List of mothers of the Ottoman sultans


This is a list of the biological mothers of Ottoman sultans. There were thirty-six sultans of the Ottoman Empire in twenty-one generations. Throughout 623-years history the sultans were the members of the same house, namely the House of Ottoman.

Mothers of the Ottoman Sultans

This list is distinct from the list of Valide Sultans of the Ottoman Empire. Valide Sultan was the title of the mother of the reigning sultan. The mothers who died before their sons' accession to throne, never assumed the title of Valide Sultan like Hürrem, Muazzez, Mihrişah, and Şermi. On the other hand, step mothers who were not the biological mothers but raised the princes whose mothers had died assumed the title of Valide Sultan like Perestu. So there were Valide Sultans who were not the mothers, and there were mothers who were not the Valide Sultans.

The detailed list of the mothers

NameTitlesMaiden NameOriginDeathSon
MalhunMalaTurk. Born in Anatolia.
Daughter of Sheikh Edebali or Ömer Bey, Anatolian Turkish Bey or
Ömer Abdülaziz Bey, Seljuk Vizier of Anatolia		21 November 1323Orhan
NilüferValide Hātûn
HolofiraByzantine Greek. Born in Bilecik1383Murad I
GülçiçekBayezid I
DevletValide Hātûn
SultanOghuz Turkic of the Germiyan tribe.
Born in Kütahya. Daughter of Süleyman Şah Çelebi		January 1414Mehmed I
EmineValide Hātûn
EmineOghuz Turkic. Born in Elbistan, Beylik of Dulkadir1449Murad II
HümaValide Hātûn
Hatice ÂlimeUndetermined September 1449Mehmed II
GülbaharValide Hātûn
Albanian. Born in Albania, 1492Bayezid II
GülbaharAyşeOghuz Turkic. Born in Elbistan, Beylik of Dulkadir19 November 1505Selim I
HafsaValide Sultân
Ayşe19 March 1534Suleiman I
HürremHaseki Sultân
Aleksandra or Anastazja LisowskaRuthenian. Born in Kingdom of Poland.
Daughter of Havyrlo Lisowski,
Orthodox Christian priest		15 April 1558Selim II
NurbanuHaseki Sultân

Valide Sultân
Cecilia Venier-Baffo or RachelUndetermined 7 December 1583Murad III
SafiyeHaseki Sultân

Valide Sultân
unknownAlbanian 1619Mehmed III
HandanValide Sultân
unknownunknown26 November 1605Ahmed I
HalimeValide Sultân
and
unknownAbkhaz
1623Mustafa I
Mahfiruzunknown26 October 1620Osman II
KösemHaseki Sultân

Valide Sultân

Naib-i-Sultanat
and
AnastasiaGreek. Born on Tinos, Republic of Venice2 September 1651Murad IV
Ibrahim I
TurhanHaseki Sultân

Valide Sultân

Naib-i-Sultanat
NadiaRussian4 August 1683Mehmed IV
AşubHaseki Sultân

Valide Sultân
Katarinaunknown3 January 1690Süleyman II
MuazzezHaseki Sultân
Evaunknown / Polish Jew.
Born in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth		1687Ahmed II
GülnuşHaseki Sultân

Valide Sultân
Evmania VoriaCretan Greek. Born in Rethymno, Republic of Venice6 November 1715Mustafa II
Ahmed III
SalihaValide Sultân
unknown21 September 1739Mahmud I
ŞehsuvarValide Sultân
MariaRussian27 April 1756Osman III
Mihrişahİkinci KadınJeanetteunknown / French1732Mustafa III
Şermiunknown / French1732Abdul Hamid I
Mihrişahİkinci Kadın

Baş Kadın

Valide Sultân
AgnesGeorgian16 October 1805Selim III
SineperverValide Sultân
SoniaBulgarian11 December 1828Mustafa IV
BezmiâlemÜçüncü Kadın

İkinci Kadın

Valide Sultân
Georgian2 May 1853Abdulmejid
PertevnihalValide Sultân
HasnaRomanian5 February 1883Abdülaziz
ŞevkefzaÜçüncü Kadın

İkinci Kadın

Valide Sultân
Vilma/ZaurumUbykh] tribe.17 September 1889Murad V
TirimüjganDördüncü Kadın

Üçüncü Kadın
Circassian, of the Shapsug tribe3 October 1852Abdul Hamid II
GülcemalDördüncü KadınSofia or HaticeBosnian. Born in Bosnia Eyalet15 December 1851Mehmed V
GülüstüDördüncü Kadın
Fatma ChachbaAbkhazian, of the Shervashidze or Chachba dynasty.
Born in Sukhumi, Principality of Abkhazia		 1865Mehmed VI