List of state leaders in 1431

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1431.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Takla Maryam (1430–1433)

The Americas

• Inca Empire – Viracocha (1410–1437)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Xuande Emperor (1425–1435)
• Japan (Muromach period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Hanazono (1428–1464)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshinori (1429–1441)
• Joseon (Korea) – Sejong the Great (1418–1450)
• Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Hashi (1429–1439)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon – Alfonso V (1416–1458)
• Duchy of Burgundy – Philip III, the Good (1419–1467)
• Byzantine Empire – John VIII Palaiologos (1425–1448)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow – Vasily II of Moscow (1425–1462)
• Crown of Castile – John II (1406–1454)
• Kingdom of England (House of Lancaster) - Henry VI (1422–1461 and 1470–1471).
• Kingdom of France (House of Valois) - Charles VII (1422–1461)
• Holy Roman Empire (House of Luxembourg) - Sigismund, King of the Romans (1410–1437)
  • County of Hainaut and County of Holland
    • Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (House of Wittelsbach) (1417–1432)
    • Philip III, the Good, Regent of Hainaut and Holland (House of Valois) (1425–1432)
• Kingdom of Naples –Joanna II (1414–1435)
• Kingdom of Navarre – Blanche I (1425–1441)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (1421–1451)
• Kingdom of Poland – Wladislaus II (1386–1434)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch – John I (1385–1433)
  • Co-regent – Infante Edward (1412–1433)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James I (1406–1437)
• Republic of Venice – Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice (1423–1457)

Middle East and North Africa

• Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) – Qara Osman (1403–1435)
• Kingdom of Cyprus – Janus (1398–1432)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Barsbay (1422–1437)
• Empire of Trebizond – John IV (1429–1459)