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Mehmed II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى‎, Meḥmed-i sānī; Turkish: II. Mehmet, 30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Ottoman Turkish: ابو الفتح‎, Ebū'l-Fetḥ, 'The Father of Conquest'; Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmet), was an Ottoman Sultan who ruled from August 1444 to September 1446, and then later from February 1451 to May 1481. In Mehmed II's first reign, he defeated the crusade led by John Hunyadi after the Hungarian incursions into his country broke the conditions of the truce Peace of Szeged. When Mehmed II ascended the throne again in 1451 he strengthened the Ottoman navy and made preparations to attack Constantinople. At the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire.

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Born	Mehmed bin Murad Han 20 April 1429 Edirne
Died	3 May 1481 (aged 52) Hünkârçayırı (Tekfurçayırı), near Gebze, Ottoman Empire
Zodiac	Aries
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