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Orhan was the grandson of Süleyman Çelebi. [1] Orhan was sent to Constantinople as a hostage and the Ottomans paid tribute to the Byzantines during his time there to keep him out of the way. In 1453 he joined the defence of the Byzantine Empire during the Fall of Constantinople with about 600 Ottoman defectors [2] by his side. [3]
The city was captured on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 55-day siege which had begun on 6 April. The attacking Ottoman Army , which significantly outnumbered Constantinople's defenders, was commanded by the 21-year-old Sultan Mehmed II (later nicknamed "the Conqueror"), while the Byzantine army was led by Emperor Constantine XI ...
1453 (Byzantine Empire) ... Constantine implicitly threatened to release Orhan Çelebi, ... whose fates were caught up in the English Civil War of 1642–1651.
The Byzantine Empire was ruled by the Palaiologos dynasty in the period between 1261 and 1453, from the restoration of Byzantine rule to Constantinople by the usurper Michael VIII Palaiologos following its recapture from the Latin Empire, founded after the Fourth Crusade (1204), up to the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire.
Defeated by Mehmed Çelebi in the Battle of Ulubad in March or May 1403. Strangled in September 1403. — — Süleyman Çelebi: 20 July 1402 – 17 February 1411 [22] (8 years, 212 days) Acquired the title of The Sultan of Rumelia for the European portion of the empire, a short period after the Ottoman defeat at Ankara. Murdered on 17 February ...
In addition to the limited western aid, Orhan Çelebi, the Ottoman contender held as a hostage in the city, and his considerable retinue of Ottoman troops, also assisted in the city's defense. [84] [better source needed] On 2 April 1453, Mehmed's advance guard arrived outside Constantinople and began pitching up a camp.
Articles related to the Fall of Constantinople (1453), the capture of the Byzantine Empire's capital by the Ottoman Empire. The city fell on 29 May 1453, [ 1 ] the culmination of a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April 1453.
Orhan Çelebi, Ottoman prince [61] June 2 or June 3 – Loukas Notaras, Byzantine statesman and naval commander [62] June 22 – Álvaro de Luna, Spanish knight and statesman [63] [64] July – Jacques de Lalaing, Burgundian knight [65] July 17. John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English nobleman and military leader [41]