Please answer the following question: Facts: - title: sultan of the ottoman empire qayser-i rum - burial place: constantinople now istanbul , turkey - mother: huma hatun - predecessor: murad ii murad ii - house: house of osman - birth date: 30 march 1432 - consort: yes - caption: sultan painter gentile bellini mehmed ii in 1479 . portrait by italian - succession: sultan of the ottoman empire - reign: august 1481 1444 september 1446 3 february 1451 3 may - spouse: gulbahar hatun gulsah hatun sittisah hatun Cicek hatun - death date: 3 may 1481 -lrb- aged 49 -rrb- - father: murad ii - name: mehmed ii mehmed the conqueror fatih sultan mehmed - death place: hunkarcayr , near gebze , kocaeli province , turkey - birth place: edirne , edirne province , turkey - signature: tughra of mehmed ii.svg - successor: murad ii bayezid ii - signature type: tughra - image: gentile bellini 003.jpg - religion: sunni islam Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mehmed the conqueror .
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mehmed ii -lrb- , ' ; ; also known as ' , , '' the conqueror '' in ottoman turkish ; in modern turkish , '' fatih sultan mehmet han '' ; also called '' mahomet ii '' in early modern europe -rrb- , also known as muhammed bin murad , mehmed the conqueror , grand turk , kayser-i rum -lrb- caesar of rome -rrb- and turcarum imperator , and fatih sultan mehmed -lrb- 30 march 1432 -- 3 may 1481 -rrb- , was an ottoman sultan who ruled first for a short time from august 1444 to september 1446 , and later from february 1451 to may 1481 .at the age of 21 , he conquered constantinople -lrb- modern-day istanbul -rrb- and brought an end to the byzantine empire .mehmed continued his conquests in anatolia with its reunification , and in southeast europe as far west as bosnia .being a highly regarded conqueror , mehmed is considered a hero in modern-day turkey and parts of the wider muslim world .among other things , istanbul 's fatih district , fatih sultan mehmet bridge and fatih mosque are named after him .