Cem Sultan

Cem Sultan
A modified copy of Cem's portrait by Pinturicchio
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (claimant)
Reign28 May 1481 − 20 June 1481
Sanjak-bey of Karaman
Reign1474 – 1481
Sanjak-bey of Kastamonu
Reign1469 – 1474
Born22 December 1459
Adrianople Palace, Edirne, Rumelia, Ottoman Empire
DiedFebruary 25, 1495(1495-02-25) (aged 35)
Capua, Kingdom of Naples
Burial
ConsortGülşirin Hatun
Issue
  • Şehzade Abdullah
  • Şehzade Oğuzhan
  • Şehzade Murad
  • Gevhermelik Hatun
  • Ayşe Hatun
Names
Cem bin Meḥemmed Ḫān
DynastyOttoman
FatherMehmed II
MotherÇiçek Hatun
ReligionSunni Islam
TughraCem Sultan's signature

Cem Sultan (also spelled Djem or Jem) or Sultan Cem or Şehzade Cem (22 December 1459 – 25 February 1495, pronounced [ˈdʒem sulˈtaːn]; Ottoman Turkish: جم سلطان, romanizedCem sulṭān; Turkish: Cem Sultan; French: Zizim), was a claimant to the Ottoman throne in the 15th century.

Cem was the 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 in 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.