The most noted portrait of this man shows two stacks of three crowns above an ornate arch that surrounds his profile, and was painted by Gentile Bellini.
The most noted portrait of this man shows two stacks of three crowns above an ornate arch that surrounds his profile, and was painted by Gentile Bellini. This man's son sent his navy under Kemal Reis to bring the Jews and Arabs fleeing the Spanish Inquisition. A siege laid by this ruler caused Pope Callixtus III to excommunicate Halley's Comet.  His expansion was checked by Skanderbeg's revolt, and was defeated in the Night Attack by Vlad Dracula. His greatest victory came over Constantine XI and resulted in the Hagia Sofia's conversion to a mosque. Succeeded by his son Bayezid II, for 10 points, name this sultan who sacked Constantinople in 1453.
The most noted portrait of this man shows two stacks of three crowns above an ornate arch that surrounds his profile, and was painted by Gentile Bellini.
{Mehmed} II [or {Mehmed} the {Conqueror}; or {Mehmed i}-{sani}; or {Mehmed el}-{Fatih} prompt on {Mehmed}; accept {Mehmet} or {Muhammad} in {place} of “{Mehmed}”]