Mükrime Hatun
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Mûkrîmā Khātûn, (1435–1467), was the third wife of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II
, the daughter of Süleyman Bey, the sixth ruler of Dulkadir
State, and the biological mother of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II
. She married to Mehmed II
at the age of eleven on 15 December 1446.She gave birth to her son Bayezid II
on 3 December 1447. Since the biological mother Sitti Mûkrîmā Khātûn of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II
had died fourteen years before his accesion to the Ottoman
throne, Amina Gul-Bahar
acquired the equivalent title of Valide Sultan
(since Ayşe Hafsa Sultan
being the First Valide Sultan as equivalent to the Queen Mother) for eleven years as the widow hatun of Mehmed II
and the stepmother of the eighth Ottoman Sultan, namely Bayezid II
.
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...
, the daughter of Süleyman Bey, the sixth ruler of Dulkadir
Dulkadir
The Anatolian beylik of Dulkadir , was one of the frontier principalities established by Oghuz Turkish Alevi Qizilbash clans after the decline of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm...
State, and the biological mother of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II
Bayezid II
Bayezid II or Sultân Bayezid-î Velî was the oldest son and successor of Mehmed II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512...
. She married to Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...
at the age of eleven on 15 December 1446.She gave birth to her son Bayezid II
Bayezid II
Bayezid II or Sultân Bayezid-î Velî was the oldest son and successor of Mehmed II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512...
on 3 December 1447. Since the biological mother Sitti Mûkrîmā Khātûn of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II
Bayezid II
Bayezid II or Sultân Bayezid-î Velî was the oldest son and successor of Mehmed II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512...
had died fourteen years before his accesion to the Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
throne, Amina Gul-Bahar
Amina Gul-Bahar
Her Majesty Emîne Kül-Bahār Khātûn or Gül-Bahār Khātûn I Her Majesty Emîne (Amînā) Kül-Bahār Khātûn or Gül-Bahār Khātûn I Her Majesty Emîne (Amînā) Kül-Bahār Khātûn or Gül-Bahār Khātûn I (née Amînā (Emîne) (ca. 1434 – 1492) was the first wife of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, and Vâlidā Khātûn to the...
acquired the equivalent title of Valide Sultan
Valide Sultan
Valide Sultan was the title held by the mother of a ruling Sultan in the Ottoman Empire. The Turkish pronunciation of the word Valide is . The title is sometimes translated as Queen Mother, although the position of Valide Sultan was quite different.The position was perhaps the most important...
(since Ayşe Hafsa Sultan
Ayse Hafsa Sultan
Ayşe Hafsa Sultan, or in short, Hafsa Sultan , sometimes also transcribed as "A'ishā Hâfize Sultana" in strict transliteration, was the first Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, wife of Selim I and mother of Suleiman the Magnificent...
being the First Valide Sultan as equivalent to the Queen Mother) for eleven years as the widow hatun of Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...
and the stepmother of the eighth Ottoman Sultan, namely Bayezid II
Bayezid II
Bayezid II or Sultân Bayezid-î Velî was the oldest son and successor of Mehmed II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512...
.
Further reading
- Yavuz Bahadıroğlu, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications), 15th Ed., 2009, ISBN: 978-975-269-299-2 (Hardcover).