List of mothers of the Ottoman sultans

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This is a list of the biological mothers of Ottoman sultans. There were thirty-six sultans of the Ottoman Empire in twenty-one generations. (During early days the title Bey was used instead of Sultan) Throughout the six-century history the sultans were the members of the same house, namely the House of Ottoman (Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı).

Mothers of the Ottoman Sultans[]

This list is distinct from the list of Valide Sultans of the Ottoman Empire. Valide Sultan was the title of the mother of the reigning sultan. The mothers who died before their sons' accession to throne, never assumed the title of Valide Sultan like Hürrem, Muazzez, Mihrişah,[1][2] and Şermi.[3] On the other hand, step mothers who were not the biological mothers but raised the princes whose mothers had died assumed the title of Valide Sultan like Perestu. So there were Valide Sultans who were not the mothers, and there were mothers who were not the Valide Sultans.

The detailed list of the mothers[]

Name Titles Maiden Name Origin Years of life Son(s)[4]
Halime Hatun

(Disputed[clarification needed])[5]

Hanim unknown Turkish;

Seljuk Princess (disputed[clarification needed])[6]

unknown Osman I
Malhun Hatun

(Disputed [7])[8]

Hatun[9] unknown Turkish;

Daughter of Sheikh Edebali (disputed[clarification needed])[10]

13th century — 1323/1324 or November 1326, Söğüt, Anatolia Orhan I
Nilüfer Valide Hātûn
(1362 – 1383) 		Holofira or Olivera Byzantine Greek c. 1283, Bilecik, Byzantine Empire — c. 1383, Bursa, Ottoman Sultanate Murad I
Gülçiçek Hatun Maria Greek c. 1335, Greece — before 1389 or after 1400, Bursa, Ottoman Empire Bayezid I
Devlet Valide Hātûn
(5 July 1413-1414) 		unknown Oghuz Turkic of the Germiyan tribe.
Daughter of Süleyman Şah Çelebi 		c. 1361, Kütahya, Germiyan dynasty — 23 January 1414 (or 1422), Bursa, Ottoman Empire Mehmed I
Emine Valide Hātûn
(1421 – 1449) 		unknown Oghuz Turkic unknown, born in Elbistan, Beylik of Dulkadir —1449, Ottoman Empire Murad II
Hüma Valide Hātûn
(1444 – 1446) 		Stella (?) Serbian or Italian c. 1410, probably, Italy — September 1449, Bursa, Ottoman Empire Mehmed II
Gülbahar Valide Hātûn
(1481 – 1492) 		unknown Albanian or Greek unknown, born in Albania (or 1429, Trabzon, Empire of Trebizond) — c. 1492, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Bayezid II
Gülbahar probably, Ayşe Oghuz Turkic c. 1453, Elbistan, Dulkadir Principality — 19 November 1505, Trabzon, Ottoman Empire Selim I
Hafsa Valide Sultân
(1520 – 19 Mar 1534) 		Ayşe Crimean Tatar[11] or Turkish or Circassian c. 1478/1479 — 19 March 1534, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire Suleiman I
Hürrem Haseki Sultân
(1533 – 15 Apr 1558) 		Alexandra or Anastasia Havrilovna Lisowska Ruthenian c. 1502–1506, Ruthenia, Kingdom of Poland — 15 April 1558, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire Selim II
Nurbanu Haseki Sultân
(7 Sep 1566 – 15 Dec 1574)
Valide Sultân
(15 Dec 1574 – 7 Dec 1583) 		Cecilia/Olivia Venier-Baffo or Rachel or Kalē Kartanou Venecian or Jewish or Greek c. 1525, Paros, Cyclades Islands, or Corfu, Republic of Venice — 7 December 1583, Bahçi Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire Murad III
Safiye Haseki Sultân
(7 Dec 1583 – 15 Jan 1595)
Valide Sultân
(15 Jan 1595 – 22 Dec 1603) 		unknown Albanian[12] c. 1550, Dukagjin highlands, Albania — c. 1621, Eski Palace, Bayezit Square, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire Mehmed III
Handan Valide Sultân
(22 Dec 1603 – 9 Nov 1605) 		Helena (?) Bosnian or Greek c. 1574, Sanjak of Bosnia, Ottoman Empire — 9 November 1605, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire Ahmed I
Halime Valide Sultân
(22 Nov 1617 – 26 Feb 1618) and
(19 May 1622 – 10 Sep 1623) 		unknown Abkhaz[13]
c. 1571, Abkhazia, Ottoman Empire — 1623, Eski Palace, Beyazıt Square, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire Mustafa I
Mahfiruz probably

Hatice Alkasovna (?)

