List of state leaders in 1442

See also
List of state leaders in 1441 Events of 1442 List of state leaders in 1443 State leaders by year

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1442.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Zara Yaqob (1434–1468)

The Americas

• Aztec Empire – Moctezuma I (1440–1469)
• Inca Empire – Pachacuti (1438–1471)

Asia

• Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) – Borommarachathirat II (1424–1448)
• China (Ming dynasty) - Zhengtong Emperor (1435–1449)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Hanazono (1428–1464)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (1442–1443)
• Joseon (Korea) – Sejong the Great (1418–1450)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Chū (1440–1442)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Alfonso V (1416–1458)
• Duchy of Burgundy – Philip III, the Good (1419–1467)
• Byzantine Empire – John VIII Palaiologos (1425–1448)
• Crown of Castile – John II (1406–1454)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Christopher of Bavaria (1440–1448)
• Kingdom of England (House of Lancaster) - Henry VI (1422–1461 and 1470–1471)
• Kingdom of France (House of Valois) - Charles VII (1422–1461)
• Kingdom of Norway – Christopher of Bavaria (1442–1448)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (1421–1451)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Vasily II The Dark, Grand Prince of Moscow (1425–1462)
• Kingdom of Poland – Władysław III of Varna (1434–1444)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch – Afonso V (1438–1481)
  • Regent – Peter, Duke of Coimbra (1439–1446)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Christopher of Bavaria (1441–1448)
• Republic of Venice – Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice (1423–1457)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James II (1437–1460)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Uzun Hassan (1435–1478)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – John II (1432–1458)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Jaqmaq (1438–1453)