"Columbus before the Queen" (1843) by Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868)
| Country | Sovereign | Born | Acceded | |||
| Holy Roman Empire | Emperor Friedrich III | 21 September | 1415 | 2 February 19 March | 1440 1452 | |
| Moldavia | Prince Stefan III | 1433 | 12 April | 1457 | ||
| Naples | King Ferrante I | 2 June | 1423 | 27 June | 1458 | |
| Muscovy | Grand Prince Ivan III | 22 January | 1440 | 5 April | 1462 | |
| Sweden | Regent Sten Sture | 1440 | 1 June | 1470 | ||
| Bohemia | King Vladislaus II | 1 March | 1456 | 22 August | 1471 | |
| Hungary | 18 September | 1490 | ||||
| Castile | Queen Isabel I | 22 April | 1451 | 11 December | 1474 | |
| Milan | Duke Gian Galeazzo Sforza | 20 June | 1469 | 26 December | 1476 | |
| Aragon | King Fernando II | 10 March | 1452 | 20 January | 1479 | |
| Denmark | King Hans I | 2 February | 1455 | 1 May | 1481 | |
| Norway | 20 July | 1483 | ||||
| Ottoman Empire | Sultan Bayezid II | 3 December | 1447 | 3 May | 1481 | |
| Portugal | King João II | 3 March | 1455 | 28 August | 1481 | |
| Wallachia | Prince Vlad Calugarul | c 1425 | 1482 | |||
| Navarre | Queen Catalina I | 1468 | 7 January | 1483 | ||
| France | King Charles VIII | 31 June | 1470 | 30 August | 1483 | |
| England | King Henry VII | 28 January | 1457 | 22 August | 1485 | |
| Venice | Doge Agostino Barbarigo | 1420 | 1486 | |||
| Scotland | King James IV | 17 March | 1473 | 11 June | 1488 | |
| Savoy | Duke Carlo II | 23 June | 1489 | 13 March | 1490 | |
| Florence | Gran Maestro Piero de Medici | 15 February | 1472 | 1492 | ||
| Lithuania | Grand Duke Alexander Jagiellon | 5 August | 1461 | 30 July | 1492 | |
| Papal States | Pope Alexander VI | 1 January | 1431 | 11 August | 1492 | |
| Poland | King Jan I Olbracht | 27 December | 1459 | 23 September | 1492 | |
"Columbus before the Queen" (1843) by Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868)
1492: sailing to a new world (Relationships of European Monarchs of 1492)