| Asporça Hatun | |
|---|---|
 The burial place of Asporça Hatun is located within the tomb of Osman in Bursa | |
| Died | Bursa |
| Burial | Tomb of Osman, Bursa |
| Spouse | Orhan I |
| Issue |
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Asporça Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: اسپورجہ خاتون) was the first legal wife of Sultan Orhan of the Ottoman Empire.[1]
Of Greek-Byzantine origin,[1] daughter of a Byzantine lord, Asporça was the mother four of Orhan's children, Ibrahim Bey, Fatma Hatun and Selçuk Hatun,[1] and Şerefullah Bey[2]
She appointed the first Ottoman grand vizier Alaeddin Pasha as the representative for her foundations.[2] In September 1323, her father-in-law, Osman I, granted her two villages, Narlı and Kiyaklı, which she then deeded to her descendants, making her son Ibrahim,[3] and Şerefullah,[2] her executors.
When she died, she was buried along with her husband Orhan in the tomb of the latter's father Osman, located in Bursa; the original tomb having been replaced by two new tomb, her sarcophagus is housed in Osman's new tomb, while Orhan has his own tomb.[4]
Issue
By Orhan, she had two sons and two daughters:
- Ibrahim Bey (1316-1362). Governor of Eskişehir, was executed by the order of his half-brother Murad I.
- Şerefullah Bey
- Selçuk Hatun
- Fatma Hatun
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Peirce 1993, p. 34.
- 1 2 3 Encyclopedia of Ahılık - Volume II. Şekerbank. 2017. pp. 190, 199.
- ↑ Peirce 1993, p. 34, 35.
- ↑ Peirce 1993, p. 51 and note 106 p.300.
Sources
- Peirce, Leslie P. (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire (paperback ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508677-5.