Eudoxia,

Maria or

Basillie

Serbian, Georgian or Greek c. 1590 — c. 1620, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire Osman II
Kösem (Mahpeyker) Haseki Sultân
(26 Nov 1605 – 22 Nov 1617)
Valide Sultân
(10 Sep 1623 – 3 Sep 1651)
Naib-i-Sultanat
(10 Sep 1623 – 1632) and
(8 Aug 1648 – 3 Sep 1651) 		Anastasia Greek c. 1589, Tinos, Republic of Venice or Bosnia — 2 September 1651, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Murad IV
Ibrahim I
Turhan Haseki Sultân
(2 Jan 1642 – 12 Aug 1648)
Valide Sultân
(3 Sep 1651 – 4 Aug 1683)
Naib-i-Sultanat
(3 Sep 1651 – 1656) 		Nadezhda Russian c. 1627/1628, Tsardom of Russia — 4 August 1683, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mehmed IV
Aşub Haseki Sultân
(until 12 Aug 1648)
Valide Sultân
(8 Nov 1687 – 4 Dec 1689) 		probably, Katarina probably, Serbian c. 1627, Banate of Lugos and Karánsebes — 3 January 1690, Edirne Palace, Edirne, Ottoman Empire Süleyman II
Muazzez Haseki Sultân
(until 12 Aug 1648) 		probably, Eva unknown[14] or Polish Jew
 c. 1628, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth — 12 September 1687, Old Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire Ahmed II
Gülnuş Haseki Sultân
(4 Aug 1683 – 8 Nov 1687)
Valide Sultân
(6 Feb 1695 - 6 Nov 1715) 		Evmania Voria Cretan Greek[14] c. 1642, Rethymno, Republic of Venice — 6 November 1715, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mustafa II
Ahmed III
Saliha Valide Sultân
(20 Sep 1730 – 21 Sep 1739) 		Elizaveta Serbian c. 1680, Serbia — 21 September 1739, Tırnakçı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire Mahmud I
Şehsuvar Valide Sultân
(13 Dec 1754 – 16 Apr 1756) 		Maria Russian[14] or Serbian c. 1682, Tsardom of Russia or Serbia — 27 April 1756, Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Osman III
Mihrişah[15] İkinci Kadın Agnes unknown[14] / French unknown — April 1732, Eski Palace, Beyazıt Square, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mustafa III
Şermi[3] — unknown unknown[14] / French unknown — c. 1732, Eski Palace, Beyazıt Square, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid I
Mihrişah İkinci Kadın
(1761 – 21 Jul 1764)
Baş Kadın
(21 Jul 1764 – 21 Jan 1774)
Valide Sultân
(7 Apr 1789 – 16 Oct 1805) 		Agnes Georgian[16] c. 1745, Georgia — 16 October 1805, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Selim III
Sineperver Valide Sultân
(29 May 1807 – 28 July 1808) 		unknown Bulgarian or Georgian c. 1759/1760 — 11 December 1828, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mustafa IV
Bezmiâlem Üçüncü Kadın
(1822 – 1832)
İkinci Kadın
(1832 – 1 Jul 1839)
Valide Sultân
(2 Jul 1839 – 2 May 1853) 		unknown Georgian[14] c. 1807, Georgia, Russian Empire — 2 May 1853, Beşiktaş Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Abdulmejid
Pertevniyal Valide Sultân
(25 Jun 1861 – 30 May 1876) 		probably, Hasna Romanian[17] c. 1810 — 26 January 1883, Ortaköy Palace, Ortaköy, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Abdülaziz
Şevkefza Üçüncü Kadın
(1 Aug 1839 – 1849)
İkinci Kadın
(1849 – 25 Jun 1861)
Valide Sultân
(30 May 1876 – 31 Aug 1876) 		probably, Vilma Circassian 12 December 1820 — 17 September 1889, Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire Murad V
Tirimüjgan[18][19] Dördüncü Kadın
(1841 – 1849)
Üçüncü Kadın
(1849 – 3 Oct 1852) 		Virijinia Armenian or Circassian 16 August 1819, Circassia — 3 October 1852, Feriye Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II
Gülcemal Dördüncü Kadın Sofia[20][21] or Hatice Bosnian (Christian) c. 1826, Sarajevo, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire — 15 December 1851, Ortaköy Palace, Ortaköy, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire Mehmed V
Gülüstü Dördüncü Kadın
(1860 – May 1861) 		Fatma Chachba Abkhazian, of the Shervashidze or Chachba dynasty unknown, born in Sukhumi, Principality of Abkhazia — May 1865, Eyüp Palace, Eyüp, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mehmed VI

See also[]

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