Mehmed II
E20847
Mehmed II, also known as Mehmed the Conqueror, was the Ottoman sultan who captured Constantinople in 1453 and transformed the empire into a major regional power.
Observed surface forms (7)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Fatih Sultan Mehmed | 0 | 1 |
| Mahomet II | 0 | 1 |
| Mehmed II Fatih | 0 | 1 |
| Mehmed bin Murad | 0 | 1 |
| Mehmed the Conqueror | 0 | 1 |
| Sultan Mehmed II | 0 | 1 |
| reign of Mehmed II | 0 | 1 |
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
15th-century ruler
→
Muslim → Ottoman sultan → conqueror → monarch → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mehmed II
→
surface form:
Fatih Sultan Mehmed
Mehmed II →
surface form:
Mehmed II Fatih
Mehmed II →
surface form:
Mehmed the Conqueror
|
| birthDate | 1432-03-30 → |
| birthPlace |
Edirne
→
Ottoman Empire → |
| built |
Rumeli Fortress
→
surface form:
Rumeli Hisarı on the Bosporus
|
| burialPlace |
Fatih Mosque
→
surface form:
Fatih Mosque complex
Istanbul → |
| capitalMovedTo |
Istanbul
→
surface form:
Constantinople
|
| captured |
Istanbul
→
surface form:
Constantinople
|
| captureDate | 1453-05-29 → |
| commissioned |
Fatih Mosque
→
Rumeli Fortress → Topkapi Palace → |
| conquered |
Aegean islands
→
Albanian territories → Bosnia and Herzegovina →
surface form:
Bosnia
Crimean territories via vassalage → Morea → Serbia → Empire of Trebizond →
surface form:
Trebizond Empire
|
| deathDate | 1481-05-03 → |
| deathPlace |
Ottoman Empire
→
near Gebze → |
| defeated | Byzantine Empire → |
| dynasty | Ottoman dynasty → |
| ended | Byzantine Empire → |
| expanded |
Ottoman territories in Anatolia
→
Ottoman territories in the Balkans → |
| father | Murad II → |
| fullName |
Mehmed II
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
Mehmed bin Murad
|
| implemented | legal and administrative reforms → |
| interactedWith |
Genoese colonies in Crimea
→
surface form:
Genoese colonies
Hungary → Papal States → Republic of Venice →
surface form:
Venetian Republic
|
| knownFor | centralizing imperial administration → |
| language | Ottoman Turkish → |
| mother | Hüma Hatun → |
| notableBattle |
Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD
→
surface form:
Siege of Constantinople (1453)
|
| notableFor | conquest of Constantinople → |
| patronOf |
architecture
→
arts → scholarship → |
| predecessor | Murad II → |
| reignEnd |
1446
→
1481 → |
| reignStart |
1444
→
1451 → |
| religion | Islam → |
| renamed |
Istanbul
→
surface form:
Constantinople as Istanbul (administrative capital)
|
| successor | Bayezid II → |
| title | Kayser-i Rûm → |
| transformed | Ottoman Empire into a major regional power → |
| used | gunpowder artillery in siege warfare → |
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mehmed the Conqueror
this entity surface form:
Fatih Sultan Mehmed
this entity surface form:
Mehmed II Fatih
this entity surface form:
Sultan Mehmed II
this entity surface form:
reign of Mehmed II
this entity surface form:
Mehmed bin Murad
this entity surface form:
Mahomet II