Editing Murad II (section)

===Abdication and second reign===
Murad II relinquished his throne<ref name="britannica">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Murad-II|title=Murad II {{!}} Ottoman sultan|website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> in 1444 to his son [[Mehmed II]], but a [[Janissary]] revolt<ref>Kafadar, Cemal, ''Between Two Worlds'', University of California Press, 1996, p. xix. {{ISBN|0-520-20600-2}}</ref> in the Empire forced him to return.

In 1448 he defeated the Christian coalition at the [[Second Battle of Kosovo]] (the [[Battle of Kosovo|first one]] took place in 1389).<ref>Mesut Uyar and Edward J. Erickson, ''A Military History of the Ottomans: From Osman to Atatürk'', (ABC-CLIO, 2009), 29. {{ISBN?}}</ref> When the [[Balkan]] front was secured, Murad II turned east to defeat [[Timur]]'s son, [[Shah Rukh (Timurid dynasty)|Shah Rokh]], and the emirates of [[Karamanid]] and Çorum-Amasya.{{fact|date=July 2023}} In 1450 Murad II led his army into [[Albania]] and unsuccessfully [[Siege of Krujë (1450)|besieged]] the [[Castle of Krujë]] in an effort to defeat the resistance led by [[Skanderbeg]]. In the winter of 1450&ndash;1451, Murad II fell ill, and died in [[Edirne]]. He was succeeded by his son Mehmed II (1451&ndash;1481).