Beyazid I definition of Beyazid I in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Beyazid I (bāyäzĭd`), 1347–1403, Ottoman sultan (1389–1402), son and successor of Murad I. He besieged Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Manuel II (Manuel Palaeologus), 1350–1425, Byzantine emperor (1391–1425), son and successor of John V . In his youth he was taken captive by the Turks, and during his reign the Ottomans reduced the empire to Constantinople and its dependencies in the
..... Click the link for more information. at Constantinople, then overcame the Turkish rulers in E Anatolia and defeated the army of Sigismund of Hungary (see Sigismund Sigismund (sĭj`ĭsmənd, sĭg`–)
..... Click the link for more information. , Holy Roman emperor) at Nikopol Nikopol (nēkô`pôl), town (1993 pop. 4,897), N Bulgaria, a port on the Danube River bordering Romania.
..... Click the link for more information. . Ottoman expansion led to conflict with the conqueror Timur Timur (tĭm
..... Click the link for more information. , and the two armies met at Ankara in 1402. Beyazid's troops consisted only of Serbs and the Janissaries Janissaries (jăn`ĭsâr'ēz) [Turk.,=recruits], elite corps in the service of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey).
..... Click the link for more information. , since the Tatars and most of his Turkish vassals had deserted him. His army was routed, and he died as Timur's prisoner. His sons fought (1402–13) each other for the succession; Muhammad I Muhammad I or Mehmet I (mĕmĕt`)
..... Click the link for more information. emerged victorious. The name appears in other forms, e.g., Bajazet, Bayazid, and Beyazit.