Evrenos


Evrenos

Nickname(s)Gazi Baba
Born1288
Died1417
Yenice-i Vardar, Ottoman Empire (now Giannitsa, Greece)
Buried
Mausoleum of Ghazi Evrenos, Giannitsa
AllegianceOttoman Empire
Battles / warsBattle of Kosovo (1389)
Battle of Nicopolis (1396)
Battle of Maritsa
Evrenos conquered Keşan, İpsala, Komotini, Feres, Xanthi, Maroneia, Serres, Monastir, and, in 1397, Corinth
ChildrenAli Bey Evrenosoğlu

Evrenos or Evrenuz (1288–1417, Yenice-i Vardar) was an Ottoman military commander.

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. He was also known as Gavrinos, and believed to descend from a Greek family.