List of state leaders in 1280

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1280.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Yekuno Amlak (1270–1285)

Asia

• China (Yuan dynasty) - Kublai Khan, Emperor of China (1260–1294, ruler of all China from 1279)
• Delhi Sultanate – Ghiyas ud din Balban, Sultan of Delhi (1266–1287)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) – Chungnyeol (1274–1308)
• Japan (Kamakura period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Uda (1274–1287)
  • Kamakura shogunate - Prince Koreyasu (1266–1289)
  • Shikken - Hōjō Tokimune (1268–1284)
• Khmer Empire – Jayavarman VIII (1243–1295)
• Pagan Kingdom – Narathihapate (1254–1287)
• Sukhothai Kingdom – Ram Khamhaeng the Great (1277–1317)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Peter III (1276–1285)
• Kingdom of Bohemia – Wenceslaus II (1278–1305)
• Bulgaria (Second Bulgarian Empire) –
  1. Ivailo, Tsar of Bulgaria (1277–1280)
  2. Ivan Asen III, Tsar of Bulgaria (1279–1280)
  3. George I, Tsar of Bulgaria (1280–1292)
• Byzantine Empire (Palaeologian dynasty) - Michael VIII (1259–1282)
• Crown of Castile – Alfonso X (1252–1284)
• Kingdom of Denmark – Eric V (1259–1286)
• Kingdom of England – Edward I (1272–1307)
• Kingdom of France – Philip III (1270–1285)
• Kingdom of Gwynedd – Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Gwynedd (1246–1282)
• Holy Roman Empire (House of Habsburg) - Rudolph I, King of the Romans (1273–1291)
  • County of Holland – Floris V (1256–1296)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Ladislaus IV (1272–1290)
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Traidenis (1269–1282)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Joanna I (1274–1305)
• Kingdom of Norway –
  1. Magnus VI (1263–1280)
  2. Eric II (1280–1299)
• Duchy of Poland – Leszek II (the Black), High Duke of Poland (1279–1288)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Denis (1279–1325)
• Kingdom of Scotland – Alexander III (1249–1286)
• Kingdom of Serbia – Stephen Dragutin (1276–1282)
• Kingdom of Sicily - Charles I (1266–1282)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Magnus I (1275–1290)
• Republic of Venice –
  1. Jacopo Contarini, Doge of Venice (1275–1280)
  2. Giovanni Dandolo, Doge of Venice (1280–1289)
• Principality of Wallachia – Bărbat (c. 1277-c. 1290)

Middle East and North Africa

• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia – Leo III (1270–1289)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Hugh III (1267–1284)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt –
  1. Al-Said Barakah (1277–1280)
  2. Solamish (1280)
  3. Al Mansur Qalawun (1280–1290)
• Ilkhanate – Abaqa Khan (1265–1281)
• Seljuks of Turkey – Keyhüsrev III (1265–1284)
• Karamanids – Güneri (1277–1300)
• County of Tripoli – Bohemond VII (1275–1287)