Asporça Hatun
| 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along with her husband Orhan in the tomb of the latter's father Osman, located in Bursa, the original tomb having been replaced by two new tombs. Her sarcophagus is housed in Osman's new tomb, while Orhan has his own tomb.[4]
Issue[edit]
By Orhan, she had two sons and two daughters:
- Ibrahim Bey (1316-1362, buried in Osman I's türbe). Governor of Eskişehir, was executed by the order of his half-brother Murad I.
- Şerefullah Bey (dead between 1324 and 1361).
- Selçuk Hatun
- Fatma Hatun
Popular culture[edit]
- She is a character of the Turkish TV series Kuruluş: Osman, portrayed by the Turkish actress Kayra Zabcı.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Peirce 1993, p. 34.
- ^ a b c 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[edit]
- Peirce, Leslie P. (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire (paperback ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508677-5.