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 or Ghazi was used instead of Sultan). Throughout the six-century history, the sultans were the members of the same house, namely the House of Osman (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, and Şermi. On the other hand, stepmothers 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)Halime Hatun (Tradition)Hatun HalimeTurkishdied after 1282, Söğüt Osman I Malhun Hatun HatunKameriye Malhun TurkishAnatolia — Bursa, after 1326Orhan I Nilüfer Valide Hatun unknown Greek died 1363, Bursa, Ottoman Sultanate Murad I Gülçiçek Hatun unknown Greek1335, Bithynia, Ottoman Empire Bayezid I Devlet Valide Hatun unknown unknown died 1422, Bursa, Ottoman Empire Mehmed I Emine Valide Hatun Emine Oghuz Turkic born in Elbistan, Beylik of Dulkadir —1449, Ottoman Empire Murad II Hüma Valide Hatun unknown Greek or Slavic 1446 — September 1449, Bursa, Ottoman Empire Mehmed II Emine Gülbahar Mükrime Valide Hatun unknown Pontic Greek from Trabzon, Albanian, Slavic or Turkish died 1492, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Bayezid II Ayşe Gülbahar Hatun unknown Christian slave 1453, unknown, — 1505, Trabzon, Ottoman Empire Selim IAyşe Hafsa Valide Sultan unknown Slave of European or Circassian origin (Her name is given as "Hafsa bint-i Abdü'l-Muin" in Kitâbeler by İ. H. Uzunçarşılı. This shows that she was of non-Turkish origin, and later converted to Islam. The assertions that she was daughter of Meñli I Giray of the Crimean Khanate was never proven even though one of the wives of Selim I, namely Ayşe Hatun, was the real daughter of Meñli I Giray.) 1478-1479 — 19 March 1534, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Suleiman I Hürrem Haseki Sultan Aleksandra or Anastazja LisowskaAbbott E. A history of mistresses. — HarperFlamingoCanada, 2003. — 510 p. — P. 53.Roxolana in European Literature… — P. 49. Ruthenian 1506/1507, Ruthenia, Kingdom of Poland — 15 April 1558, Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Selim II Nurbanu Haseki SultanValide Sultan Cecilia Venier-BaffoGodfrey Goodwin, The Private World of Ottoman Women, Saqi Book, , , 2001. page 128 or Rachel Marié NassiValeria Heuberger, Geneviève Humbert, Geneviève Humbert-Knitel, Elisabeth Vyslonzil (ed.), Cultures in Colors, page 68. , 2001 or Kalē Karatanou Venetian, Jewish or Greek 1525, Paros, Cyclades Islands, or Corfu, Republic of Venice — 7 December 1583, Topkapi Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Murad III Safiye Haseki SultanValide Sultan unknown Albanian 1550, Dukagjin highlands, Albania — January/April 1619, Eski Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mehmed III Handan Valide Sultan unknown Bosnian, pp. 45 and 53–54 or Greek 1570,Börekçi, Günhan (2020). "A Queen-Mother at Work: On Handan Sultan and Her Regency During the Early Reign of Ahmed I" p.10 Ottoman Bosnia or Ottoman Greece — 9 November 1605, Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Ahmed I Halime Valide Sultan unknown Abkhaz 1570, Abkhazia, Ottoman Empire — after 1623, Eski Palace, Beyazıt Square, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mustafa I Mahfiruz Hatun unknown unknownUluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padışahların Kadınları ve Kızları. page 78 1590 — 1610/1615 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Osman II Kösem Haseki SultanValide SultanRegent "Naib-i-Sultanat" Anastasía Greek. Born on Tinos, Republic of Venice (?) 1589, Tinos, Republic of Venice or Bosnia — 2 September 1651, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Murad IVIbrahim I Turhan BaşHaseki SultanValide SultanRegent "Naib-i-Sultanat" unknown Russian,Ruth Barzilai-Lumbroso (2008). Turkish Men, Ottoman Women: Popular Turkish Historians and the Writing of Ottoman Women's History. ProQuest. . Circassian or UkrainianT. V. Chukhlib. Khatije Turhan Valide-Sultan 1627, Russia, Circassia or Ukraine — 4 August 1683, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mehmed IV Saliha Dilaşub Haseki SultanValide Sultan unknown unknown 1627 — 4 December 1689, Edirne Palace, Edirne, Ottoman Empire Suleiman II Muazzez Haseki Sultan unknown unknown 1627 — 12 September 1687, Old Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Ahmed II Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Haseki SultanValide SultanEvmania Voria VerziniA Queen Mother and the Ottoman Imperial Harem: Rabia Gülnuş Emetullah Valide Sultan (1640-1715). In Concubines and Courtesans: Women and Slavery in Islamic History, ed. Matthew S. Gordon- Kathryn A. Hain. Oxford University Press, 2017 p.208 From the Greek or Venetian Verzini family from the island of Crete 1642, Rethymno, Republic of Venice — 6 November 1715, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mustafa IIAhmed III Saliha Valide Sultan unknown unknown, Serbian or Greek 1680, — 21 September 1739, Tırnakçı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mahmud I Şehsuvar Valide Sultân unknown Ukrainian, Russian or Serbian 1682, Tsardom of Russia — 27 April 1756, Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Osman III Emine Mihrişah Kadın unknown unknown unknown — April 1732, Eski Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mustafa III Rabia Şermi Kadın unknown unknown unknown — 1732, Eski Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid I Mihrişah Valide Sultan unknown Daughter of Georgian Orthodox priest 1745, Georgia — 16 October 1805, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Selim III Ayşe Sineperver Valide Sultan unknown Bulgarian, Circassian or Georgian 1759/1760 — 11 December 1828, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mustafa IV Nakşidil Valide Sultan unknown Georgian 1761 — 22 August 1817, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mahmud II Bezmiâlem Valide Sultan unknown Georgian or Circassian 1807, Georgia, Russian Empire — 2 May 1853, Beşiktaş Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Abdulmejid I Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Besime Kurd, Romanian or Circassian 1812 — 5 February 1883, Ortaköy Palace, Ortaköy, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Abdülaziz Şevkefza Valide Sultan Mingrelian and Circassian 12 December 1820 — 17 September 1889, Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Murad V Tirimüjgan Kadin unknown Circassian 16 August 1819, Circassia — 3 October 1852, Feriye Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II Gülcemal Kadin unknown Bosnian c. 1826, Sarajevo, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire — 29 November 1851, Ortaköy Palace, Ortaköy, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mehmed V Gülistü Dördüncü Kadın Fatma Chachba Abkhazian 1830, born in Sukhumi, Principality of Abkhazia — 1861, Eyüp Palace, Eyüp, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Mehmed VI

See also List of Ottoman titles and appellations Valide sultan Haseki sultan

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