List of consorts of the Ottoman sultans
This is a list of Consorts of the Ottoman sultans, the wives and concubines of the monarchs of the Ottoman Empire who ruled over the transcontinental empire from its inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922.
Honorific and titles
Hatun
Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: خاتون) was used as an honorific for women in the Ottoman period, roughly equivalent to the English term Lady. The term was being used for the Ottoman sultan's consorts. When the son of one of the consorts ascended the throne she became Valide Hatun.
Sultan
Sultan (سلطان) is a word of Arabic origin, originally meaning "authority" or "dominion". By the beginning of the 16th century, the title of sultan, carried by both men and women of the Ottoman dynasty, was replacing other titles by which prominent members of the imperial family had been known (notably hatun for women and bey for men), with imperial women carrying the title of "Sultan" after their given names. Consequently, the title "Valide Hatun" also turned into "Valide Sultan". In this time, the title "Haseki Sultan" was created and used for the legal wife or Chief Consort of the Ottoman Sultan. For example, Hafsa Sultan, Suleiman’s mother and first Valide Sultan, and Hürrem Sultan, Suleiman’s legal wife and first Haseki Sultan. This usage underlines the Ottoman conception of sovereign power as family prerogative.[1] Towards the end of the seventeenth century the title hatun and sultan for imperial consorts was replaced by Kadınefendi and Hanımefendi.
Kadınefendi
Kadınefendi (Ottoman Turkish: قادين افندی) was the title given to the official wives of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. The title first came in use during the reign of Sultan Suleiman II. The Sultan could have up to four and some times five women i.e. wives with the imperial rank of Kadınefendi and unlimited number of wives with the rank of Hanımefendi.
Hanımefendi
Hanımefendi (Ottoman Turkish: خانم افندی) was the title given to the official consorts of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who came below the rank of Kadınefendi. The title was given to the Ikbals and Gözdes of the Sultan, which appeared for the first time in the reign of Sultan Mustafa II, the end of the seventeenth century, the start of the Ottoman Decline
Consorts of the Ottoman sultans
Name | Parent(s) | Birth name | Origin | Place of Origin | Marriage | Spouse |
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Malhun Hatun | Sheik Edebali | Mala | Turkish | 1280 | Osman I | |
Nilüfer (Bayalun) Hatun | Porphyrogennetos of Yahisar | Holofira | Greek | Bilecik, Byzantine Empire | 1299 | Orhan I |
Asporça Hatun | Asporsha | Greek | Byzantine Empire | 1316 | ||
Theodora Hatun | Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos Empress Irene Asanina |
Theodora Kantakouzene | Greek | Byzantine Empire | May 1346 | |
Eftandise Hatun | Mahmud Alp | Turkish | ||||
Gülçiçek Hatun | Maria | Greek | Byzantine Empire | 1359 | Murad I | |
Paşa Melîke Hatun | Kızıl Murad Bey | Pasha | Turkish | ? | ||
Thamara Hatun | Emperor Ivan Alexander Empress Theodora[2] |
Kera Tamara | Bulgarian | Bulgarian Empire | 1370 | |
