Suleiman the Magnificent

OttomanOttoman1520-1566

RealmOttoman

Reign1520-1566

HouseOttoman

LegacyLawgiver, golden age, Belgrade to Vienna

Biography

Suleiman took Belgrade, Rhodes, Hungary at Mohacs 1526, besieged Vienna 1529, the high tide. The Mediterranean contest with Charles V, Barbarossa, Preveza 1538. Kanuni, the lawgiver, his legal codification defined Ottoman justice. Roxelana, Hurrem, from slave to legal wife, the harem politics she began. Selim the Sot followed, the slope of decline traced from the golden age. Died on campaign in Hungary, the last great warrior sultan.

Related Monarchs

Mehmed II

1444-1481

OttomanOttoman

The city of cities fell May 29 1453, the Theodosian walls breached, the last Roman emperor died in the breach. Mehmed claimed the ...

Osman I

1299-1324

OttomanOttoman

Osman Ghazi, frontier beylik on the Byzantine border, the dream of the tree from his navel covering the world. The ghazi warriors,...

Abdulhamid II

1876-1909

OttomanOttoman

Constitution granted 1876, suspended 1878 after the Russo Turkish war. The Yildiz spy network, the Red Sultan to Armenians, the Ha...