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Cem Sultan

Sultan Cem
Cem-in-italy.jpg
Cem's portrait painted by Pinturicchio (Bernardino di Betto).
Sultan of Anatolia
Reign 28 May 1481 − 20 June 1481
2nd Vali Ahad
Reign 1474 - 1481
Governor of Karaman
Reign 1474 - 1481
Governor of Kastamonu
Reign 1469 - 1474
Born (1459-12-22)December 22, 1459, Adrianople Palace, Edirne, Rumelia, Ottoman Empire
Died February 25, 1495(1495-02-25) (aged 35)
Capua, Kingdom of Naples
Burial Tomb of Mustafa, Mosque of Sultan Murad II, Bursa, Turkey
Issue Şehzade Abdullah
Şehzade Oğuzhan
Şehzade Murad
Ayşe Gevhermülük Hatun
House House of Osman
Father Sultan Mehmed II
Mother Çiçek Hatun
Religion Islam

Sultan Cem or Cem Sultan (December 22, 1459 – February 25, 1495) (pronounced [ˈd͡ʒem sulˈtɑːn]; Ottoman Turkish: جم‎), also referred to as Jem Sultan or Prince Jem, or Zizim by the French, was a pretender to the Ottoman throne in the 15th century.

Cem was the favorite and third son of Sultan Mehmed II and younger half-brother of Sultan Bayezid II, and thus a half-uncle of Sultan Selim I of Ottoman Empire.

After being defeated by Bayezid, Cem went on exile in Egypt and Europe, under the protection of the Mamluks, the Knights Hospitaller of St. John on the island of Rhodes, and ultimately the Pope.

Cem was born on 22 December 1459 in Edirne. His mother, Çiçek Hatun (Çiçek Khātūn), was probably of Turkish origin. In accordance with the custom for an Ottoman prince (şehzade, şehzāde), Cem was appointed to a provincial governorship of Kastamonu in 1469. In December 1474, Cem replaced his deceased brother Mustafa as governor of Karaman in Konya.

At the death of Mehmed the Conqueror, on May 3, 1481, Bayezid was the governor of Sivas, Tokat and Amasya, and Cem ruled the provinces of Karaman and Konya. With no designated heir after Mehmed, conflict over succession to the throne erupted between Cem and Bayezid.


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