Hafsa Hatun

This article is about the consort of Bayezid I. For the consort of Selim I and mother of Suleiman I, see Hafsa Sultan.

Hafsa Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: حفصه خاتون, "young lioness", died after 1403) was a Turkish princess, and a consort of Bayezid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Hafsa Hatun
Born	Selçuk, Aydinid beylik
Died	after 1403 Bursa, Ottoman Empire
Spouse	Bayezid I ​ ​ (m. 1390; death 1403)​
House	Aydinid (by birth) Ottoman (by marriage)
Father	Fahreddin Isa Bey
Religion	Sunni Islam

Life

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. She had not known children.^[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

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]

See also

• Ottoman dynasty
• Ottoman Empire

References

1. 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.