Kay Khusrau I

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Kay Khusrau I (Turkish spelling: Keyhüsrev), the eleventh and youngest son of Izz ad-Din Kılıj Arslan II, was a Seljuk sultan of Rüm. He succeeded his father in 1192, but had to fight his brothers for control of the Sultanate. He ruled it 1192–1196 and 1205–1211.

He married a daughter of Manuel Maurozomes, son of Theodore Maurozomes and of an illegitimate daughter of the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos. Manuel Maurozomes fought on behalf of Kay Khusrau in 1205 and 1206.

He was killed in single combat by the emperor of Nicaea, Theodore I Laskaris, in 1211.

His son by Manuel Maurozomes' daughter, Ala ad-Din Kay Qubadh I, ruled the Sultanate from 1220 to 1237, and his grandson, Ghiyath ad-Din Kay Khusrau II, ruled from 1237 to 1246.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Varzos, K. (1984), Ē genealogia tōn Komnēnōn, Thessaloniki, pp. 496-502.
Preceded by:
Kilij Arslan II
Sultan of Rüm
11921196
Succeeded by:
Suleiman II of Rum
Preceded by:
Kilij Arslan III
Sultan of Rüm
12051211
Succeeded by:
Kay Ka'us I