List of state leaders in 1502

See also
List of state leaders in 1501 Events of 1502 List of state leaders in 1503 State leaders by year List of colonial governors in 1502

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1502.

Africa

Akan state of Twifo-Heman – Ofusu Kwabi (c. 1500-c. 1520)
Ethiopian Empire – Na'od (1494–1508)
- Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
Kingdom of Kongo – João I, Manikongo (bef.1482–1509)
Kingdom of Rwanda – Cyirima I (c. 1428-c. 1506)
Songhai Empire – Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)

Americas

Aztec Empire –
1. Ahuitzotl (1486–1502)
2. Moctezuma II (1502–1520)
Inca Empire – Huayna Capac (1493–1527)

Asia

China (Ming dynasty) - Hongzhi Emperor (1487–1505)
Japan (Sengoku period)
- Monarch – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1500–1526)
- Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshizumi (1494–1508)
Joseon (Korea) – Yeonsangun (1494–1506)
Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Europe

Andorra –
- Pere de Cardona, Bishop of Urgell and Co-Prince of Andorra (1472–1515)
- Catherine of Navarre, Co-Princess of Andorra (1483–1516)
Kingdom of Aragon – Ferdinand II the Catholic (1479–1516)
Crown of Castile – Isabella I (1474–1504)
Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Hans (1481–1513)
- Duchy of Schleswig – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
Kingdom of England – Henry VII (1485–1509)
Kingdom of France – Louis XII (1498–1515)
- Lordship (seigneurie) of Albret – Alain I (1471–1522)
- Duchy of Alençon – Charles IV (1492–1525)
- County of Armagnac – Margaret (1481–1549)
- Bourbonnais – Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1488–1503) and Count of Marche (1477–1503)
- Duchy of Brittany – Anne (1488–1514)
- County of Nevers – Engelbert of Cleves (1491–1506)
Holy Roman Empire – Maximilian I (1493–1519)
- County of Arenberg – Eberhard IV (1496–1531)
- Margraviate of Baden-Baden – Christoph I (1475–1515)
- Margraviate of Baden-Sausenberg – Philipp (1487–1503)
- Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut – George the Rich (1479–1503)
- Duchy of Bavaria-Munich – Albert IV (1467–1508)
- County of Bentheim-Bentheim – Eberwin II (1473–1530)
- County of Bentheim-Lingen –
  - Otto (1450–1508)
  - Nicholas III (1493–1508)
- County of Bentheim-Steinfurt – Arnold II (1454–1806)
- County of Bentheim-Tecklenburg – Otto VIII (1493–1526)
- Electorate of Brandenburg – Joachim I Nestor (1499–1535)
- Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach – Frederick I, Margrave of Ansbach (1486–1515) and Margrave of Bayreuth (1495–1515)
- Archbishopric of Bremen – Johann Rode von Wale (1497–1511)
- Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg – Henry IV (1491–1514)
- County of Burgundy – Philip IV the Fair (1482–1506)
- County of Castell –
  - George I (1498–1528)
  - Wolfgang I (1498–1546)
- Duchy of Cieszyn – Kazimierz II (1477–1528)
- Electorate of Cologne – Hermann IV of Hesse (1480–1508)
- Duchy of Cleves–County of Mark – John II the Pious (1481–1521)
- County of East Frisia – Edzard I, the Great (1491–1528)
- Duchy of Ferrara and Duchy of Modena and Reggio – Ercole d'Este I (1471–1505)
- Fürstenberg-Baar - Wolfgang, Count of Fürstenberg-Baar (1499–1509)
- Duchy of Guelders – Charles II (1492–1538)
- Landgraviate of Hesse – William II (1500–1509)
- Duchy of Holstein – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule
- Isenburg-Büdingen - Louis II, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen (1461–1511)
- Königsegg – John IV, Baron of Königsegg (1500–1544)
- Archbishopric of Magdeburg – Ernst II of Saxony (1475–1513)
- Electorate of Mainz – Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild (1484–1504)
- Margravate of Mantua – Francesco II Gonzaga (1484–1519)
- Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Magnus II (1477–1503)
- Principality of Mindelheim – Georg von Frundsberg (1478–1528)
- Nassau-Weilburg – Louis I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1492–1523)
- Nieder-Isenburg - James, Count of Nieder-Isenburg (1486–1503)
- Limburg-Styrum –
  - John III, Count of Limburg-Styrum (1473–1510)
  - Adolf of Limburg (1493–1505)
- Duchy of Lorraine – René II (1473–1508) (1483–1508)
- Duchy of Opole – John the Good (1476–1532)
- Principality of Orange –
  1. John II of Châlon (1475–1502)
  2. Philibert of Châlon (1502–1530)
- Ortenburg-Neuortenburg - Ulrich II, Count of Ortenburg-Neuortenburg (1495–1524)
- Öttingen-Wallerstein - Louis XIII, Count of Öttingen-Wallerstein (1449–1517)
- Electorate of the Palatinate – Philip (1476–1508)
- Pappenheim – William, Lord of Pappenheim (1482–1508)
- Duchy of Pomerania – Bogislaw X (1478–1523)
- Runkel - John, Count of Runkel (1460–1521)
- Salm-Kyrburg – John VII, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Kyrburg (1499–1531)
- Saxony
  - Electorate of Saxony Ernestine branch - Frederick III (1486–1525)
  - Duchy of Saxony Albertine branch - George (1500–1539)
- Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg – John V (1463–1507)
- County of Sayn –
  - Gerhard III (1493–1506)
  - John IV (1498–1529)
- Schönborn – John IV, Lord of Schönborn (1490–1529)
- Bishopric of Sion – Matthäus Schiner (1499–1522)
- Solms-Braunfels – Otto II, Count of Solm-Braunfels (1459–1504)
- Stadion (state) – Nicholas, Lord of Stadion (1479–1507)
- Stolberg-Stolberg - Henry IX, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1455–1511)
- Archbishopric of Trier – Johann II of Baden (1456–1503)
- Archbishopric of Utrecht – Frederik IV van Baden (1496–1517)
- County of Wied –
  - William III (1487–1526)
  - John I (1487–1533)
- Bishopric of Worms – Johann II von Dalberg (1482–1503)
- Duchy of Württemberg – Ulrich (1498–1519)
- Bishopric of Würzburg – Lorenz von Bibra (1495–1519)
Kingdom of Hungary – Ladislaus II (1490–1516)
Ireland
- Kingdom of Airgíalla – Rossa mac Maghnusa (1497–1513)
- Kingdom of Breifne – Eoghan mac Tighearnain Oig (1500–1528)
- Kingdom of East Breifne – Seaan mac Cathail (1491–1510)
- Uí Maine – Maelsechlainn mac Tadhg Ó Cellaigh (1499–1511)
  - Síol Anmchadha – Breasal mac Eoghan Ua Madadhan, Lord of Síol Anmchadha (1479–1526)
- Kingdom of Leinster – Muircheartach mac Donnchadh MacMurrough-Kavanagh (1478–1512)
- Kingdom of Magh Luirg – Cormac MacDermott (1499–1528)
Principality of Moldavia – Stephen III the Great (1457–1504)
Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III of Russia (1462–1505)
Kingdom of Navarre –
- Catherine (1483–1516)
- John III d'Albret (1484–1516)
- Duchy of Masovia – Konrad III Rudy (1454–1503)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II (1481–1512)
Papal States – Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503)
Polish–Lithuanian union – Alexander Jagiellon, King of Poland (1501–1506) and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1492–1506)
Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Manuel I (1495–1521)
Duchy of Savoy – Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (1497–1504)
Kingdom of Scotland – James IV (1488–1513)
Kingdom of Sweden – Sten Sture the Elder, Regent of Sweden (1501–1503)
Teutonic Order – Friedrich of Saxony, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1497–1510)
Republic of Venice – Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (1501–1523)
- Duchy of the Archipelago – Francesco III Crispo (1500–1511)
Principality of Wallachia – Radu IV the Great (1495–1508)

Middle East and North Africa

Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri (1501–1516)