List of heads of state 1242

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Africa

Egypt ( Ayyubids )
- Sultan : As-Salih (1240-1249)

Algeria ( Abdalwadiden )
- Sultan : Abu Yahya ibn Zayyan (1236-1282)

Ethiopia
- Emperor (Negus Negest) : Yetbarak (1207–1247) ( 1260–1268 )

Ifriqiya (East Algeria, Tunisia) ( Hafsiden )
- Emir : Abu Zakariya Yahya I (1229-1249)

Kingdom of Mali
- King : Sundiata Keïta (1240–1260)

Morocco
- Almohads in Marrakech
  - Caliph : Abd al-Wahid II. Ar-Rashid (1232-1242)
  - Caliph: Ali Abul-Hasan as-Said (1242-1248)

Empire Kanem
- King : Dunama II. Dibbalemi (1203–1242)
- King: Kaday I (1242–1270)

America

Inca Empire
- Sinchi : Sinchi Roca (approx. 1230 – approx. 1260)

Asia

Bagan
- King : Kyaswa (1234-1250)

Champa
- King : Jaya Paramesvara Varman II (1220–1252)

China ( Song Dynasty )
- Emperor : Lizong (1224-1264)

Georgia
- King : Rusudan (1223-1245)

Empire of the Golden Horde
- Khan : Batu Khan (1236-1255)

India
- Ahom (Assam)
  - King : Sukaphaa (1228–1268)
- Chola (in South India)
  - King : Rajaraja Chola III. (1218–1256)
- Delhi
  - Sultan : Muiz ud din Bahram (1240-1242)
  - Sultan: Ala ud din Masud (1242–1246)
- Hoysala (in today's Karnataka)
  - King : Vira Someshwara (1235–1254)
- Pandya (in South India)
  - King : Maaravaramban Sundara Pandiyan II (1241–1251)

Japan
- Emperor : Shijō (1232-1242)
- Kaiser: Go saga (1242-1246)
- Shogun ( Kamakura ): Kujō Yoritsune (1226-1244)

Abbasid Caliphate
- Caliph : Al-Mustansir (1226-1242)
- Caliph: Al-Mustasim (1242–1258)

Kambuja ( Khmer )
- King : Indravarman III. (1220-1243)

Lesser Armenia
- Queen : Isabella (1219–1252)
- King: Hethum I (1226–1269)

Korea ( Goryeo Dynasty )
- King : Gojong (1213–1259)

Crusader States
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
  - King : Konrad II. (1228–1254)
- Principality of Antioch
  - Prince : Bohemond V (1233–1252)
- Tripoli county
  - Count : Bohemund V. (1233–1252)

Mongolia
- Regent : Töregene (1241-1246)

Ryūkyū Islands
- King: Shun Bajunki (1238-1248)

Seljuks
- Rum Seljuks
  - Sultan : Kai Chosrau II. (1237-1246)

Thailand
- Sukhothai
  - King : Sri Indraditya (1238-1270)

Trebizond
- Emperor : Manuel I (1238–1263)

Vietnam (Tran Dynasty)
- Emperor : Trần Cảnh (1226–1258)

Europe

Achaia
- Prince : Gottfried II of Villehardouin (1228–1246)

Archipelagos
- Duke : Angelo (1227–1262)

Athens
- Duke : Guido I. de la Roche (1225–1263)

Bulgaria
- Tsar : Kaliman I. Assen (1241–1246)

Byzantine Empire
- Empire of Nikaia
  - Emperor : John III. Dukas Vatatzes (1222–1254)
- Latin Empire
  - Emperor : Baldwin II (1228–1261)

Denmark
- King : Erik IV (1241–1250)

England
- King : Heinrich III. (1216-1272)

Epirus
- Despot : Michael II. Angelus (1230–1267 / 68)

