Bayezid II or Sultân Bayezid-î Velî ( December 3, 1447 – May 26, 1512 ) ( Ottoman Turkish: بايزيد ثانى Bāyezīd-i < u > s </ u > ānī, Turkish: II.

Bayezid or II.

During his reign, Bayezid II consolidated the Ottoman Empire and thwarted a Safavid rebellion soon before abdicating his throne to his son, Selim I.

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.

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

Bayezid II ascended the Ottoman throne in 1481.

Like his father, Bayezid II was a patron of western and eastern culture and unlike many other Sultans, worked hard to ensure a smooth running of domestic politics, which earned him the epithet of " the Just ".

Throughout his reign, Bayezid II engaged in numerous campaigns to conquer the Venetian possessions in Morea, accurately defining this region as the key to future Ottoman naval power in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The last of these wars ended in 1501 with Bayezid II in control of the whole Peloponnese.

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* 1512 – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan ( b. 1447 )