List of heads of state 1340

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Africa

• Egypt ( Bahri Dynasty )
  • Sultan : al-Malik an-Nasir Muhammad (1293-1294) (1299-1309) (1310-1341)

• Ethiopia
  • Emperor (Negus Negest) : Amda Seyon I (1314–1344)

• Ifriqiya (East Algeria, Tunisia) ( Hafsiden )
  • Caliph : Abu Bakr II (1318-1346)

• Kingdom of Mali
  • King : Maghan (1337-1341)

• Morocco ( Merinids )
  • Sultan : Abu l-Hasan (1331-1351)

• Empire Kanem
  • King : Idris I. Nikale (1335-1359)

America

• Aztec Empire
  • Tlatoani : Ténoch (1325-1371)

• Inca Empire
  • Sinchi : Cápac Yupanqui (approx. 1320 – approx. 1350)

Asia

• Kingdom of the White Mutton (Ak Koyunlu)
  • Ruler: Tur Ali Bey (1340 – ca. 1362)

• Champa
  • King : Chê A Nan (1318–1342)

• China and Mongolia ( Yuan Dynasty )
  • Emperor : Toghan Timur (1333-1368)

• Georgia
  • King : Giorgi V the Radiant (1297–1298) (1314–1346)

• Empire of the Golden Horde
  • Khan: Uzbek (1312-1342)

• India
  • Ahom (Assam)
    • King: Sukhrampha (1332-1364)
  • Delhi
    • Sultan : Muhammad Shah II (1325-1351)
  • Hoysala (in today's Karnataka)
    • King: Vira Ballala III. (1291-1343)
  • Vijayanagar (South India)
    • King: Harihara Raya I (1336-1356)

• Indonesia
  • Majapahit
    • Queen: Tribhuwana Wijayrachtga Dewi (1328-1350)

• Iraq
  • Ruler ( Jalairids ): Hasan Buzurg the Great (1336–1356)

• Japan
  • Emperor ( Südhof ): Go-Murakami (1339–1368)
  • Emperor (north court): Kōmyō (1336-1348)
  • Shogun Ashikaga : Ashikaga Takauji (1338-1358)

• Kambuja ( Khmer )
  • King: Paramathakemaraja (1330-1353)

• Lesser Armenia
  • King : Leon V (1320-1341)

• Korea ( Goryeo Dynasty )
  • King : Chunghye Wang (1330–1332), (1339–1344)

• Ottoman Empire
  • Sultan : Orhan I (1326-1359)

• Persia
  • Ruler ( Muzaffariden in Isfahan): Mubariz ad-Din Muhammad (1314–1358)

• Ryūkyū Islands
  • King: Seii (1337-1354)

• Sukhothai
  • King : Loe Thai (1298–1346)

• Trebizond
  • Emperor : Basil (1332-1340)
  • Empress: Irene (1340-1341)

• Chagatai Khanate
  • Khan in the eastern part: Kazan (1337-1346)

Europe

• Achaia
  • Princess : Catherine of Valois-Courtenay (1333-1346)
  • Prince: Robert of Taranto (1332-1364)

• Andorra
  • Co-princes :
    • Count of Foix : Gaston II. (1315–1343)
    • Bishop of Urgell : Arnau de Llordà (1326–1341)

• Archipelagos
  • Duke : Niccolò I (1323-1341)

• Athens
  • Duke : John II of Sicily (1338–1348)

• Bulgaria
  • Tsar : Ivan Alexander (1331-1371)

• Byzantine Empire
  • Emperor : Andronikos III. (1328–1341)

• Denmark
  • King : Waldemar IV. (1340-1376)
  • Schleswig
    • Duke : Waldemar V. (1325–1326) (1330–1364)

• Teutonic Order State
  • Grand Master : Dietrich von Altenburg (1335–1341)

• England
  • King : Edward III. (1327-1377)

• Epirus
  • Despot : Nikephorus II. Orsini (1335-1349)

