Mehmed II

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15th-century ruler Muslim Ottoman sultan conqueror monarch

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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Mehmed II canonical	48
Sultan Mehmed II	6
Mehmed the Conqueror	4
Fatih Sultan Mehmed	1
Mahomet II	1
Mehmed II Fatih	1
Mehmed bin Murad	1
Ottoman sultan Mehmed II	1
reign of Mehmed II	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 (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ottoman Empire → notableRuler → Mehmed II ⓘ

Constantine XI Palaiologos → opponent → Mehmed II ⓘ

Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD → hasCommander → Mehmed II ⓘ

Ottoman dynasty → notableRuler → Mehmed II ⓘ

Mehmed II → fullName → Mehmed II self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mehmed bin Murad

Mehmed II → alsoKnownAs → Mehmed II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mehmed the Conqueror

Mehmed II → alsoKnownAs → Mehmed II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fatih Sultan Mehmed

Mehmed II → alsoKnownAs → Mehmed II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mehmed II Fatih

Mohegan tribe → hasNotableLeader → Mehmed II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahomet II

Hagia Sophia → convertedToMosqueBy → Mehmed II ⓘ

Grand Bazaar → builtDuringReignOf → Mehmed II ⓘ

Topkapi Palace → builtBy → Mehmed II ⓘ

Ottoman sultan → significantFigure → Mehmed II ⓘ

Demetrios Palaiologos → capturedBy → Mehmed II ⓘ

Giovanni Giustiniani → opponent → Mehmed II ⓘ

Byzantine–Ottoman wars → notableCommanderOttoman → Mehmed II ⓘ

Orhan Çelebi → opponent → Mehmed II ⓘ

Orhan Çelebi → executionOrderedBy → Mehmed II ⓘ

Republic of Venice (local forces) → opponent → Mehmed II ⓘ

Zaganos Pasha → employer → Mehmed II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultan Mehmed II

Zaganos Pasha → monarchServed → Mehmed II ⓘ

Zaganos Pasha → closeAdvisorTo → Mehmed II ⓘ

Zaganos Pasha → era → Mehmed II ⓘ

this entity surface form: reign of Mehmed II

Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions → developedUnder → Mehmed II ⓘ

Edirne Palace ruins → expandedUnder → Mehmed II ⓘ

Ottoman House → notableRuler → Mehmed II ⓘ

Empire of Trebizond → conqueredBy → Mehmed II ⓘ

Rumeli Fortress → commissionedBy → Mehmed II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultan Mehmed II

Rumeli Fortress → commissionedBy → Mehmed II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mehmed the Conqueror

Hüma Hatun → motherOf → Mehmed II ⓘ

Hüma Hatun → child → Mehmed II ⓘ

Hüma Hatun → relative → Mehmed II ⓘ

Hüma Hatun → associatedWith → Mehmed II ⓘ

Hüma Hatun → childAlsoKnownAs → Mehmed II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mehmed the Conqueror

Kayser-i Rûm → usedBy → Mehmed II ⓘ

Kayser-i Rûm → linkedToPerson → Mehmed II ⓘ

Ottoman territorial expansion → hasMajorRuler → Mehmed II ⓘ

Ottoman territorial expansion → hasConsolidationRuler → Mehmed II ⓘ

Fatih Mosque → namedAfter → Mehmed II ⓘ

Fatih Mosque → commissionedBy → Mehmed II ⓘ

Fatih Mosque → patron → Mehmed II ⓘ

First Courtyard → commissionedBy → Mehmed II ⓘ

Murad II → successor → Mehmed II ⓘ

Murad II → child → Mehmed II ⓘ

Bayezid II → predecessor → Mehmed II ⓘ

Bayezid II → father → Mehmed II ⓘ

Meñli I Giray → suzerainRecognized → Mehmed II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman sultan Mehmed II

Ottoman conquest of the Morea → commander → Mehmed II ⓘ

Ottoman conquest of the Morea → commandedBy → Mehmed II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultan Mehmed II

Constantine Palaiologos → opponent → Mehmed II ⓘ