List of state leaders in 1417

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1417.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Yeshaq I (1414–1429)

The Americas

• Inca Empire – Viracocha (1410–1437)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Yongle Emperor (1402–1424)
• Kingdom of Chūzan - Shō Shishō (1407–1421)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Shōkō (1412–1428)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1394–1423)
• Joseon (Korea) – Taejong (1400–1418)
• Kingdom of Nanzan – Taromai (1415–1429)

Europe

• Byzantine Empire – Manuel II Palaiologos (1391–1425)
• Kingdom of Castile – John II (1406–1454)
• Kingdom of England – Henry V (1413–1422)
• Kingdom of France – Charles VI (1380–1422)
• Germany (House of Luxembourg) - Sigismund, King of the Romans (1410–1437)
  • Bavaria-Straubing (House of Wittelsbach) -
    1. William II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing and Count of Holland and County of Hainaut (1404–1417)
    2. Jacqueline, Duchess of Bavaria-Straubing and Countess of Holland and County of Hainaut (1417–1432)
    • in Dordrecht - John, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing and Count of Holland and County of Hainaut (1417–1425)
  • Margraviate of Meissen (Wettin) - Wilhelm der Reiche (1381–1425) and Friedrich der Streitbare (1381–1428)
  • Landgraviate of Thuringia (Wettin) - Friedrich IV der Friedfertige (1406–1440)
• Kingdom of Naples – rival claimants:
  • Joanna II (1414–1435)
    1. Louis II (1384–1417)
    2. Louis III (1417–1426)
• Kingdom of Poland – Władysław II Jagiełło (1386–1434)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves - João I (1413–1423) (1385–1433)
• Russia - Vasily I of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow (1389–1425)
• Kingdom of Scotland - James I (1406–1437)
• Republic of Venice - Tommaso Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1413–1423)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Qara Osman (1403–1435)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Janus (1398–1432)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Sayf-ad-Din Tatar (1412–1421)
• Empire of Trebizond – Alexios IV (1416–1429)