Philippe de Commines reports that Bayezid II sent an embassy to Louis XI in 1483, while Cem, his brother and rival pretender to the Ottoman throne was being detained in France at Bourganeuf by Pierre d'Aubusson. Some early contacts seem to have taken place between the Ottomans and the French. Ottoman Prince Cem with Pierre d'Aubusson in Bourganeuf, 1483–1489.
2.1.2.2 Military and financial agreements.
They never met in person this is a composite of two separate paintings by Titian, circa 1530. Francis I (left) and Suleiman I (right) initiated the Franco-Ottoman alliance.