Fülane Hâtûn | Konstantin Dejanović | Serb | Serbian Empire | 1372 | Bayezid I | |
Sultan Hatun | Süleyman of Germiyan Mutahhare Abide Hatun |
Devletşah | Turkish | Kütahya, Germinayid Principality |
1378 | |
Hafsa Hatun | Fahreddin İsa Bey | Hâfize | Turkish | Birgi, Aydinid Principality | 1390 | |
Olivera Despina | Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović Princess Nemanjić |
Mileva Olivera Lazarević | Serbian | Kruševac, Serbia | 1390 | |
Şehzade Hatun | Prince Dividdar Ahmed Bey | Turkish | Amasya, Kutluşah Principality |
Mehmed I | ||
Emine Hatun | Prince Nasıreddin Mehmed Bey | Emine | Turkish | Elbistan, Dulkadirid Principality |
1403 | |
Kumru Hatun | ||||||
Yeni Hatun | Prince Amasyalı Mahmud-Şâh Bey | Turkish | Amasya, Tâceddin Principality |
Mehmed I | ||
Tacünnisa Hatun | Prince Izzeddin Isfendiyar Bey | Hatice Halime | Turkish | Kastamonu, Isfendiyarid Principality |
1423 | |
Hüma Hatun | Italian[3] or Serb[4] | Europe | 1426 | |||
Despina Hatun | Despot Đurađ Branković Princess Eirene Kantakouzene[5] |
Mara Branković | Serb | Serbian Despotate | 4 September 1435 | |
Gülbahar Hatun | Albanian[6] or Pontic Greek[7] | 1446 | Mehmed II | |||
Gülşah Hatun | Prince Damat Ibrahim II Bey | Turkish | Mut, Karamanid Principality |
1451 | ||
Sittişah Hatun | Prince Süleyman Bey | Mükrime | Turkish | Elbistan, Dulkadirid Principality |
15 December 1449 | |
Hatice Hatun | Damat Zağanos Paşa | Hatice | Balkan | 1451 | ||
Çiçek Hatun | Serbia | 1458 | ||||
Nigar Hatun | Abdullah Vehbi | ? | Bayezid II | |||
Şirin Hatun | 1464 | |||||
Bülbül Hatun | 1465 | |||||
Gülbahar Hatun | Abd'üs-Samed[8] or Prince Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey |
Ayşe | Turkish | Elbistan, Dulkadirid Principality |
1469 | |
Gülruh Hatun | Abd'ül-Hay | 1476 | ||||
Hüsnüşah Hatun | Prince Nasuh Bey | Turkish | Mut, Karamanid Principality |
? | ||
Gülfem Hatun | ? | |||||
Ferahşad Hatun | ? | |||||
Muhterem Hatun | Abd'ül-Hay[8] | ? | ||||
Ayşe Hatun | Meñli I Giray | Ayşe | Crimean Tartar | Bakhchisaray, Giray dynasty | ? | Selim I |
Hafsa Sultan | Abd'ûl-Muin[8] | Ayşe | ? | Trabzon | 1494 | |
Mahidevran Sultan | Mirza Abdullah Haydar Bey | Malhurub
baharay |
Albanian or Circassian[9] | 5 January 1512 / 1514 | Suleiman I | |
Gulfem Hatun | Abbdurrahman | Rosalinda | Italian | Around 1513 | ||
Hürrem Sultan | Ukrainian Priest Havrylo Lisowski Leksandra Lisowska |
Alexandra Lisowska | Russian or Polish | Rohatyn, Kingdom of Poland | June 1531 | |
Nurbanu Valide Sultan[10] | Nicolò Venier (?) Violanta Baffo (?) |
Cecilia Venier-Baffo? / Rachel? | Italian? Jew? Greek? | Páros?, Cyclades Islands, Republic of Venice | ? | Selim II |
Safiye Sultan | Albanian | Dukagjin highlands, Sanjak of Scutari | Murad III | |||
Şahihuban Hatun | ||||||
Şemsiruhsar Hatun | ||||||
Handan Sultan | Helena? | Greek? | Greece? | 1589 | Mehmed III | |
Halime Sultan | Abkhaz | Caucasus | 1589 | |||
Mahfiruz Hatun | 1603 | Ahmed I | ||||
Kösem Sultan | Greek Orthodox priest | Anastasia | Greek | Tinos, Greece | ||
Ayşe Sultan | Ayşe | January 1620 | Osman II | |||
Akile Hatun | Şeyhülislam Esad Efendi | Rukiye | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | 7 February 1622 | ||
