Orhan Çelebi

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Orhan Çelebi was an Ottoman prince who sided with the Byzantines and commanded forces during the 1453 siege and fall of Constantinople.


Statements (40)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman prince
pretender to the Ottoman throne
allegiance Byzantine Empire
Ottoman dynasty (by birth)
areaOfActivity Constantinople
Ottoman–Byzantine frontier
associatedWith Byzantine–Ottoman diplomatic relations
Mehmed II’s conquest of Constantinople
capturedBy Ottoman forces of Mehmed II
conflict Fall of Constantinople
Siege of Constantinople (1453)
countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
deathCause execution
deathPlace Constantinople
ethnicGroup Turks
executionOrderedBy Mehmed II
fate captured by the Ottomans after the fall of Constantinople
executed after the fall of Constantinople
historicalContext late Byzantine–Ottoman wars
historicalRegion Anatolia
historicalSignificance example of intra-dynastic rivalry in the Ottoman succession
languageSpoken Ottoman Turkish
militaryCommand Byzantine-allied forces during the 1453 siege of Constantinople
militaryRank commander
notableEvent defense of Constantinople’s land walls in 1453
notableFor alliance with the Byzantine Empire against the Ottomans
participation in the 1453 siege of Constantinople
opponent Mehmed II
Ottoman Empire
politicalStatus rival claimant to the Ottoman throne
positionHeld Ottoman prince
relative Ottoman dynasty
residence Byzantine Empire
Constantinople
roleDuringEvent commander of troops defending Constantinople in 1453
sideInConflict Byzantine side in the 1453 siege of Constantinople
supportedBy Byzantine Empire
Constantinople
timePeriod 15th century
usedAs political pawn by the Byzantines against the Ottomans

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD
hasCommander

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