Mehmed II, known as Mehmed the Conqueror, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire for two periods, from August 1444 to September 1446 and again from February 1451 until his death in May 1481. Born in 1432, he was a ruling commander who strengthened the Ottoman navy and then besieged and took Constantinople in 1453 at the age of twenty one, which ended the Byzantine Empire. He went on to reunify Anatolia and campaign as far west as Bosnia, while also carrying out political and social reforms and acting as a patron of the arts and sciences. Modern Turkey regards him as a hero, and the Fatih district of Istanbul, a Bosphorus bridge and a mosque all carry his name.
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was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire twice
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30 March 1432-3 May 1481
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was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire twice, from August 1444 to September 1446 and again from February 1451 to May 1481
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was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire twice
Fought In: Ottoman-Venetian War (1463-1479), Section on the Ottoman-Venetian War
In spring 1466, Sultan Mehmed marched with a large army against Skanderbeg and the Albanians.
Fought In: Byzantine-Ottoman Wars, Lead, 1453
In 1453, at the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople and effectively brought an end to the Byzantine Empire.
Member Of: Ottoman Army, Section on the Serbian campaign
the Ottoman army led by Mehmed set out from Edirne towards Serbia in 1454
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