Bayezid II

/ ˌbaɪjəˈziːd /

noun

1. Bayezid II?14471512MTurkishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?1447–1512, sultan of Turkey; he greatly extended Turkish dominions in Greece and the Balkans

Example Sentences

The researchers looked at the letter da Vinci sent to Sultan Bayezid II, along with the sketch of the bridge found in a notebook of his.

From Fox News

It is 1506, and “Il Divino” is in Constantinople at the invitation of Bayezid II. The Ottoman ruler has commissioned a bridge across the Golden Horn, an immortal structure to secure the great destiny of his continent-straddling capital.

From The New Yorker

During the 15th century, about half a million Sephardic Jews sought the safety of the Ottoman Empire, and they prospered there under the rule of Sultan Bayezid II.

From New York Times

The emperor Maximilian was so absorbed by German affairs, that he could do her little harm, and under Bayezid II. and Selim I. the Turkish menace gave little anxiety to the court of Buda, Bayezid being no warrior, while Selim’s energies were claimed exclusively by the East, so that he was glad to renew the triennial truce with Hungary as often as it expired.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1488 the republic, fearing that Sultan Bayezid II. intended to attack Cyprus, and having also discovered a plot to marry Caterina to King Alphonso II. of Naples, a proposal to which she seemed not averse, decided to recall the queen to Venice and formally annex the island.

From Project Gutenberg