Ayşe Sultan | Murad IV | |||||
Turhan Sultan | Nadia | Russian | Ibrahim I | |||
Aşub Sultan | Katarina | Serb | Rumelia | 1641 | ||
Muazzez Sultan | Eva | Jewish | Poland | 1642 | ||
Ayşe Sultan | Ayşe | Crimean Tartar | Crimea | 1643 | ||
Mahienver Sultan | Circassian | 1644 | ||||
Saçıbağı Sultan | Leyla | Circassian | North Caucasus | 1645 | ||
Şivekar Sultan | Meryem | Armenian | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | 1646 | ||
Hümaşah Sultan | Hümaşah | Circassian | Caucasus | 1647 | ||
Gülnuş Sultan | Greek Orthodox priest | Evmania Voria | Greek | Rethymno, Crete, Republic of Venice | Mehmed IV | |
Hatice Kadın | Suleiman II | |||||
Behzad Kadın | ||||||
Ivaz Kadın | ||||||
Sülün Kadın | ||||||
Şehsuvar Kadın | ||||||
Zeyneb Kadın | ||||||
Rabia Sultan | Unknown | Rum Millet | Ahmed II | |||
Alicenab Kadın | Mustafa II | |||||
Bahtiyar Kadın | ||||||
Saliha Sultan | Alexandra | Greek | ||||
Ivaz Kadın | ||||||
Şehsuvar Sultan | Serbian nobility | Marija | Serb | Rumelia | ||
Afife Kadın | ||||||
Emetullah Kadın | Ahmed III | |||||
Rukiye Kadın | ||||||
Mihrişah Kadın | ||||||
Hatice Kadın | ||||||
Şermi Kadın | Ida | Unclear | ||||
Zeyneb Kadın | ||||||
Musall Kadın | Emine | |||||
Hanife Kadın | ||||||
Gülşen Kadın | ||||||
Ümmügülsüm Kadın | ||||||
Hürrem Kadın | ||||||
Meyli Kadın | ||||||
Hümaşah Kadın | Fatma | |||||
Nijad Kadın | ||||||
Nazife Kadın | ||||||
Hatem Hanım | ||||||
Alicenab Kadın | Mahmud I | |||||
Verdinaz Kadın | ||||||
Rami Kadın | Hatice | |||||
Hatem Kadın | ||||||
Leyla Kadın | Osman III | |||||
Zevki Kadın | ||||||
Ferhunde Kadın | Emine | |||||
Aynülhayat Kadın | Mustafa III | |||||
Mihrişah Sultan | Agnes | Georgian | Caucasus | 1760 | ||
Rifat Kadın | 1759 | |||||
Adilşah Kadın | Ayşe | 1765 | ||||
Ayşe Kadın | Ayşe | Abdul Hamid I | ||||
Hümaşah Kadın | 1775 | |||||
Ruhşah Kadın | Hatice | |||||
Müteber Kadın | ||||||
Nevres Kadın | ||||||
Şebsafa Kadın | Fatma | |||||
Mehtabe Kadınefendi | ||||||
Sineperver Sultan | Sonja | Bulgarian | 1776 | |||
Nakşidil Sultan | French | Martinique | 1783 | |||
Nefizar Kadınefendi | Selim III | |||||
Hüsnümah Kadın | ||||||
Zibifer Kadın | ||||||
Refet Kadın | ||||||
Nurişems Kadın | ||||||
Tabısafa Kadın | ||||||
Şevrinur Kadın | Mustafa IV | |||||
Seyyare Kadın | ||||||
Peykidil Kadın | ||||||
Nevifidan Kadın | 1808 | Mahmud II | ||||
Mislinayab Kadın | ||||||
Ebrureftar Kadın | ||||||
Zernigar Kadın | 1825 | |||||
Bezmiâlem Sultan | Abkhazian | Georgia | 1822 | |||
Aşubican Kadın | 1808 | |||||
Nuritab Kadın | ||||||
Hoşyar Kadın | 1811 | |||||
Pervizifelek Kadın | 1823 | |||||
Lebrizifelek Hanım | ||||||
Hüsnimelek Hanım | ||||||
Tiryal Hanım | 1826 | |||||
Pertevniyal Sultan | Hasna | Circassian | Caucasus | 1829 | ||
Servetseza Kadın | Prince Mansur Temruko Princess Fülane Dadeşkeliani |
Temruko | Circassian | Maykop, Russia | 1837 | Abdulmecid I |
Tirimüjgan Kadın | Bekhan Bey Almaş Hanım |
Shapsug | North Caucasus | 1840 | ||
Düzdidil Kadın | Şıhım Dişan Princess Fülane Çaçba |
Ayşe Dişan | Ubykh | North Caucasus | 2 October 1842 | |
Şevkefza Kadın | Mehmed Zaurum Cemile Hanım |
Zaurum | Abkhazian | Poti, Georgia | 1 August 1839 | |
Zeynifelek Hanım | Prince Aslan Klıç Princess Şaşa Loo |
