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Glbahar Hatun
- Glbahar Hatun (c. 14321492) was the Empress consort of Sultan Mehmed II, and mother of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire. She married Sultan Mehmed II in 1446 at Manisa.
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Mehmed II was the last sultan to legally marry until 1533/1534, when Suleiman the Magnificent married his favorite concubine Hürrem Sultan. Mehmed II's eight known consorts are: [120] Gülbahar Hatun [121] [122] Mother of Bayezid II. Gülşah Hatun. Mother of Şehzade Mustafa. Sittişah Mukrime Hatun. [123]
Mehmed II, Ottoman sultan (1444–46 and 1451–81) who expanded the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia and into the Balkans, capturing Constantinople along the way. He first took the throne at the age of 12 when his father, Murad II, abdicated.
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- Mehmed the Conqueror expanded the Ottoman Empire, leading the siege of Constantinople in 1453 and extending the empire’s reach into the Balkans. Th...
- Mehmed II acceded to the throne twice. In the first instance, at age 12, his father, Murad II, abdicated in his favour in accordance with a peace t...
- Mehmed II had many ambitious goals, though they were only partially achieved in his lifetime. He aspired to extend the empire as far westward as It...
- Mehmed the Conqueror captured Constantinople and extended the Ottoman Empire into western Anatolia and the Balkans, which later became the heartlan...
As the daughter of Despot Đurađ, wife of Sultan Murad II, and stepmother of Mehmed II the Conqueror, she came to play a significant role in the diplomatic negotiations of the Ottoman Empire. She became a leading member of the pro-Ottoman party in the Balkans and one of the most powerful women of the 15th century.
Dec 31, 2022 · As it turns out, Mara Branković was not the biological mother of Sultan Mehmed II. In fact, there seem to be no records that Mara had any children. However, through her marriage to Murad II, Mara was lawfully Mehmed’s stepmother. Mehmed himself was born to Hüma Hatun, the fourth wife of Murad.
May 16, 2024 · One of Mehmed II’s most significant marriages was to Gülbahar Hatun, often identified as his first and principal wife. Gülbahar Hatun was of Albanian descent and bore Mehmed a son, Bayezid II, who would later succeed him as Sultan.
Feb 7, 2019 · In order to appease the pair, he gave his daughters to them in marriage, Mara to Sultan Murad II, and her sister, Katrina, to the Count of Hungary. Mara was 21 at the age of her marriage in 1433. The sultan was fifteen years older than her, and already had a wife and an heir.
May 13, 2020 · Born on 30 March 1432 CE, Mehmed was the third son of Sultan Murad II (r. 1421-1451 CE), and Hüma Hatun, a concubine of Balkan origins from Murad's harem. His paternal grandfather was Mehmed I (r. 1413-1421 CE) and traced his ancestry back to Osman I (r. 1280-1323 CE), the founder of the Ottoman Dynasty.
