List of state leaders in 1479

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1479.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Eskender (1478–1494)
  • Adal Sultanate – Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (1472–1488)
• Kingdom of Kongo – João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
• Songhai Empire – Sonni Ali (1464–1492)

Americas

• Aztec Empire – Axayacatl, Aztec Emperor (1469–1481)
• Inca Empire – Tupac, Inca Emperor (1471–1493)
• Muisca Confederation
  • zaque Michuá (1470-1490)
  • zipa Saguamanchica (1470-1490)
• Texcoco – Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472–1515)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Chenghua Emperor (1464–1487)
• Sultanate of Cirebon - Sunan Gunungjati (1479-1568)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Go-Tsuchimikado (1464–1500)
  • Shogun (Ashikaga shogunate) - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Shogun of Japan (1473–1489)
• Joseon (Korea) – Seongjong (1469–1494)
• Ryukyu Kingdom Shō Shin (1477–1526)
• Siam (Ayutthaya Kingdom) - Trailokkanat (1448–1488)

Europe

• Andorra – Francis Phoebus, Count of Foix (1472–1483)
• Duchy of Burgundy – Mary (1477–1482)
• Castile and Aragon – Ferdinand II and his wife and co-ruler, Isabella I (1474–1516)
• Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)
• Cyprus – Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (1474–1489)
• Denmark and Norway – John I, King of Denmark (1481–1513), King of Norway (1481–1513)
• Kingdom of England – Edward IV (1461–1483)
• Kingdom of France (House of Valois) - Louis XI (1461–1483)
• Holy Roman Empire – Frederick III (1452–1493)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Ladislaus II (1471–1516)
• Kingdom of Hungary – Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490)
• Polish–Lithuanian union – Casimir IV, Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Mehmed II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (1451–1481)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch – Afonso V (1438–1481)
  • Co-regent – Prince John (1477–1481)
• Russia - Ivan III the Great, Grand Duke of Muscovy (1462–1505)
• Kingdom of Scotland – James III (1460–1488)
• Sweden - Sten Sture the Elder, Regent of Sweden (1470–1497, 1501–1503)
• Tver – Mikhail III of Tver, Grand Prince of Tver (1461–1485)
• Republic of Venice – Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1478–1485)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Cyprus – Catherine Cornaro (1474–1489)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Qait Bay (1468–1496)