He was the son of Orhan I and the Valide Sultan Nilüfer Hatun and became the ruler following his father's death in 1361.
He was the son of Orhan I and the Valide Sultan Nilüfer Hatun ,( whose name means Water lily in Persian ) daughter of the Prince of Yarhisar or Byzantine princess Theodora Kantakouzene ( also named Nilüfer ), who was of ethnic Greek descent
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