Sultan Suleiman (First)I, born 1494, died 1566 at age 72 years old.
Known as the Magnificent, or the Lawgiver on account of his creation of a legal code which lasted hundreds of years
He ruled the Ottoman Empire when it was at its most powerful militarily, its richest and most culturally influential
When he died, the empire stretched into parts of North Africa, the Balkans and present-day Hungary.
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