Gülçiçek Hatun
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The son of Gülçiçek Hatun, Bayezid I
Gülçiçek Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: گلچیچک خاتون; Greek: Γκιουλτσιτσέκ Χατούν) was a princess form Byzantine and the first wife of Ottoman Sultan Murad I and Valide Sultan to their son Bayezid I.[1] She was of Greek descent. She was married to Ottoman Sultan Murad I in 1359. In her lifetime she established a religious and charitable foundation. With its revenues she built a mosque and a tomb in Bursa where she was buried.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Sultan Yıldırım Beyezid Han". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ↑ The Nature of the Early Ottoman State, Heath W. Lowry, State University of New York Press (SUNY Press), p. 153
- ↑ History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey, Stanford Jay Shaw, Cambridge University Press, p. 28
See also
- Ottoman family tree
- Ottoman Dynasty
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