List of state leaders in 1444

1443 state leaders - Events of 1444 - 1445 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Adal Sultanate - Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din, Sultan (died 1445)
• Ethiopia - Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (1434-1468)

The Americas

• Aztec Empire - Moctezuma I, Aztec Emperor (1440 - 1469)
• Inca Empire - Pachacuti, Emperor (1438 - 1471)

Asia

• China (Ming Dynasty) - Zhengtong, Emperor of China (1435 - 1449)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Go-Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (1428-1464)
  • Shogun (Ashikaga) - vacant
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Sejong, King of Joseon (1418-1450)
• Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Shitatsu - King of Ryūkyū (1443-1449)

Europe

• Aragon - Alfonso V, King of Aragon (1416-1458)
• Burgundy - Philip III, the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1419-1467)
• Byzantine Empire - John VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor, (1425-1448)
• Castile - John II, King of Castile (1406-1454)
• Denmark - Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark (1440-1448)
• England (House of Lancaster) - Henry VI, King of England (1422-1461 and 1470-1471)
• France (Valois Dynasty) - Charles VII, King of France (1422-1461)
• Poland - Władysław III of Varna, King of Poland (1434-1444)
• Sweden - Christopher of Bavaria, King of Sweden (1441-1448)
• Venice - Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice (1423-1457)
• Scotland - James II, King of Scotland (1437-1460)

Middle East and North Africa

• Ak Koyunlu - Uzun Hassan, Leader of the White Sheep Turkmen (1435-1478)
• Cyprus - John II, King of Cyprus (1432-1458)
• Egypt - Jaqmaq, Sultan of Egypt (1438-1453)
• Ottoman Empire - Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (1421-1451)