= Bayezid I = '''Bayezid I''' was sultan of the Ottoman Empire. <> ---- == History == '''Bayezid I''' was born the son of '''Murad I'''. Murad was killed in the '''Battle of Kosovo''', leaving Bayezid to succeed and complete the conquest of [[Serbia/Monarchs#Moravian_Serbia_and_the_Despotate_of_Serbia|Serbia]]. He further conquered [[Bulgaria/Monarchs#Second_Bulgarian_Empire|Bulgaria]], beseiged [[Turkey/Istanbul|Constantinople]], and attempted to invade [[Hungary/Sigismund|Hungary]]. While the last was not successful, he was able to rebuff the '''Crusade of Nicopolis'''. A tentative peace had formed in the balance of powers surrounding the lands of the former '''Sultanate of Rum'''. For example, the ''beylik'' of Dulkadir emerged in the 14th century power vacuum left by the short-lived '''Eretnid sultanate'''. '''Qaraja''' vassalized the state to the [[Egypt/Monarchs#Mamluk_Sultanate|Mamluks]] in 1337. His younger son '''Suli''' rebelled against the suzerainty and allied with [[WorldHistory/TimuridEmpire|Timur]]. The Mamluks had Suli assassinated in 1395 and installed his son '''Sadaqa'''. Shortly thereafter Bayezid intervened, this time installing Sadaqa's cousin '''Mehmed'''. Bayezid conquered the beyliks of Karaman and Djanik (alt. Canik) in 1399, disrupting this peace, so Timur then declared war against both the Ottomans and the Mamluks. In the '''Battle of Ankara''' in 1402, the Ottomans were defeated and Bayezid was captured. He died in captivity the next year, triggering the '''Ottoman Interregnum'''. ---- CategoryRicottone