| Gülçiçek Hatun | |
|---|---|
| Valide Hatun of the Ottoman Sultanate | |
| Tenure | 16 June 1389 – c. 1400 |
| Predecessor | Nilüfer Hatun |
| Successor | Devlet Hatun |
| Born | Maria c. 1335 Bithynia, Ottoman Empire (now Northern Anatolia, Anatolia, Turkey) |
| Died |
c. 1400 (aged 64–65) Bursa, Ottoman Empire |
| Burial | |
| Consort of | Murad I |
| Issue |
Bayezid I Yahşi Bey |
| Religion |
Christianity (birth) Sunni Islam (conversion) |
Gülçiçek Hatun ( Ottoman Turkish: گلچیچک خاتون; "rose blossom", c. 1335 - c. 1400) was a Greek woman from Bithynia [1] who became a concubine of Ottoman Sultan Murad I and Valide Hatun to their son Bayezid I. [2]
Biography
According to a tradition, Gülçiçek was a concubine of Aclan Bey, one of the Princes of the Anatolian Muslim Principality of Karasids. She was captured when Orhan conquered the principality ( c. 1344) and placed in the Sultan's harem. Around 1359, when Orhan's son Murad had reached adulthood, she became his concubine. [3]
She gave birth to Murad two sons, Bayezid I and Yahşi Bey. She appointed her son Yahşi as trustee for an endowment deed she made for a Dervish Monastery. In her lifetime she established a religious and charitable foundation which demonstrated her Muslim piety publicly. With its revenues she built a mosque, the first Ottoman concubine to built one, and a tomb in Bursa where she was buried when she died, around 1400. [4] [5]
See also
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman dynasty
- Ottoman family tree
- Valide sultan
- List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire
- Line of succession to the Ottoman throne
- Ottoman Emperors family tree (simplified)
- List of consorts of the Ottoman Sultans
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).
References
- ^ Lowry, Heath W. (2012-02-01). The Nature of the Early Ottoman State. SUNY Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-7914-8726-6.
- ^ "Sultan Yıldırım Beyezid Han". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ Leslie P. Peirce (1993). "Wives and Concubines: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries". The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.
- ^ 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
| Gülçiçek Hatun | |
|---|---|
| Valide Hatun of the Ottoman Sultanate | |
| Tenure | 16 June 1389 – c. 1400 |
| Predecessor | Nilüfer Hatun |
| Successor | Devlet Hatun |
| Born | Maria c. 1335 Bithynia, Ottoman Empire (now Northern Anatolia, Anatolia, Turkey) |
| Died |
c. 1400 (aged 64–65) Bursa, Ottoman Empire |
| Burial | |
| Consort of | Murad I |
| Issue |
Bayezid I Yahşi Bey |
| Religion |
Christianity (birth) Sunni Islam (conversion) |
Gülçiçek Hatun ( Ottoman Turkish: گلچیچک خاتون; "rose blossom", c. 1335 - c. 1400) was a Greek woman from Bithynia [1] who became a concubine of Ottoman Sultan Murad I and Valide Hatun to their son Bayezid I. [2]
Biography
According to a tradition, Gülçiçek was a concubine of Aclan Bey, one of the Princes of the Anatolian Muslim Principality of Karasids. She was captured when Orhan conquered the principality ( c. 1344) and placed in the Sultan's harem. Around 1359, when Orhan's son Murad had reached adulthood, she became his concubine. [3]
She gave birth to Murad two sons, Bayezid I and Yahşi Bey. She appointed her son Yahşi as trustee for an endowment deed she made for a Dervish Monastery. In her lifetime she established a religious and charitable foundation which demonstrated her Muslim piety publicly. With its revenues she built a mosque, the first Ottoman concubine to built one, and a tomb in Bursa where she was buried when she died, around 1400. [4] [5]
See also
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman dynasty
- Ottoman family tree
- Valide sultan
- List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire
- Line of succession to the Ottoman throne
- Ottoman Emperors family tree (simplified)
- List of consorts of the Ottoman Sultans
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).
References
- ^ Lowry, Heath W. (2012-02-01). The Nature of the Early Ottoman State. SUNY Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-7914-8726-6.
- ^ "Sultan Yıldırım Beyezid Han". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ Leslie P. Peirce (1993). "Wives and Concubines: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries". The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.
- ^ 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