Murad II

second reign

Born ~1404 · Died 1451 · Reign 1446–1451 (5 years) · Accession 1446, aged about 42 · End of reign: Died in office · Capital: Edirne

Other reign: 1421–1444

Murad II's second reign. After two years of retirement he took the throne again and halted the Hungarian threat in the Balkans at the Second Battle of Kosovo.

Open the reign of Murad II on the map

Family

Father	Mehmed I
Mother	Emine Hatun
Consorts	Hüma Hatun, Mara Branković (daughter of the Serbian despot), Yeni Hatun (Candarid), Halime Hatun
Children	Mehmed II (the Conqueror), Alaeddin Ali, Ahmed, Orhan, Hatice Hatun, Şehzade Hatun

Major achievements

Return to the throne after the Buçuktepe uprising (1446)
Campaign in the Morea and destruction of the Hexamilion wall (1446)
Victory at the Second Battle of Kosovo (1448) — defeat of John Hunyadi

Treaties

None recorded.

Viziers

Name	From	To	Length
Çandarlı Halil Pasha	1446	1451

Battles and treaties

Year	Event	Result / parties
1448	Battle: Second Battle of Kosovo	Ottoman victory

Full infoboxes are in the site’s “Battles and Treaties” tab; source: English Wikipedia.

Death

He died in Edirne in 1451; the sources speak of a sudden illness, probably a stroke.

Territorial change

The lands that changed hands in this period, and the battles or treaties that brought the changes, can be seen on the map: map of the reign of Murad II.