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Key Facts |
| Other names |
el-Fatih |
| Born |
1432 |
| Location |
Edirne, Turkey |
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| Position |
Ottoman Sultan (1444-46) , (1451-1481) |
| Died |
May 3, 1481 |
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Source of Facts and Important Announcement |
| Status |
Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven. |
| Date of formal Beatification |
Day of Redemption UCA[E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1] also known as Fri, 21 Dec 2012. |
| Source of Facts |
Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint. |
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Background |
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Born in Edirne, the then capital of the Ottoman state in 1432. His father was Sultan Murad II (1404–51) and his mother Huma Hatun was a daughter of Abd'Allah of Hum. |
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When Mehmed II was 11 years old he was sent to Amasya to govern and thus gain experience, as per the custom of Ottoman rulers before his time. After Murad II made peace with the Karaman Emirate in Anatolia in August 1444, he abdicated the throne to his 12-year-old son Mehmed II. |
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In his first year as Sultan, the army of Władysław III of Poland and János Hunyadi of Hungary had massed near Varna in Eastern Bulgaria to strike at the Ottomans under the new 14 year old Sultan. The plan hatched by Pope Eugene IV was to strike quickly in the hope the young Mehmed II would quicly falter and the Ottoman state would fall. |
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Instead, Mehmed II ordered his father to return and lead the army, which he did to victory. On the death of his father in 1451, Mehmed II reclaimed the throne. Two years later in 1453, he brought a final end to the Byzantine Empire by capturing Constantinople. Thus was born the Ottoman Empire. |
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After the fall of Constantinople, Mehmed claimed the title of Kayser (Caesar), since he could trace his blood lineage back to the Byzantine imperial family, the last line of ancient Roman Emperors. However, this has always been disputed in the west as the Vatican had created a new ficticious title of "Holy Roman Emperor" under Pope Leo III in 800 for Charlamagne in an attempt to recreate the office of Kayser (Caesar) of Rome. |
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In his conquests, Mehmed advanced Eastward as far as Belgrade and attempted to conquer the city at the Seige of Belgrade in 1456. However, his attempts to consolidate his lands into Eastern Europe were hampered not least by the bloodthirsty Prince Vlad III Dracula - the real person on which the legends of Dracula by Bram Stoker are based. |
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Dracula weakened the spirit of the army of Mehmed II by exhibiting such unholy barbarity and cruelty that the Ottomans feared further direct conflict. |
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Instead, by 1480 Mehmed massed an invasion fleet and landed in Italy to capture Rome. However, he died the following year and his forces were defeated and forced to retreat. |
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