Editing Bayezid I (section)

==Biography==

Bayezid was the son of [[Murad I]]<ref name=Runciman>Runciman, Steven ''The Fall of Constantinople''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 36</ref> and his [[Greeks|Greek]] wife, [[Gülçiçek Hatun]].<ref name=Lowry>Lowry, Heath W. (2003) ''The Nature of the Early Ottoman State''. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, p. 153</ref> His first major role was as governor of [[Kütahya]], a city that he earned by marrying the daughter of a [[Germiyanid]] ruler, [[Devletşah Hatun|Devletşah]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=TDV|title=Bayezid I|url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/bayezid-i|author=Halil Inalcik}}</ref> He was an impetuous soldier, earning the nickname "Thunderbolt" in a battle against the [[Karamanids]].
 
Bayezid ascended to the throne following the death of his father, Murad I, who was killed by Serbian knight [[Miloš Obilić]] during (15 June), or immediately after (16 June), the [[Battle of Kosovo]] in 1389, soon after which Serbia became a vassal of the Ottoman Sultanate. Immediately after obtaining the throne, he had his younger brother strangled to avoid a plot. In 1390, Bayezid took as a wife Princess [[Olivera Despina]], the daughter of Prince [[Lazar of Serbia]],<ref>Halil Inalcik, "Bayezid I", ''The Encyclopedia of Islam'', Vol. I, Ed. H.A.R. Gibb, J.H. Kramers, E. Levi-Provencal and J. Schacht, (Brill, 1986), 1118.</ref> who also lost his life in Kosovo. Bayezid recognized [[Stefan Lazarević]], the son of Lazar, as the new Serbian leader - later despot - with considerable autonomy.

[[File:Qur'anic Manuscript - Mid to Late 15th Century, Turkey.jpg|thumb|262px|A Bayezid-era manuscript of the [[Quran]]]] Upper Serbia resisted the Ottomans until Bayezid captured [[Skopje]] in 1391, converting the city into an important base of operations.