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 () 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 (Mother of Sultan).
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. Towards the end of the seventeenth century the title hatun and sultan for imperial consorts was replaced by Kadın and Ikbal.
Kadın Kadın () was the title given to the consorts of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. The title officially first came in use during the reign of Sultan Suleiman II. The Sultan could have up to four and some times five women with the imperial rank of Kadın and unlimited number of women with the rank of Ikbal.
Ikbal Ikbal () was the title given to the official consorts of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who came below the rank of Kadın. Their honorific was "Hanim".
Consorts of the Ottoman sultans Portrait Name Birth name Origin Place of Origin Marriage SpouseRabia Bala HatunRabiaTurkishTurkeyLegal wifeOsman I Kameriye Malhun Hatun Mal Turkish Turkey Legal wife Bayalun Hatun Anatolian beyliksOrhan IEftendize Hatun EftendizeTurkishTurkey13th century Asporça Hatun Byzantine Greek Byzantine Empire Valide Nilüfer Hatun Byzantine Greek Byzantine Empire Theodora Hatun Theodora Kantakouzene Byzantine Greek Byzantine Empire 1347 (legal marriage)Theodora UrošTheodora NemanjićSerbianSerbian Empire Valide Gülçiçek Hatun unknown Greek Bithynia 1359 (disputed)Murad IFülane Hatununknown1366Paşa Melek HatunTurkish(legal marriage)Fülane Hatununknownafter 1372 Kera Thamara Hatun Kera Tamara Bulgarian Bulgarian Empire 1376/1378 (legal marriage)Fülane HatununknownMaria HatunSeveral of John V's daughters and granddaughters married Ottoman princes: his daughter Maria married Murad I, two more his sons Bayezid I and Yakub, while a fourth, Irene, married Halil, Murad's half-brother. Two granddaughters, daughters of Theodore and Zampia, married a son and grandson of Bayezid I, Süleyman and Mustafa.Maria PaleologaByzantine GreekByzantine Empire1389 Fülane Hatun Olga Dejanovic Dragas Serbian, daughter of Konstantin of Kostendil' Serbian Empire 1372 (legal marriage) Bayezid I Devletşah Sultan Hatun Turkish Kütahya,Germinayid Principality 1378 (legal marriage) Angelina Hatun Angelina Greek Greece Hafsa Hatun Hâfize Turkish Birgi, Aydinid Principality 1390 (legal marriage) Olivera Despina Mileva Olivera Lazarević Serbian Kruševac, Serbia 1390 (legal marriage) Marija Hatun Maria Daughter of the Hungarian count Janos, she was freed by Timur and handed over to Henry III of Castile. She later married Payo Gomez de Soto Mayor. Hungary Karamanoğlu Hatun Turkish Valide Devlet Hatun ? unknown unknown Valide Emine Hatun Emine Turkish Elbistan,Dulkadirid Principality Mehmed I Şahzade Hatun Turkish Amasya,Kutluşah Principality Kumru Hatun? Halime Hatice Hatun Turkish Murad II Valide Hüma HatunSlavic, Italian, Jewish or Greek Mara Despina Hatun Mara Branković Serb Serbian Despotate 1435 (legal marriage) Yeni Hatun Turkish Turkey Valide Gülbahar Hatun Albanian, Slavic, Pontic Greek or Turkish Unknown Mehmed II Gülşah Hatun ?? Anna Hatun Anna Komenene Greek Greece Sittişah Hatun Mükrime Turkish Elbistan,Dulkadirid Principality 1449 (legal marriage) Çiçek Hatun Serb or Turkish Helena Hatun Helena Palaiologina Greek Greece Hatice Hatun Hatice Turkish Şirin HatunBayezid II Hüsnüşah Hatun Bülbül Hatun Nigar Hatun Gülruh Hatun Ayşe Hatun Ayşe Turkish Elbistan,Dulkadirid Principality Muhtereme Ferahşad Hatun Gülbahar Hatun Gülfem Hatun Mühurnaz Hatun Ayşe HatunIlya V. Zaytsev, The Structure of the Giray Dynasty (15th–16th centuries): Matrimonial and Kinship Relations of the Crimean Khans in Elena Vladimirovna Boĭkova, R. B. Rybakov (ed.), Kinship in the Altaic World: Proceedings of the 48th Permanent International Altaistic Conference, Moscow 10–15 July 2005, p. 341 Ayşe CrimeanCrimean KhanateSelim I Valide Ayşe Hafsa 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.) Europe or