Usual_World4332 t1_ixwn6k4 wrote
Actually it didn't end in 1453, Mehmed the II. is declared Byzantine Emperor after he conquered Constantinople and recognized by Ecumenical Patriarchy of Constantinople. Also there was his medallion in British Museum, that later brought back to Turkey "Sultan Mohammed Ochtomani Bizantis Inperatoris"
PenguinTheYeti OP t1_ixwqxaw wrote
Ah, interesting! So would that mean that it would then have fallen with the fall of the Ottomans? Also, did he declare himself Byzantine Emperor, or did the Byzantine court?
Usual_World4332 t1_ixwuchl wrote
After the conquest of Constantinople, Mehmed claimed the title of caesar of the Roman Empire (Qayser-i Rûm), based on the assertion that Constantinople had been the seat and capital of the Roman Empire since 330 AD, and whoever possessed the Imperial capital was the ruler of the Empire.
In the mind of George of Trebizond, it was the possession of Constantinople that made Mehmed the legitimate Roman emperor: "no one can doubt that he is emperor of the Romans. He who holds the seat of empire in his hand is emperor of right; and Constantinople is the centre of the Roman Empire
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