Emine Hatun

Emine Hatun
Valide Hatun of the Ottoman Sultanate
1st Tenure	26 May 1421 – August 1444
Predecessor	Nilüfer Hatun
Successor	Hüma Hatun
2nd Tenure	September 1446 – 1449
Predecessor	Hüma Hatun
Successor	Emine Gülbahar Hatun
Born	c. 1389 Elbistan, Dulkadirids
Died	c. 1449 Bursa, Ottoman Sultanate
Burial	Muradiye Mosque, Bursa
Spouse	Mehmed I
Issue	Murad II
Father	Nasıreddin Muhammed Bey, the fifth ruler of Dulkadirids
Religion	Islam

Emine Hatun (c. 1389 – c. 1449) was the third wife of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I, mother of Murad II, and the grandmother of Mehmed the Conqueror.

Biography

Emine was Turkish, daughter of Nasıreddin Mehmed Bey, the fifth ruler of Dulkadirids. In 1403, Emine was married to Mehmed I. Her marriage served as an alliance between the Ottomans and this buffer state. Her tomb is located at the site known as Hatuniye Tomb in Muradiye Mosque in Bursa.

See also

• Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman dynasty
• Ottoman family tree
• Line of succession to the Ottoman throne
• List of valide sultans
• List of the mothers of the Ottoman Sultans
• List of consorts of the Ottoman Sultans
• Ottoman Emperors family tree (simplified)

Further reading

• Peirce, Leslie P., The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508677-5 (paperback).
• Yavuz Bahadıroğlu, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications), 15th Ed., 2009, ISBN 978-975-269-299-2 (Hardcover).

References

Ottoman royalty
Preceded by Nilüfer Hatun	Valide Hatun 26 May 1421 – August 1444	Succeeded by Hüma Hatun
Preceded by Hüma Hatun	Valide Hatun September 1446 – 1449	Succeeded by Emine Gülbahar Hatun