Hafsa Hatun

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Hafsa Hatun
SpouseBayezid I
HouseAydinid (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherIsa Bey
ReligionSunni Islam

Hafsa Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: حفصه خاتون, "young lioness") was a Turkish princess, and a consort of Bayezid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Life[edit]

Hafsa Hatun was the daughter of Isa Bey, the ruler of the Aydinids. She was married to Bayezid in 1390, upon his conquest of the Aydinids.[1][2] Her father had surrendered without a fight, and a marriage was arranged between her and Bayezid. Thereafter, Isa was sent into exile in Iznik, shorn of his power, where he subsequently died.[3][4] Her marriage strengthened the bonds between the two families.[5]

Charities[edit]

Hafsa Hatun's public works are located within her father's territory and may have been built before she married Bayezid.[1] She commissioned a fountain in Tire city and a Hermitage in Bademiye, and a mosque known as "Hafsa Hatun Mosque"[6] between 1390 and 1392 from the money she received in her dowry.[7]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Leslie P. Peirce (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. pp. 40. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.
  2. ^ Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. p. 25. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
  3. ^ Vryonis, Speros; Langdon, John Springer (1993). To Hellenikon Studies in Honor of Speros Vryonis, Jr: Hellenic antiquity and Byzantium. Artistide D. Caratzas. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-892-41445-1.
  4. ^ Zahariádou, Elisábet A (1983). Emporio Kai Stauroforia: 'ē Benetokratoumenē Krētē Kai Ta Emirata Tou Mentese Kai Tou Aïdiniou (1300-1415). Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies. p. 115.
  5. ^ The Valley of Civilizations, Büyük Menderes. Special Administrative Directorate of the Governorship of Aydın. 1990.
  6. ^ Charities of Hafsa Hatun
  7. ^ "Hafsa Hatun Mosque Built by Hafsa Hatun". Archived from the original on 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2014-09-03.