Klıç | Abkhazian | North Caucasus | 1841 | |
Gülcemal Kadın | Hatice | Bosnian | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1840 | ||
Verdicenan Kadın | Prince Kaytuk Giorgi Açba Princess Yelizaveta Hanım |
Saliha Açba | Abkhazian | Sukhumi, Abkhazia | 17 December 1840 | |
Nükhetsezâ Hanım | Hatuğ Baras Ferhunde Hanım |
Hatice Baras | Abkhazian | Abkhazia | 21 October 1841 | |
Mahitab Kadın | Hişam Bey Malika Hanım |
Nuriye | Chechen | Makhachkala, Russia | 1845 | |
Nesrin Hanım | Manuçar Asemiani Mahra Hanım |
Adile Asemiani | Georgian | Poti, Georgia | 1842 | |
Ceylanyar Hanım | Mustafa Berzeg Princess Daruhan Dudaruk |
Nafiye Berzeg | Ubykh | Sochi, Russia | 1847 | |
Nergizu Hanım | Albora Bey Dadüse Hanım |
Natukhai | Anapa, Russia | 1847 | ||
Navekmisal Hanım | Prince Rustem Bey Biberd Princess Fatma Kızılbek |
Biberd | Abkhazian | North Caucasus | 1848 | |
Bezmiara Kadın | Circassian | Circassia | 1849 - 1852 | |||
Nalanidil Hanım | Prince Natıkhu Çıpakue | Çıpakue | Natukhai | Anapa, Russia | 1850 | |
Şayeste Hanım | Prince Tataş İnalipa Sarey Hanım |
İnalipa | Abkhazian | Sukhumi, Abkhazia | 1851 | |
Serfiraz Hanım | Prince Osman Liah Zeliha Tapsın |
Ayşe Liah | Abkhazian | Abkhazia | 1852 | |
Gülüstü Hanım | Prince Tahir Çaçba Afişe Lakerba |
Fatma Çaçba | Abkhazian | Sukhumi, Abkhazia | August 1854 | |
Perestu Kadın | Gök Gogen Şah Hanım |
Rahime Gogen | Ubykh | Sochi, Russia | 20 January 1856 | |
Dürrünev Kadın | Prince Mahmud Dziapş-lpa Princess Halime Çikotua |
Melek Dziapş-İpa | Abkhazian | Batumi, Georgia | 20 May 1856 | Abdülaziz |
Edadil Kadın | Prince Tandal Aredba Aublaa Hanım |
Aredba | Abkhazian | Adlersky, Sochi, Russia | 1861 | |
Hayranidil Kadın | Georgian | Kars, Ottoman Empire | 21 September 1865 | |||
Neşerek Kadın | Prince Ismail Zevş-Barakay | Nesrin Zevş-Barakay | Ubykh | North Caucasus | 1868 | |
Gevheri Kadın | Salih Svatnba Princess Şaziye Tsanba |
Emine Svatnba | Abkhazian | Gudauta, Abkhazia | 1872 | |
Elaru Kadın | Ahmed Tarkanişvili | Mevhibe Tarkanişvili | Georgian | Tbilisi, Georgia | 21 January 1857 | Murad V |
Reftarıdil Kadın | Hatkoyuko Hatko | Hatko | Abkhazian | North Caucasus | 4 February 1859 | |
Şayan Kadın | Batır Zan | Safiye Zan | Natukhai | Anapa, Russia | 5 February 1869 | |
Meyliservet Kadın | Circassian | Batumi, Georgia | 8 June 1874 | |||
Resan Hanım | Ömer Bey Fatma Hanım |
Ayşe | Georgian | Artvin, Ottoman Empire | 2 November 1877 | |
Nazikeda Kadın | Prince Arzakan Tsanba Princess Esma Klıç |
Tsanba | Abkhazian | Abkhazia | 1863 | Abdul Hamid II |
Nurefzun Kadın | Selim Şermat Princess Rebiye Hanım |
Ayşe Şermat | Circassian | North Caucasus | October 1868 - 26 June 1879 | |
Bedrifelek Kadın | Prince Mehmed Karzeg Princess Faruhan İnal-lpa |
Karzeg | Natukhai | Anapa, Russia | 15 November 1868 | |
Bidar Kadın | Prince Ibrahim Talustan Princess Şahika İffet Lortkipanidze |
Talustan | Kabarday | Kobuleti, Adjara, Georgia | 2 September 1875 | |
Dilpesend Kadın | Georgian | Tbilisi, Georgia | 10 April 1884 | |||
Mezidimestan Kadın | Kaymat Mikanba Princess Feryal Marşan |
Kadriye Mikanba | Abkhazian | Gagra, Abkhazia | 2 February 1885 | |
Emsalinur Kadın | Kaya | Abkhazian | Abkhazia | 20 November 1885 | ||