• France
  • King : Philip VI. (1328-1350)
  • Alençon and Perche
    • Count : Charles II (1325–1346)
  • Armagnac
    • Count : Johann I the Good (1319–1373)
  • Artois
    • Countess : Joan of France (1330–1347)
  • Astarac
    • Count : Johann I (1331-1368)
  • Aumale
    • Count : Johann II. (1302–1342)
  • Auvergne (county)
    • Countess : Johanna I. (1332-1360)
  • Auvergne (Dauphiné)
    • Dauphin : Johann Dauphinet (1324–1351)
  • bar
    • Count : Heinrich IV. (1337-1344)
  • Blois
    • Count : Guido I of Châtillon (1307–1342)
  • Brittany
    • Duke : Johann III. (1312-1341)
  • Burgundy (Duchy)
    • Duke : Odo IV. , (1315-1350)
  • Burgundy (Free County)
    • Countess Palatine : Johanna III. (1330-1347)
  • Comminges
    • Count : Pierre Reymond I (1339-1341)
  • Dauphiné
    • Count : Humbert II. (1333-1349)
  • Dreux
    • Count : Peter I (1331-1345)
  • Eu
    • Count : Rudolf III. (1302-1344)
  • Evreux
    • Count : Philipp (1319–1343)
  • Foix
    • Count : Gaston II. (1315-1343)
  • Marche
    • Count : Ludwig I (1327–1342)
  • Nevers
    • Count : Ludwig II. (1322–1346)
  • orange
    • Prince : Raimund III. (1335-1340)
    • Prince: Raimund IV. (1340-1393)
  • Penthièvre
    • Countess : Johanna (1331–1384)
  • Périgord
    • Count : Roger Bernard (1336-1369)
  • Provence
    • Count : Robert (1309-1343)
  • Rethel
    • Count: Ludwig II. (1322–1346)
  • Vendôme
    • Count: Burchard VI. (1315-1354)

