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Sultan Mehmed, I

Male 1382 - 1421  (39 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Mehmed  
    Prefix Sultan 
    Suffix
    Birth 1382  Bursa, Marmara, Türkiye Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 May 1421  Edirne Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 3 Siblings 
    Person ID I488547  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2009 

    Father Sultan Bayazid Yildirim, I,   b. 1360, Bursa, Marmara, Türkiye Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1403, Aksehir Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Mother Devlet Hatun   d. 1411 
    Marriage 1389 
    Family ID F196154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sheh-Zade Kumru Hatun   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F196153  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2009 

    Family 2 Emine Hatun   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage
    • third consort, this marriage served as an alliance between the Ottoman's and this buffer state
    Children 
    +1. Sultan Murad, II   d. Feb 1451, Adrianople, Türkiye Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F294697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2009 

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  • Notes 
    • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Rûm ) from 1413 to 1421
      the Ottoman Interregnum , when Mehmed stood as victor in 1413, he crowned himself sultan in Edirne . He restored the empire, moved the capital from Bursa to Edirne , and conquered parts of Albania , the Turkish emirate Candaroglu , and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from the Mamelukes . Taking many of his achievements into consideration, Mehmed is widely known as the "second founder" of the Ottoman Empire .

      Reign of Mehmed I, as Sultan of the re-united empire, had lasted only eight years. But he had been an independent prince for nearly the whole preceding period of eleven years that passed between his father's captivity at Ankara and his own final victory over his brother Musa at Chamurli .
      He was buried in Bursa, in a mausoleum erected by himself near the celebrated mosque which he built there, and which, from its decorations of green porcelain, is called the Green Mosque . This edifice is said to be the most beautiful specimen of Ottoman architecture and carving that is in existence. Mehmed I also completed the vast and magnificent mosque at Bursa, which his grandfather Murad I . had commenced, but which had been neglected during in reign of Bayezid . It is deserving of mention that Mehmed founded in the vicinity of his own mosque and mausoleum two characteristic institutions, one a school, and one a refectory for the poor both of which he endowed with royal munificence .



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