Kaykhusraw I

Kai Khosrau I. (Persian غياث الدين كيخسرو بن قلج ارسلان, Turkish Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev I., * before 1177, † 1211 ) was a Seljuk Sultan of Rum

He was one of eleven sons of Kilij Arslan II and a Byzantinierin. According to tradition, his father told in 1186 the land between his sons on. Kai Khosrau was the area around Sozopolis or Uluborlu on the border with Byzantium. This has already led to Kilij Arslan lifetime of strife over royal succession. As Kilij Arslan II died in 1192, Kai Khosrau could I., the youngest son, enforce and became Sultan. However, he had to give way in 1196 his older brother Suleiman II. As Suleiman II died in 1204, was his underage son Kilij Arslan III. raised to the ruler. Kai Khosrau I. continued his nephew from eight months later and in 1205 was the second time Sultan.

Kai Khosrau I inaugurated his sultanate again access to the Black Sea. The access was previously denied by the Empire of Trebizond. Next, Kai Khosrau I. annexed the economically important port city of Antalya. After this conquest, the Seljuks knüpften trade relations with Venice, but fell apart the widely exploded empire soon in a number of small independent principalities.

Kai Khosrau I broke with the old tradition that the sons of the sultan could prevail quite freely as governors of the various provinces. He strengthened their binding to the central power and so strengthened the influence of the Sultan.

Kai Khosrau I married a daughter of Manuel Maurozomes, son Theodor Maurozomes 'and the daughter of the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos '. Kai Chosraus father Manuel Maurozomes fought in 1205 and 1206 on its side against the common enemy in Asia Minor.

1211 died Kai Khosrau I after a fight with the ruler of Nicaea Theodore I.

• Sultan ( rum)
• Born in the 12th century
• Died in 1211
• Man