• Golden Horde: see #Asia

• Holy Roman Empire
  • King : Ludwig IV the Bavarian (1314–1347), emperor from 1328
  • Electorates
    • Archbishopric of Cologne
      • Archbishop : Walram von Jülich (1332-1349)
    • Archbishopric Mainz
      • Archbishop : Heinrich III. von Virneburg (1328–1346)
    • Archbishopric Trier
      • Archbishop : Baldwin of Luxembourg (1307-1354)
    • Bohemia
      • King : John of Luxembourg (1311-1346)
    • Brandenburg
      • Margrave : Ludwig I (1323-1351)
    • Electoral Palatinate
      • Count Palatine : Rudolf II. (1329-1353)
    • Saxony
      • Duke : Rudolf I (1298–1356)
  • spiritual principalities
    • Hochstift Augsburg
      • Bishop : Heinrich III. von Schönegg (1337-1348)
    • Bamberg Monastery
      • Bishop : Leopold II of Egloffstein (1335–1343)
    • Hochstift Basel
      • Bishop : Johann II. Senn von Münsingen (1335–1365) (1337–1338 administrator of Strasbourg)
    • Besançon Archbishopric
      • Archbishop : Hugues VI. de Vienne (1334-1355)
    • Brandenburg Monastery
      • Bishop : Ludwig Schenk von Neindorf (1327–1347)
    • Archbishopric Bremen-Hamburg
      • Bishop : Burghard II. Grelle (1327-1344)
    • Brixen monastery
      • Bishop : Matthäus Andergassen (1336-1363)
    • Cambrai Monastery
      • Bishop : Guillaume III. d'Auxonne (1336-1342)
    • Hochstift Cammin
      • Bishop : Friedrich von Eickstedt (1329–1343)
    • Chiemsee Abbey
      • Bishop : Konrad von Liechtenstein (1330-1354)
    • Chur Monastery
      • Bishop : Ulrich V. von Lenzburg (1331–1355)
    • Eichstätt Monastery
      • Bishop : Heinrich V. Schenk von Reicheneck (1329-1344)
    • Hochstift Freising
      • Bishop : Conrad IV of Klingenberg (1324–1340) (1322–1324 Bishop of Brixen)
      • Bishop: John II. Hake (1340-1349)
    • Geneva Monastery
      • Bishop : Pierre de Faucigny (1311–1342)
    • Halberstadt Monastery
      • Bishop : Albrecht II of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1324–1358)
    • Hochstift Havelberg
      • Bishop : Dietrich I. Kothe (1325–1341)
    • Hildesheim Monastery
      • Bishop : Heinrich III. from Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1331-1362)
    • Constance monastery
      • Bishop : Nikolaus von Frauenfeld (1334-1344)
    • Lausanne bishopric
      • Bishop : Jean II. De Rossillon (1323-1341)
    • Lübeck bishopric
      • Bishop : Heinrich II. Bochholt (1317–1341)
    • Liège Monastery
      • Bishop : Adolf II of the Mark (1313–1344)
    • Archbishopric Magdeburg
      • Bishop : Otto von Hessen (1327-1361)
    • Meissen Abbey
      • Bishop : Withego II of Colditz (1312–1341 / 42)
    • Merseburg Monastery
      • Bishop : Gebhard von Schrapelau (1320-1340)
    • Metz bishopric
      • Bishop : Ademar von Monteil (1327-1361)
    • Hochstift Minden
      • Bishop : Ludwig von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1324–1346)
    • Monastery of Münster
      • Bishop : Ludwig II of Hesse (1310-1357)
    • Naumburg Monastery
      • Bishop : Witticho I of Ostrau (1335-1348)
    • Osnabrück Monastery
      • Bishop : Gottfried von Arnsberg (1321-1349)
    • Paderborn Monastery
      • Bishop : Bernhard V. zur Lippe (1321-1341)
    • Passau bishopric
      • Bishop : Albert II of Saxony-Wittenberg (1320–1342)
    • Ratzeburg Monastery
      • Bishop : Volrad von dem Dorne (1335-1355)
    • Regensburg Monastery
      • Bishop : Nikolaus von Ybbs (1313-1340)
        • Bishop: Friedrich of Nuremberg (1340-1365)
    • Archbishopric Salzburg
      • Archbishop : Heinrich von Pirnbrunn (1338–1343)
    • Schwerin Monastery
      • Bishop : Heinrich I von Bülow (1339–1347)
    • Hochstift Sitten
      • Bishop : Philibert de Gastons (1338–1342)
    • Speyer Monastery
      • Bishop : Gerhard von Ehrenberg (1336-1363)
    • Strasbourg Monastery
      • Bishop : Berthold II of Buchegg (1328-1353)
    • Toul Monastery
      • Bishop : Thomas de Bourlemont (1330-1353)
    • Hochstift Trento
      • Bishop : Nikolaus Abrein (1338–1347)
    • Utrecht Monastery
      • Bishop : Nicola Capocci (1341–1342)
    • Verden Monastery
      • Bishop : John II. Hake (1332-1340)
    • Verdun Monastery
      • Bishop : Henrich IV of Aspremont (1312-1349)
    • Hochstift Worms
      • Bishop : Salmann Cleman (1329-1359)
    • Würzburg Monastery
      • Bishop : Otto II von Wolfskeel (1333–1345)
  • secular principalities
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      • Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg
        • Prince : Bernhard III. (1318-1348)
      • Anhalt-Zerbst
        • Prince : Albrecht II (1316–1362)
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      • Margrave : Hermann IX. (1333-1353)
    • Bavaria
      • Lower Bavaria (falls to Upper Bavaria)
        • Duke : Johann I (1339-1340)
      • Upper Bavaria
        • Duke : Ludwig IV. (1294 / 1301–1347)
    • mountain
      • Count : Adolf VI. (1308-1348)
    • Brabant, Limburg and Lower Lorraine
      • Duke : Johann III. (1312-1355)
    • Duchy of Brunswick-Lueneburg
      • Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
        • Prince: Heinrich II. (1322–1351)
        • Prince: Ernst I (1322-1361)
        • Prince: Wilhelm (1322-1360)
      • Braunschweig-Lüneburg
        • Prince : Otto III. (1330-1352)
        • Prince: Wilhelm II. (1330-1369)
      • Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
        • Prince : Otto the Mild (1318-1344)
    • Flanders
      • Count : Ludwig I (1322-1346)
    • Funds
      • Duke : Rainald II. (1318 / 26–1343) (until 1339 Count of Geldern)
    • Hanau
      • Lord : Ulrich II. (1305 / 06–1346)
    • Hesse
      • Landgrave : Heinrich II. (1328–1376)
    • Hohenzollern
      • Count : Friedrich IX. (1333-1379)
    • Holland
      • Count : Wilhelm IV. (1337-1345)
    • Holstein
      • Holstein-Kiel
        • Count : Johann III. of mildness (1316–1359)
      • Holstein-Pinneberg
        • Count: Adolf VII. (1315-1354)
      • Holstein-Plön
        • Count: Gerhard V. (1323-1350)
      • Holstein-Rendsburg
        • Count: Gerhard III. (1304-1340)
        • Count: Heinrich II. (1340-1382)
    • Jülich
      • Margrave : Wilhelm I (1328–1361) (count until 1336, duke from 1356)
    • Kleve
      • Count: Dietrich VII. (1310-1347)
    • Limburg: see Brabant
    • lip
      • Lord : Simon I. (1273-1344)
    • Lorraine (list of rulers )
      • Lower Lorraine see Brabant
      • Upper Lorraine , Duke: Rudolf (1328–1346)
    • Lüneburg: see Braunschweig
    • Luxembourg
      • Count : Johann von Böhmen (1313–1346)
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      • Count : Adolf II. (1328-1347)
    • Mecklenburg
      • Mecklenburg-Schwerin
        • Prince (from 1348 Duke): Albrecht II. (1329–1379)
      • Mecklenburg-Stargard
        • Prince (from 1348 duke): Johann I (1329-1392)
    • Margraviate of Meissen
      • Margrave : Friedrich II. (1323-1349)
    • Namur
      • Count : Wilhelm I (1337-1391)
    • Nassau
      • walramic line
        • Count : Gerlach I (1305-1344)
      • Ottonian line
        • Nassau victories
        • Count : Heinrich III. (1290–1343)
    • Nuremberg
      • Burgrave : Johann II. (1332-1357)
    • Ortenberg
      • Count : Heinrich III. (1297 / 1321–1345)
    • Austria
      • Duke : Albrecht II (1339-1358)
    • Pomerania
      • Pomerania-Szczecin
        • Duke : Otto I (1295-1344)
      • Pomerania-Wolgast
        • Duke : Bogislaw V. (1326-1374)
        • Duke: Barnim IV. (1326-1365)
        • Duke: Wartislaw V. (1326-1390)
    • Ravensberg
      • Count : Bernhard (1328-1346)
    • Saarbrücken
      • Count : Johann I (1308–1342)
    • Saxony-Lauenburg
      • Bergedorf-Mölln
        • Duke : Albrecht IV (1321-1343)
      • Ratzeburg
        • Duke: Erich I (1296-1361)
    • Schwerin
      • Schwerin
        • Count : Heinrich III. (1307-1344)
      • Wittenburg
        • Count : Otto I. (1327-1357)
      • Boizenburg
        • Count : Nicholas II (1323-1349)
    • Tecklenburg
      • Count: Nicholas I (1328–1367 / 69)
    • Tyrol
      • Count : Johann Heinrich (1335-1341)
    • Veldenz
      • Count : Georg I (1327-1347)
    • Waldeck
      • Count : Heinrich IV. (1305-1344)
    • Weimar-Orlamünde
      • Count : Otto VI. (1305-1340)
      • Count: Friedrich I. (1340-1365)
    • Württemberg
      • Count : Ulrich III. (1325-1344)
    • Zweibrücken
      • Count : Walram II (1311-1366)

