List of state leaders in 1396

1395 state leaders - Events of 1396 - 1397 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Empire of Ethiopia - Dawit I (1382–1413)
• Sultanate of Fumban - Nchare Yen (1394–1418)

Asia

• China (Ming Dynasty) - Hongwu Emperor (1368–1398)
• Kingdom of Chūzan - Bunei (1395–1407)
• Delhi Sultanate - Mahmud Nasir al-Din
• Kingdom of Hokuzan - Min (1396–1400)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Go-Komatsu (1392–1412)
  • Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1394–1423)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Taejo (1392–1398)
• Kingdom of Nanzan - Monarch
• Multiple rival claims to the title.
  1. Ofusato (1337–1396)
  2. Oueishi (1388–1402)

Europe

• Principality of Achaea -
  1. Interregnum (1386–1396)
  2. Pedro Bordo (1396–1402)
• Kingdom of Bosnia - Jelena Gruba (1395–1398)
• Bulgarian Empire - Ivan Sratsimir, Tsar of Bulgaria (1356–1396)
• Byzantine Empire - Manuel II Palaeologus (1391–1425)
• Kingdom of Castile - Henry III (1390–1406)
• Kingdom of England - Richard II (1377–1399)
• Kingdom of France - Charles VI (1380–1422)
• Germany - (House of Luxembourg) - Wenceslaus, King of the Romans (1378–1400)
  • Bavaria-Straubing (House of Wittelsbach) - Albert, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing and Count of Holland and Hainaut (1347–1404)
• Principality of Moldavia - Stephen I (1394–1399)
• Kingdom of Naples - Louis II (1389–1399)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Beyazit I, the Thunderbolt (1389–1402)
• Kingdom of Portugal - John I (1385–1433)
• Principality of Taranto - Raimondo del Balzo Orsini (1393–1406)
• Principality of Wallachia - Mircea I (1386–1418)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Cyprus - James I (1382–1398)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt - Barquq (1390–1399)