Cem Sultan

Cem Sultan
A modified copy of Cem's portrait by Pinturicchio
Claimant to the Ottoman throne
Reign	28 May 1481 − 20 June 1481
Sanjak-bey of Karaman
Reign	1474 – 1481
Sanjak-bey of Kastamonu
Reign	1469 – 1474
Born	December 22, 1459 Adrianople Palace, Edirne, Rumelia, Ottoman Empire
Died	February 25, 1495(1495-02-25) (aged 35) Capua, Kingdom of Naples
Burial	Muradiye Complex, Bursa, Turkey
Consort	Gülşirin Hatun
Issue	Şehzade Abdullah Şehzade Oğuzhan Şehzade Murad Gevhermelik Hatun Ayşe Hatun
Names Cem bin Meḥemmed Ḫān
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Mehmed II
Mother	Çiçek Hatun
Religion	Sunni Islam
Tughra

Cem Sultan (also spelled Djem or Jem) or Sultan Cem or Şehzade Cem (December 22, 1459 – February 25, 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. John on the island of Rhodes, and ultimately the Pope.