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Siege · 1369
The capture of Adrianople (or Edirne) by the Ottomans occurred sometime in the 1360s, and eventually became the Ottoman capital afterwards, until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
| Date | 1360s |
|---|---|
| Location | Edirne, Turkey, |
| Result | Ottoman victory |
| Territorial changes | Adrianople becomes the new capital of the Ottoman state |
| Belligerents | Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire | Ottoman state |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Unknown | Shahin Pasha |
The city was renamed to Edirne and continued for some time to be administered by Lala Shahin Pasha, while Sultan Murad I held court at the old capital at Bursa and only entered the city in the winter of 1376/7, when Emperor Andronikos IV Palaiologos ceded Gallipoli to Murad in exchange for his help in a dynastic civil war. Edirne did not immediately become the Ottomans' capital; Murad's court continued to reside in Bursa and in nearby Demotika, as well as Edirne.
Took place during the reign of Murad I (1362–1389). Murad I
The atlas records this territorial change for the year:
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), adapted for the atlas.