List of state leaders in 744

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 744.

Africa

• Kingdom of Makuria –
  1. Abaraham (c. 744)
  2. Markos (c. 744-?)
• Kingdom of Nekor – Salih I ibn Mansur (710–749)

America

• Copán – K'ak' Joplaj Chan K'awiil (738–749)
• Tikal – Yik'in Chan K'awiil (734–766)

Asia

• China (Tang dynasty) – Emperor Xuānzong (712–756)
• Göktürks –
  1. Icen Khan (?-744)
  2. Etimis Khan (744–747)
• Japan (Nara period) – Emperor Shōmu (724–749)
• Korea (North South States Period)
  • Balhae – Mun (737–797)
  • Unified Silla – Gyeongdeok (742–765)
• Pallava Kingdom – Paramesvaravarman II (710–775)
• Pratihara Empire – Nagabhata I (730–756)
• Tibetan Empire – Me Agtsom (704–754)

Europe

• First Bulgarian Empire – Sevar, Khan of Bulgaria (738–753)
• Byzantine Empire – Constantine V Copronymus (743–775)
• England (Heptarchy) –
  • Kingdom of East Anglia – Ælfwald (713–749)
  • Kingdom of Essex – Saelred (709–746)
  • Kingdom of Kent –
    • Eadbert I (725–748)
    • Æthelbert II (725–762)
  • Kingdom of Mercia – Æthelbald (716–757)
  • Kingdom of Northumbria – Eadberht (737–758)
  • Kingdom of Sussex – Æthelbert (725–750)
  • Kingdom of Wessex – Cuthred (740–756)
• Frankish Empire –
  • Childeric III (743–751)
  • Mayors of the Palace
    1. Carloman, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia (741–747)
    2. Pepin the Short, Mayor of the Palace of Neustrasia (741–751)
  • Duchy of Aquitaine – Hunald (735–748)
• Georgia –
  • Klarjeti – Adarnase, (742–779)
• Ireland – Domnall Midi, High King of Ireland (743–763)
  • Kingdom of Connacht – Forggus mac Cellaig (742–756)
  • Uí Maine – Cathal Maenmaighe (738–745)
  • Kingdom of Leinster – Muiredach mac Murchado (738–760)
  • Kingdom of Ulaid – Cathussach mac Ailello (735–749)
• Kingdom of the Lombards –
  1. Liutprand (712–744)
  2. Hildeprand (744)
  3. Ratchis (744–749)
• Serbs – Unknown
• Scotland
  • Kingdom of Strathclyde – Teudebur of Alt Clut (622–752)
  • Kingdom of the Picts – Óengus I (729–761)
• Spain –
  • Kingdom of Asturias – Alfonso I (739–757)
• Republic of Venice – Teodato Ipato, Doge of Venice (742–755)
• Wales –
  • Kingdom of Gwynedd – Rhodri Molwynog (720–754)
  • Kingdom of Powys – Elisedd ap Gwylog (725–755)

Middle East

• Arminiya – Ashot III Bagratuni (732–745)
• Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus) –
  1. al-Walid II (743–744)
  2. Yazid III (744)
  3. Ibrahim (744)
  4. Marwan II (744–750)
• Tabaristan – Khurshid, Dabuyid ispahbadh (741–760), under the regency of Farrukhan the Little