Asporça Hatun
| Asporça Hatun | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Asporsha c. 1300 Byzantine Empire |
| Died |
c. 1362 Bursa, the Ottoman Empire |
| Resting place | Tomb of Orhan, Bursa |
| Residence | Bursa |
| Ethnicity | Greek |
| Religion | Orthodox Christian converted to Islam |
| Spouse(s) | Orhan Gazi |
| Children |
Şehzade Ibrahim Fatma Hatun Selcuk Hatun |
| Parent(s) | Andronikos II Palaiologos |
Asporça Hatun (c. 1300 – c. 1362, birth name Princess Asporsha[1]) was the second wife of Ottoman Sultan Orhan Gazi and the mother of Şehzade Ibrahim, Fatma Hatun and Selcuk Hatunof the Ottoman Empire.[2][3]
Biography
The parentage of Asporça Hatun is a matter of controversy. According to some sources she was the daughter of Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos and his wife Anna of Savoy. However, it is highly importable as the birth dates of Andronikos III Palaiologos and Asporça Hatun are nearly the same. It is possible that she was the daughter of Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos.[4]
In 1316 Orhan married Princess Asporsha for the location of the Byzantine Empire, but in spite of the marriage, the war continued.[4] After her marriage she converted to Islam like her fellow consort Nilüfer Hatun, and in the same year she gave birth to Şehzade Ibrahim, governor of Eskişehir who was executed by order of his half-brother Murad I, which was followed by the birth of Princesses Fatma Hatun and Selcuk Hatun.[4] Nothing else is known about her except that Osman granted this daughter-in-law several villages, which she then deeded to her descendants in 1323, making her son her executor.[4]
She died in 1362 and was buried in the türbe (tomb) with her husband, Orhan and her fellow consort Nilüfer Hatun, called Gümüşlü Kumbet in Bursa.[4]
See also
Further reading
- Peirce, Leslie P., The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508677-5 (paperback).
- Yavuz Bahadıroğlu, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications), 15th Ed., 2009, ISBN 978-975-269-299-2 (Hardcover).
References
- ↑ "Turkey: The Imperial House of Osman". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on May 2, 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ "Consorts Of Ottoman Sultans (in Turkish)". Ottoman Web Page.
- ↑ Anthony Dolphin Alerson (1956). The Structure of the Ottoman Dynasty. Clarendon Press.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Leslie P. Peirce (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.