Asporça Hatun
Asporça Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: اسپورجہ خاتون) was a wife of Sultan Orhan of the Ottoman Empire.[1]
| Asporça Hatun | |
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 The burial place of Asporça Hatun is located within the tomb of Osman in Bursa | |
| Burial | Tomb of Osman, Bursa |
| Spouse | Orhan Gazi |
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Possibly of Greek origin,[1] Asporça was the mother of three or four of Orhan's children, Ibrahim Bey, Fatma Hatun and Selçuk Hatun,[1] and according to some authors also 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] or Ibrahim and Şerefullah,[2] her executor.
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along with her husband Orhan in the tomb of the latter's father Osman, located in Bursa; the original tomb having been replaced by two new tomb, her sarcophagus is housed in Osman's new tomb, while Orhan has his own tomb.[4]
See also
References
- Peirce 1993, p. 34.
- 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., The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508677-5 (paperback).