Niccolo Gattilusio was the last Prince of Lesbos (1458-1462). A younger son of Prince Dorino, he desposed his elder brother Prince Domenico, threw him in prison, and had him strangled. Sultan Mehmed II used this crime as his pretext to invade Lesbos. In truth he was angry with Niccolo for the latter's sponsorship of Catalan pirates in the region. The Gattilusio family was the ruling dynasty of the island of Lesbos from 1355 to 1462, when the last prince was strangled on the orders of Sultan Mehmed II. A junior branch of the family ruled Ainos until 1488. ... Events January 24 - Hungary Foundation of Magdalen College, University of Oxford George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia Pope Pius II becomes pope Turks sack the Acropolis Births Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet Deaths June 27 - Alfonso V of Aragon August 6 - Pope Callixtus III Marques de Santillana, Spanish poet Categories... Events Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands. ... Mehmed II Mehmed II, also known as Muhammed II (March 30, 1432 – May 3, 1481; nicknamed el-Fatih, the Conqueror) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to 1446, and later from 1451 to 1481. ... Lesbos (Λέσβος) is a prefecture of Greece consisting of a number of islands in the Aegean Sea, and part of the North Aegean periphery subdivision. ...

After the Turks almost completely demolished the capitol city, Mytilini, and slaughtered many of the inhabitants, Niccolo surrended. He was carried off to Constantinople as a captive, along with most of his family. There he converted to Islam and was briefly released. His sister Maria Gattilusio (widow of Alexander, a brother of Emperor David of Trebizond), who was called the most beautiful woman of her day, disappeared into the sultan's harem. Her son Alexios became a page, but seems to have been beheaded not long afterwards. Islam (Arabic al-islām الإسلام,  listen) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... David Comnenus (died November 1, 1463), the last ruling member of the Comnenus Dynasty which had produced such Byzantine Emperors as Alexius I, ruled the Empire of Trebizond from 1459 to 1461. ...

Then Mehmed II discovered that a favorite page of his, who had fled from him some time before, had become Christian and was included among the retinue of Prince Niccolo. This final indignity seems to have hastened Niccolo's death sentence. He was strangled to death with a bowstring. Mehmed II Mehmed II, also known as Muhammed II (March 30, 1432 – May 3, 1481; nicknamed el-Fatih, the Conqueror) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to 1446, and later from 1451 to 1481. ...

The Gattilusio family was the ruling dynasty of the island of Lesbos from 1355 to 1462, when the last prince was strangled on the orders of Sultan Mehmed II. A junior branch of the family ruled Ainos until 1488. ... Events January 24 - Hungary Foundation of Magdalen College, University of Oxford George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia Pope Pius II becomes pope Turks sack the Acropolis Births Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet Deaths June 27 - Alfonso V of Aragon August 6 - Pope Callixtus III Marques de Santillana, Spanish poet Categories... Events Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands. ...