Mehmed ii the conqueror biography of williams

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1444–1446, 1451–1481)

"Fatih Sultan Mehmed" redirects here. For the bridge that spans the Bosphorus strait, see Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge.

Mehmed II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى, romanized: Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; Turkish: II.

Mehmed ii the conqueror biography of williams

Mehmet, pronounced[icinˈdʒiˈmehmet]; 30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Ottoman Turkish: ابو الفتح, romanized: Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit. 'the Father of Conquest'; Turkish: Fâtih Sultan Mehmed), 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 Treaties of Edirne and Szeged. When Mehmed II ascended the throne again in 1451, he strengthened the Ottoman Navy and made preparations to attack Constantino