France
- King : Louis IX. (1226-1270)
- Angoulême
  - Count : Hugo X. of Lusignan (1219–1249)
- Armagnac
  - Count : Bernard V. (1241–1243)
  - Count : Robert I. (1237-1250)
- Astarac
  - Count : Centulle II. (1233-1249)
- Aumale
  - Count : Ferdinand I. (1239–1252)
- Auvergne (county)
  - Count : Wilhelm X. (1224-1247)
- Auvergne (Dauphiné)
  - Dauphin : Robert II (1240–1262)
- Auxerre
  - Countess : Mathilde von Courtenay (1192–1257)
- bar
  - Count : Theobald II. (1239–1291)
- Blois
  - Count : Hugo I of Châtillon (1230–1248)
- Boulogne
  - Countess : Mathilde (1227–1262)
  - Count: Alfons III. of Portugal (1238–1253) ( de iure uxoris )
- bourbon
  - Lord : Archambault VIII. (1216–1242)
  - Lord: Archambault IX. (1242-1249)
- Brittany
  - Duke : Johann I (1221–1286)
- Burgundy (Duchy)
  - Duke : Hugo IV (1218–1272)
- Burgundy (Free County)
  - Count Palatine : Otto III. (1234-1248)
- Champagne
  - Count : Theobald IV. (1201–1253)
- Chartres
  - Countess : Elisabeth (Isabella) (1218–1248)
- Comminges
  - Count : Bernard VI. (1241–1295 (?))
- Dauphiné
  - Count : Guigues VII. (1237-1269)
- Dreux
  - Count : Johann I (1234-1249)
- Eu
  - Count : Rudolf II. (1219–1246)
- Foix
  - Count : Roger IV (1241–1265)
- Forez
  - Count : Guigues V. (1241–1259)
- Guînes
  - Count : Balduin II. (1220 / 21–1245 / 47)
- Limoges
  - Count : Guido VI. (1230-1263)
- Marche
  - Count : Hugo X. of Lusignan (1219–1249)
- Narbonne
  - Vice Count : Amalric I (1239-1270)
- Nevers
  - Countess : Mathilde von Courtenay (1192–1257)
- orange
  - Prince : Raimund I (1219–1282)
- Penthièvre
  - Countess : Jolantha (1235-1272)
- Périgord
  - Count : Archambaud II. (1212-1245)
- Provence
  - Count : Raimund Berengar V. (1219–1245)
- Rethel
  - Count : Hugo III. (1227–1242 / 43)
  - Count: Johann (1242 / 43–1251)
- Rodez
  - Count : Hugo IV. (1221–1274)
- Rouergue
  - Count : Raimund VII. (1222-1249)
- Saint-Pol
  - Count : Hugo V. (1226-1248)
- Sancerre
  - Count : Ludwig I (1218–1268)
- Soissons
  - Count : Johann II. (1235–1270 / 72)
- Tonnerre
  - Countess : Mathilde von Courtenay (1192–1257)
- Toulouse
  - Count : Raimund VII. (1222-1249)
- Uzes
  - Lord : Bermond II. D'Uzès (1209–1254)
- Vaudémont
  - Count : Hugo II. (1188-1242)
  - Count : Heinrich I (1242–1279)
- Vendôme
  - Count : Peter (1230-1249)

