Evrenos | |
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Nickname(s) | Gazi Baba |
Died | 17 November 1417 Yenice-i Vardar, Ottoman Empire (now Giannitsa, Greece) |
Buried | |
Allegiance | Ottoman Empire |
Battles/wars | Battle of Kosovo (1389) Battle of Nicopolis (1396) Battle of Maritsa Evrenos conquered Keşan, İpsala, Komotini, Feres, Xanthi, Maroneia, Serres, Monastir, and, in 1397, Corinth |
Children | Ali Bey Evrenosoğlu |
Evrenos or Evrenuz (died 17 November 1417 in Yenice-i Vardar) was an Ottoman military commander. Byzantine sources mention him as Ἐβρενός, Ἀβρανέζης, Βρανέζης, Βρανεύς (?), Βρενέζ, Βρενέζης, Βρενές.[1]
He served as a general under Süleyman Pasha, Murad I, Bayezid I, Süleyman Çelebi and Mehmed I. Legends stating that he lived for 129 years and had an incredibly long career are inaccurate. These sources of confusion may be linked to the deeds of his descendants becoming intertwined with his own achievements in historical retellings.[2] He was also known as Gavrinos, and believed to descend from a Greek family.[3]