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Sultan Cem

1459 - 1495

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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, romanized: Cem 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sultan Cem has received more than 264,259 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Sultan Cem is the 1,744th most popular politician (down from 1,469th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 209th in 2019) and the 109th most popular Turkish Politician.

Sultan Cem is most famous for being the Ottoman emperor who ruled for a brief period of time, from 1566 to 1574. He was the son of Sultan Selim II and his mother was Mihrimah Sultan, the daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent. He is also known for being the last Ottoman ruler to rule from Constantinople.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sultan Cem ranks 1,744 out of 19,576. Before him are Salome Zourabichvili, Perseus of Macedon, Chiang Ching-kuo, Harthacnut, Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and Talaat Pasha. After him are Songtsen Gampo, Sergey Bubka, Desiderius, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Fulk, King of Jerusalem, and Juan Antonio Samaranch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1459, Sultan Cem ranks 6. Before him are Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Pope Adrian VI, Muhammad XII of Granada, Martin Behaim, and Jakob Fugger. After him are Lorenzo di Credi, John I Albert, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Charles, Count of Angoulême, Cima da Conegliano, and Michael Sittow. Among people deceased in 1495, Sultan Cem ranks 3. Before him are Seongjong of Joseon, and John II of Portugal. After him are Alfonso II of Naples, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Cosimo Tura, Dorothea of Brandenburg, Francis, Count of Vendôme, Jacob Sprenger, Vlad Călugărul, Magdalena of France, and Elizabeth Tudor.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Sultan Cem ranks 205 out of 1,347. Before him are Romanos II (938), Xenocrates (-396), Cleanthes (-330), Ali ibn al-Athir (1160), Saint Timothy (17), and Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1002). After him are Theophanu (960), Michael Psellos (1018), Elia Kazan (1909), Celâl Bayar (1883), Adnan Menderes (1899), and Romanos III Argyros (968).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Sultan Cem ranks 109. Before him are Michael I Rangabe (770), Zoë Porphyrogenita (978), Cemal Gürsel (1895), Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941), Romanos II (938), and Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1002). After him are Theophanu (960), Celâl Bayar (1883), Adnan Menderes (1899), Romanos III Argyros (968), Alexios II Komnenos (1169), and Philippikos Bardanes (700).

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