Bayezid I

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Ottoman sultan monarch

Bayezid I was a late 14th-century Ottoman sultan known for rapidly expanding the empire into the Balkans and Anatolia before his defeat and capture by Timur at the Battle of Ankara.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ottoman sultan → monarch →
alsoKnownAs	Beyazid I → Yıldırım Bayezid →
birthDate	c. 1354 →
birthPlace	Ottoman Empire →
capturedBy	Timur →
causeOfDeath	illness in captivity →
child	Mehmed I → Musa Çelebi → Mustafa Çelebi → Süleyman Çelebi → İsa Çelebi →
conflict	Battle of Ankara → Battle of Kosovo (1389) → Battle of Nicopolis →
countryOfCitizenship	Ottoman Empire →
dateOfDefeat	1402-07-28 →
deathDate	1403 →
deathPlace	in captivity after the Battle of Ankara →
defeatedAt	Battle of Ankara →
father	Murad I →
givenName	Bayezid →
historicalEra	Late Middle Ages →
house	Ottoman dynasty →
knownFor	campaigns in Anatolia → campaigns in the Balkans → rapid expansion of the Ottoman Empire →
militaryUnitUsed	Janissaries →
mother	Gülçiçek Hatun →
nickname	Yıldırım →
nicknameMeaning	Thunderbolt →
notableEvent	defeat of the Crusader army at Nicopolis in 1396 →
opponent	Timur →
policy	centralization of power in the Ottoman state → use of timar system to organize cavalry →
positionHeld	Sultan of the Ottoman Empire →
predecessor	Murad I →
regionRuled	Anatolia → Balkans →
reignEnd	1402 →
reignStart	1389 →
religion	Sunni Islam →
siege	Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402) →
spouse	Devlet Hatun → Olivera Despina →
successor	Mehmed I →
territorialExpansion	conquest of much of western Anatolia → extension of Ottoman rule deep into the Balkans → subjugation of many Anatolian beyliks →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bayezid I ("Beyazid I") → Bayezid I ("Yıldırım Bayezid") →	alsoKnownAs
Ottoman Empire → Ottoman dynasty →	notableRuler
Murad I →	child
Ulu Cami (Great Mosque of Bursa) →	commissionedBy
Timur →	defeated
Bayezid I ("Bayezid") →	givenName
early Ottoman period →	hasKeyRuler
Byzantine–Ottoman wars →	notableCommanderOttoman
Manuel II Palaiologos →	opponent
Murad I →	successor