Circassia Yasemin Hatun unknownunknownunknown Suleiman IServer Hatununknownunknown unknown Hubeh Hatun unknown unknown unknown Mahidevran Gülbahar Hatununknown Albanian, Circassian, Montenegrin or Crimean Albania, Circassia, Montenegro or Crimea Haseki Hürrem SultanAleksandraAbbott E. A history of mistresses. — HarperFlamingoCanada, 2003. — 510 p. — P. 53. or AnastajzaRoxolana in European Literature… — P. 49. Ruthenian Kingdom of Poland early May 1534 (legal marriage)Valide Afife Nurbanu SultanCecilia 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 or Greek or Jewish Paros, Republic of Venice or Corfu, Republic of Venice 1571 (legal marriage) Selim II Fülane HatununknownunknownunknownFülane HatununknownunknownunknownFülane HatununknownunknownunknownOther four concubinesunknownunknownunknown Valide Safiye SultanMustafa Çağatay Uluçay, Padışahların kadınları ve kızları, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 1980, pp. 42-6unknown Albanian Albania, Dukagjin Highlands Murad III Şemsiruhsar Hatununknownunknownunknown Mihriban Hatununknownunknownunknown Şahıhuban Hatununknownunknownunknown Nazperver Hatun unknown unknown unknown Zerefşan Hatun unknown unknown unknown Fakriye Hatun unknownunknownunknown Fülane Hatun unknownunknownunknown Fifteen pregnant concubinesunknownunknownunknownFülane Hatununknownunknownunknown A daughter of Lady Chiajna"Then his mother, who was also still alive, used all sorts of means; she herself along with her daughter, fled to the gates, married the daughter to Amurath according to their pagan custom" unknownRomanianPrincipality of Wallachia Valide Handan Sultanunknown Bosnian or Greek Ottoman Bosnia or Ottoman Greece Mehmed III Valide Halime Sultanunknown Abkhaz Abkhazia Fülane Hatun unknownunknownunknown Hatice Mahfiruz Hatununknownunknownunknown Ahmed I Fatma Hatununknownunknownunknown Valide Mahpeyker Kösem SultanAnastasía Greek. Born on Tinos, Republic of Venice (?)Greece or Tinos, Republic of Venice (?) Haseki Ayşe Sultan Osman II unknownSerbianSerbia Fülane Hatun unknown unknownunknown 7 February 1622 (legal marriage) Rukiye Akile Hatun Akile Turkish Istanbul, Ottoman Empire 1622 (legal marriage) Ayşe Sultanunknownunknownunknown Murad IVFülane Sultanunknownunknownunknown Sanavber HatununknownunknownunknownSafiye Hatununknown unknownunknown Emirgün's sister (disputed) unknown Zafire Hatun unknown, possibly Sciabas (Slava) or unlikely Giacoma Beccarini Georgian, Russian or unlikely Italian unknown, possibly but unlikely Siena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany Ibrahim I Valide Turhan Hatice Sultan 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-SultanRussia, Circassia or Ukraine Haseki Hatice Muazzez Sultanunknownunknown Haseki Saliha Dilaşub Sultan unknown unknown unknown Haseki Ayșe Sultan unknownTatar origins Haseki Mahienver SultanunknownCircassianCircassia Haseki Saçbağlı Sultan unknownCircassian Circassia Haseki Şivekar Sultanunknown ArmenianZuhuri Danışman, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu Tarihi, IX, Yeni Matbaa, p. 239 Armenia Haseki Hümaşah SultanunknownGeorgian or CircassianGeorgia or Circassia 1647 (legal marriage) Hubyar Hatun Şekerpare Hatun Șakizula HatunŞekerbanu Hatun Fülane Hatun Fülane Hatun Emetullah Rabia Gülnüş Sultan Evmania 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 Rethymno, Crete, Republic of Venice Mehmed IV Afife Kadın unknown unknown unknown Gülnar Kadın (Her existence is controversial) unknown unknown unknown Nevruz Hatun unknown unknown unknown Güneş Hatun (Her existence is controversial) unknown unknown unknown Gülbeyaz Hatun (Her existence is controversial) unknownunknownunknown Hatice Hatun (Her existence is controversial) unknown unknown unknown Cihanșah Hatun unknown unknown unknown Dürriye Hatun unknown unknown unknown Kaniye Hatun unknown unknown unknown Rukiye Hatun unknown unknown unknown Siyavuș Hatun unknown unknown unknownRabia Kadın