• Italian states
  • Estonian
    • Margrave : Bertoldo I (1312–1343)
  • Ferrara, Modena and Reggio
    • Lord : Obizzo III. d'Este (1317-1352)
  • Genoa
    • Doge : Simone Boccanegra (1339-1344)
  • Papal States
    • Pope : Benedict XII. (1334–1342)
  • Milan
    • City lord : Luchino Visconti (1339–1349)
  • Mantua
    • Imperial Vicar : Luigi I. Gonzaga (1328-1360)
  • Montferrat
    • Margrave : Johann II. (1338–1372)
  • Naples
    • King : Robert (1309-1343)
  • Rimini
    • Lord : Ferrantino Malatesta (1326-1353)
  • Saluzzo
    • Margrave : Manfred IV. (1296-1340)
    • Margrave: Thomas II (1340-1357)
  • Savoy
    • Count : Haimone (1329–1343)
  • Sicily
    • King : Peter II (1337–1342)
  • Tarent
    • Prince : Robert of Taranto (1332-1346)
  • Venice
    • Doge : Bartolomeo Gradenigo (1339–1342)
  • Verona
    • Podesta : Alberto II. Della Scala (1329-1352)
    • Podesta: Mastino II. Della Scala (1329-1351)

• Order of St. John in Rhodes
  • Grand Master : Helion de Villeneuve (1319–1346)

• Lithuania
  • Grand Duke : Gediminas (1316–1341)

• Livonia
  • Landmeister : Eberhard von Monheim (1328–1340)
  • Landmeister: Burkhard von Dreileben (1340-1345)

• Monaco
  • Seigneur Charles I (1331-1357)

• Norway
  • King : Magnus VII. Eriksson (1319–1355)

• Poland
  • King : Casimir III. (1333-1370)

• Portugal
  • King : Alfonso IV (1325-1357)

• Russia
  • Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir : Ivan I (1328–1341)

• Scotland
  • King : David II (1329-1371)

• Sweden
  • King : Magnus II (1319-1364)

• Serbia
  • Prince : Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan (1331–1355)

• Spain
  • Aragon
    • King : Peter IV (1336-1387)
  • Cerdanya
    • Count : Jakob III. (1324-1349)
  • Granada ( Nasrid )
    • Sultan : Yusuf I (1333-1354)
  • Castile and León
    • King : Alfonso XI. the avenger (1312-1350)
  • Mallorca
    • King : Jacob III. (1324–1344 / 49)
  • Navarre
    • Queen : Joan II (1316-1318), (1328-1349)
  • Urgell
    • Count : Jacob I (1328-1347)

• Hungary
  • King : Karl I. Robert (1307 / 08–1342)

• Wallachia
  • Prince : Basarab I. Întemeietorul (The Founder) (1310–1352)

• Cyprus
  • King : Hugo IV. (1324-1359)