List of state leaders in 1272

1271 state leaders - Events of 1272 - 1273 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Ethiopia - Yekuno Amlak, Emperor of Ethiopia (1270 - 1285)

Asia

*China
** Southern Song Dynasty - Duzong, Emperor of Song (1264 - 1274)
** Yuan Dynasty - Kublai Khan, Emperor of Yuan (1271-1294)
*Goryeo (Korea) - King Weonjong of Goryeo, King of Goryeo (1259 - 1274)
* Japan
** Monarch - Emperor Kameyama, emperor of Japan (1260-1274)
** Shogun (Kamakura) - Prince Koreyasu, Shogun of Japan (1266-1289)
** Shikken - Hojo Tokimune, Shikken (1268-1284)
*Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VIII (1243 - 1295)
*Pagan - Narathihapate, King of Pagan (1254 - 1287)
*Sukhothai - Pho Khun Ban Muang, King of Sukhothai (1257 - 1277)

Europe

*Achaea - William II Villehardouin, Principality of Achaea (1246 - 1278)
*Aragon - James I, King of Aragon (1213-1276)
*Bohemia - Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253 - 1278)
*Bulgarian Empire - Constantine Tikh, Tsar of Bulgaria (1257 - 1277)
*Byzantine Empire (Palaeologian dynasty) - Michael VIII, Byzantine emperor, (1259-1282)
*Castile - Alfonso X of Castile, King of Castile and Leon (1252 - 1284)
*Denmark - Eric V of Denmark, King of Denmark (1259 - 1286)
*England -
** Henry III of England, King of England (1216 - 1272)
** Edward I of England, King of England (1272 - 1307)
*France - Philip III, King of France (1270-1285)
*Gwynedd - Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Gwynedd (1246 - 1282)
*Holy Roman Empire - (disputed election) Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans (1257-1272) and Alfonso X of Castile, King of the Romans (1257-1284)
**Holland - Floris V, Count of Holland (1256 - 1296)
*Hungary -
** Stephen V, King of Hungary (1270 - 1272)
** Ladislaus IV, King of Hungary (1272 - 1290)
*Lithuania - Traidenis, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1269 - 1282)
*Navarre - Henry I of Navarre, King of Navarre (1270 - 1274)
*Norway - Magnus VI of Norway, King of Norway (1263 - 1280)
*Poland - Boleslaus V, High Duke of Poland (1243 - 1279)
*Portugal - Alfonso III, King of Portugal (1249 - 1279)
*Scotland - Alexander III of Scotland, King of Scotland (1249 - 1286)
*Sweden - Valdemar I, King of Sweden (1250-1275)

Middle East and North Africa

*Armenia - Leo III of Armenia, King of Armenia (1270 - 1289)
*Cyprus - Hugh III, King of Cyprus (1267-1284)
*Egypt - Baibars, Sultan of Egypt (1260-1277)
*Ilkhanate - Abaqa, Il Khan of Persia (1265-1281)