Mehmed II: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

'''Mehmed II''' ({{lang-ota|محمد ثانى|translit=Meḥmed-i s̱ānī}}; {{lang-tr|II. Mehmed}}, {{IPA-|tr|icinˈdʒi ˈmehmet|pron}}; 30 March 1432{{spnd}}3 May 1481), commonly known as '''Mehmed the Conqueror''' ({{lang-ota|ابو الفتح|Ebū'l-fetḥ|lit=the Father of Conquest|links=no}}; {{lang-tr|Fâtih Sultan Mehmed|links=no}}), was twice the [[sultan of the Ottoman Empire]] from August 1444 to September 1446 and then later from February 1451 to May 1481.

In Mehmed II's first reign, he defeated the crusade led by [[John Hunyadi]] after the Hungarian incursions into his country broke the conditions of the truce per the [[Peace of Szeged|Treaties of Edirne and Szeged]]. When Mehmed II ascended the throne again in 1451, he strengthened the [[Ottoman Navy]] and made preparations to attack Constantinople. At the age of 21, he [[Fall of Constantinople|conquered Constantinople]] and brought an end to the [[Byzantine Empire]]. After the conquest, Mehmed claimed the title [[Caesar (title)|caesar]] of [[Roman Empire|Rome]] ({{lang-ota|قیصر‎ روم|qayṣar-i Rūm|links=no}}), based on the fact that Constantinople had been the seat and capital of the surviving [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman Empire]] since its consecration in 330 AD by [[Constantine the Great|Emperor Constantine I]].{{Sfn|Nicolle|2000|p=85}} The claim was soon recognized by the [[Patriarchate of Constantinople]], albeit not by most European monarchs.