338)
  2. Ubertino, Lord of Padua (1338–1345)
• County Palatine of the Rhine (House of Wittelsbach) - Rudolf II 1327–1353)
• Bishopric of Passau – Albert I of Saxony, Bishop of Passau (1320–1342)
• Principality of Pavia – Musso Beccaria (1332–1343)
• Pisa – Bonifacio Gherardesca del Massado, Podestà of Pisa (1329–1340/1341)
• County of Plauen –
  • Henry I The Long The Smart, Count of Plauen (1302–1347)
  • Henry IV The Hurt, Count of Plauen (1338–1356)
• Pomerania-Stettin – Otto I, Duke of Pomerania (1279–1344)
• Pomerania-Wolgast –
  • Otto I, Duke of Pomerania (1279–1344)
  • Barnim IV, Duke of Pomerania (1326–1365)
• Bishopric of Ratzeburg – Volrad von dem Dorne (1335–1355)
• County of Ravensberg – Bernard (1328–1346)
• Bishopric of Regensburg – Nicolas van Stachowitz (1313–1340)
• County of Regenstein – Henry XV (1313–1358)
• County of Regenstein-Heimburg –
  • Albert II (1312- c. 134))
  • Bernhard I (1312- c. 1360)
• County of Rietberg – Otto I (1293–1347)
• County of Saarbrücken – John I (1309–1342)
• County of Saarwerden – Frederick II (1323–1361)
• Upper Salm – Simon I, Count of Upper Salm (1332–1346)
• Marquisate of Saluzzo – Manfredo IV (1296–1340)
• Archbishopric of Salzburg –
  1. Frederick III of Liebnitz, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, 1315–1338
  2. Henry I von Pyrbaum (1338–1343)
• County of Savoy – Aimone the Peaceful (1329–1343)
• Duchy of Saxe-Bergedorf –
  • Albrecht IV (1322–1344)
• Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg – Eric I (1286–1339)
• County of Sayn – John II (1328–1359)
• County of Sayn-Homburg-Vallendar –
  • Gottfried (1313–1354)
  • Engelbert II (1325–1336)
• County of Schaumburg – Adolf VII (1315–1354)
• County of Schwarzburg – Henry IX (1306–1356)
• County of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg –
  • Günther XXI (1324–1349)
  • Henry XII (1336–1372)
  • Günther XXV (1336–1368)
• County of Schwarzburg-Käfernburg – Günther XII (1324–1368)
• Bishopric of Schwerin – Ludolf von Bülow (1331–1339)
• County of Schwerin – Henry IV (1284–1344)
• County of Solms – Bernhard I (1312–1347)
• Bishopric of Speyer – Gerhard of Ehrenberg (1336–1363)
• County of Stolberg –
  • Henry XI (1334–1377)
  • Henry XII (1334–1367)
• Strasbourg – Berthold II von Bucheck, Bishop of Strasbourg (1329–1353)
• Swiss Confederation – Member states were: Luzern, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Uri
• Duchy of Teck –
  • Louis IV (1313–1347)
  • Frederic II (1313–1343)
  • Simon II (1313–1347)
• County of Toggenburg –
  • Kraft III (1315–1339)
  • Kraft IV (1337–1368)
  • Diethelm VI (1337–1385)
  • Donat (1337/1375-140?)
• Bishopric of Trent – Nikolaus Abrein (1338–1347)
• County of Tyrol – Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (1335–1363)
• Bishopric of Utrecht – Jan III van Diest (1322–1341)
• Prince-Bishopric of Verden – Johannes Hake (1332–1340)
• Verona House of Scaligeri -
  • Albert II, Lord of Verona (1329–1352)
  • Mastino II, Lord of Verona (1329–1352)
• County of Waldeck – Henry IV (1305–1344)
• County of Werdenberg-Sargans – Hartmann III (1328–1354)
• County of Weida – Henry IV (1309–1343)
• County of Weimar – Frederic I The Old (1304–1365)
• County of Wernigerode – Conrad III (1323–1339)
• County of Wertheim – Rudolph IV (1303–1355)
• County of Württemberg – Ulrich III (1325–1344)
• Bishopric of Würzburg – Otto II von Wolfskeel (1335–1345)
• County of Zeeland (House of Avesnes) - William III (1337–1345)
• County of Ziegenhain – Gottfried VII (1329–1372)
• County of Zweibrücken – Walram II (1312–1366)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aydinids – Muhammad Bey, Seljuq emir of Aydin (1333–1341)
• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (Hethum dynasty) - Leo V (1320–1341)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Hugh IV (1324–1359)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Al-Nasir Muhammad (1309–1340)
  • Hama (in Asia) (Ayyubid dynasty) - Muhammad III of Hama (1331–1341/1342)
• Golden Horde – Uzbeg Khan (1313–1341)
• Ottoman Empire – Orhan I, Ottoman Bey (1326–1359)