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Karesi Bey

Type Figure Region Anatolia Time c. 1280–1333 Also known as Karesi、Founder of the Karesi dynasty

Karesi Bey founded and ruled the Karesi beylik in early 14th-century Anatolia, centered on Balıkesir; after his death c.…

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  1. 1300–1320Balıkesir · MysiaKaresi Bey broke away from Byzantine control in northwestern Anatolia and established an independent beylik centered on Balıkesir, controlling the western southern shore of the Sea of Marmara and the routes to the straits, becoming one of the Anatolian beyliks of the 14th century.
  2. 1320–1333Balıkesir · MysiaThe Karesi beylik bordered the rising Ottoman beylik, and the two both competed and coexisted in northwestern Anatolia. Karesi Bey maintained independent rule into his later years, but his death would trigger a succession crisis, creating the conditions for the Ottoman Orhan to later annex Karesi territory.
  3. 1333–1340Balıkesir · MysiaKaresi Bey died around 1333, and the division of rule among his sons weakened the beylik. The Ottoman Orhan took advantage to gradually annex Karesi territory in the late 1330s, unifying the southern shore of the Sea of Marmara, and the Karesi beylik as an independent polity came to an end.

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