Holy Roman Empire
- King : Friedrich II. (1212–1250) ( emperor from 1220)
- Electorates
  - Archbishopric of Cologne
    - Archbishop : Konrad von Hochstaden (1238–1261)
  - Archbishopric Mainz
    - Archbishop : Siegfried III. von Eppstein (1230–1249)
  - Archbishopric Trier
    - Archbishop : Theodoric von Wied (1212–1242)
    - Archbishop: Arnold II of Isenburg (1242–1259)
  - Bohemia
    - King : Wenceslas I (1230–1253)
  - Brandenburg
    - Johannine Line (Stendal)
      - Margrave : Johann I (1220–1266)
    - Ottonian Line (Salzwedel)
      - Margrave : Otto III. (1220-1267)
  - Electoral Palatinate
    - Count Palatine : Otto II the Illustrious (1214 / 28–1253)
  - Saxony
    - Duke : Albrecht I (1212-1260)
- spiritual principalities
  - Hochstift Augsburg
    - Bishop : Siboto von Seefeld (1227–1247)
  - Bamberg Monastery
    - Bishop : Poppo von Andechs-Meran (1237–1242)
    - Bishop: Heinrich I of Bilversheim (1242–1257)
  - Hochstift Basel
    - Bishop : Lüthold II of Rötteln (1238–1248)
  - Besançon Archbishopric
    - Archbishop : Jean II (1242–1244)
  - Brandenburg Monastery
    - Bishop : Rudgar von Ammendorf (1241–1251)
  - Archbishopric Bremen-Hamburg
    - Archbishop / Bishop : Gebhard II. Zur Lippe (1219–1258)
  - Paderborn Monastery
    Bishop : Bernhard IV. Zur Lippe (1228–1247)

Italy
- Ferrara
  - Podestà : Azzo VII. D'Este (1215–1264)
- Papal States
  - Pope : Sedisvakanz (1241–1243)
- Montferrat
  - Margrave : Boniface II. (1225–1253 / 55)
- Saluzzo
  - Margrave : Manfred III. (1215-1244)
- Savoy
  - Count : Amadeus IV. (1233–1253)
- Sicily
  - King : Friedrich I (1198–1250)
- Venice
  - Doge : Jacopo Tiepolo (1229-1249)
- Verona
  - Podestà: Ezzelino da Romano (1236–1259)

Livonia ( German Order )
- Landmeister : Andreas von Felben (1241–1242) (1248-1253)
- Landmeister: Dietrich von Grüningen (1238–1241) (1242–1246)

Norway
- King : Håkon IV. Håkonsson (1217–1263)

Poland
- Senior Duke : Konrad of Mazovia (1229–1232) (1241–1243)
- Pomeranian
  - Danzig
    - Duke: Swantopolk II. (1220–1266)
  - Love show
    - Duke: Sambor II. (1220-1272)

Portugal
- King : Sancho II. (1223–1248) (de facto deposed in 1245)

Russia
- Vladimir
  - Grand Duke : Yaroslav II. Vsevolodowitsch (1238–1246)

Silesia
- Wroclaw
  - Duke : Boleslaw II. (1241–1248) (until 1242 under the tutelage of his mother)
    - Regent: Anna of Bohemia (1241–1242)
- Lebus falls to Breslau in 1242
  - Duke: Mieszko (1241–1242)
- Upper Silesia (Opole-Ratibor)
  - Duke: Mieszko II. (1230-1246)

Scotland
- King : Alexander II (1214-1249)

Sweden
- King : Erik XI. (1222-1229) (1234-1250)

Serbia
- King : Stefan Vladislav (1234–1243)

Spain
- Aragon
  - King : Jacob I (1213–1276)
- Cerdanya united with Aragon 1242-1276
  - Count : Nuno Sanchez (1223–1242)
- Granada ( Nasrid )
  - Emir : Muhammad I ibn Nasr (1232-1273)
- Castile and Leon
  - King : Ferdinand III. the saint (1230–1252)
- Navarre
  - King : Theobald I (1234–1253)
- Urgell
  - Count : Ponç (1236-1243)

Hungary
- King : Béla IV. (1235-1270)

Wallachia
- Prince : Litovoi Bassaraba I (1230–1245)

Wales
- Deheubarth (1234–1286 under the suzerainty of Gwynned)
  - Prince : Rhys Mechyll (1234–1244)
- Gwynedd
  - King : Dafydd ap Llywelyn (1240–1246)
- Powys
  - Powys Fadog (North Powys)
    - Prince : Gruffydd Maelor ap Madog (1236–1269)
  - Powys Wenwynwyn (South Powys)
    - Prince : Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn (1240–1286)

Cyprus
- King : Henry I (1218–1253)