Müşfika Kadın | Mahmud Ağır Emine Hanım |
Ayşe Ağırba | Abkhazian | Hopa, Caucasus | 12 February 1886 | |
Sazkar Hanım | Bata Maan | Atiye Maan | Abkhazian | Ayvacık, Çanakkale, Ottoman Empire | 31 August 1890 | |
Peyveste Hanım | Prince Osman Emuhvari Princess Hesna Çaabalurhva |
Rabia Emuhvari | Abkhazian | Pitsunda, Georgia | 24 January 1893 | |
Pesend Hanım | Prince Sami Açba Princess Fatıma Ismailevna Mamleeva |
Fatma Kadriye Açba | Abkhazian | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | 20 July 1896 | |
Behice Hanım | Albus Maan Nazli Kucba |
Behiye Maan | Abkhazian | Beynevi, Adapazarı, Ottoman Empire | 10 May 1900 | |
Naciye Hanım | Arslan Ankuap Canhız Hanım |
Zeliha Ankuap | Abkhazian | Yukarı Ihsaniye, Bartın, Ottoman Empire | 4 November 1904 | |
Kamures Kadın | Ubykh | 30 September 1872 | Mehmed V | |||
Dürrüaden Kadın | Mustafa Voçibe | Hatice Voçibe | Circassian | Caucasus | 10 October 1876 | |
Mihrengiz Kadın | Fatma | Ubykh | Sochi, Russia | 4 April 1887 | ||
Nazperver Kadın | Prince Ismail Çikotua Princess Aliye Dziapş-lpa |
Emine Çikotua | Abkhazian | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | 1888 | |
Dilfirib Kadın | Circassian | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | 1907 | |||
Nazikeda Kadın | Prince Hasan Ali Marşania Princess Fatma Horecan Aredba |
Emine Marşan | Abkhazian | Tsebelda, Abkhazia | 8 June 1885 | Mehmed VI |
Inşirah Hanım | Aziz Voçibe | Seniye Voçibe | Ubykh | Maşukiye, Ottoman Empire | 8 July 1905 - 7 November 1909 | |
Müveddet Kadın | Kato Davut Çıhcı Ayşe Hanım |
Şadiye Çıhcı | Abkhazian | Derbent, Russia | 24 April 1911 | |
Nevvare Hanım | Mustafa Çıhcı Hafize Kap |
Ayşe Çıhcı | Abkhazian | Derbent, Russia | 20 June 1918 - 20 May 1924 | |
Nevzad Hanım | Bargu Şaban Efendi Hatice Hanım |
Nimet Bargu | Turkish | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | 1 September 1921 | |
See also
- Ottoman dynasty
- Ottoman Empire
- List of the mothers of the Ottoman Sultans
- List of Valide Sultans
- List of Ottoman Sultans
Notes
- ↑ Peirce, Leslie P (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. ISBN 0-19-507673-7.
- ↑ Павлов, Пламен. Търновските царици. В.Т.:ДАР-РХ, 2006.
Queens of Tarnovo, Plamen Pavlov, 2006 - ↑ Babinger 1992, p. 11.
- ↑ Li Tang; Dietmar W. Winkler (2013). From the Oxus River to the Chinese Shores: Studies on East Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 308. ISBN 978-3-643-90329-7.
- ↑ Fine 1994, p. 530.
- ↑ Babinger 1992, p. 51.
- ↑ Heath W. Lowry (1 February 2012). The Nature of the Early Ottoman State. SUNY Press. pp. 153–. ISBN 978-0-7914-8726-6.
Mother of Bayezid II was Gülbahar Hatun (a Pontic Greek from the village of Douvera in Trabzon)
- 1 2 3 "The Imperial House of Osman". p. 4. Archived from the original on 2006-05-02.
- ↑ Leslie P., Peirce (1993). "Wives and Concubines: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries". The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016-4314: Oxford University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-19-508677-5.
- ↑ Bernard Lewis, The Muslim discovery of Europe, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2001, p. 192.
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