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Bayezid II was born in Dimetoka Palace ( now Didymoteicho ) in Thrace as the son of Mehmed II ( 1432 – 81 ) and Valide Sultan Mükrime Hatun, the daughter of Süleyman Bey, the sixth ruler of Dulkadirids, who died in 1492.

According to Turkish folk tales, she was a French princess.

Bayezid II married Ayşe Hatun, a convert of Greek ethnicity, who was the mother of Selim I.