#*consortsandchildren

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Mustafa III + harem and children

Consorts

Aynü’l-Hayât Baş-Kadınefendi (1726?-1.8.1764): she is sometimes considered Mustafa III's official wife. She was Mihrimah Sultan's mother, though Öztuna claims she was also mother to Mihr-i Şâh Sultan, Hibetullah Sultan and Hatice Sultan (the princess that died young). Esad Efendi, in Teşrifat-ı Kadime, claims that she died on 1 August 1764 and that she was Third Imperial Consort to "Allah's Shadow on Earth". Öztuna, on the other hand, claims that she was Mustafa III's first Baş-Kadınefendi. She was buried in Laleli, the plaque on her tomb clearly identifying her as the mother of Mihrimah Sultan (there is no mention of possible other daughters). She had built the Katırcıham Mescid Mosque in 1760.

Mihr-i Şâh Baş-Kadınefendi, later Vâlide-Sultân (1745?-16.10.1805): mother of Selim III, Fatma Sultan, and Hibetullah Sultan. Some historians say that she was mother to Şâh Sultan as well, but she was born only 8 months before Selim III. According to a legend, she was Genoese, but it's more likely that she was Georgian instead. Sakaoğlu claims that she was appointed Senior Consort because she was the mother to Mustafa III's only son. There is not much information about her tenure as Senior Consort, only that she was immediately sent to the Old Palace on the death of her husband. A document preserved in the Topkapi Palace Archives states that Mustafa III had borrowed money from Mihr-i Şâh; since the document wasn't torn, it means that the debt was never paid back (most probably because of Mustafa III's sudden death). On the death of his uncle Abdülhamid I on 7 April 1789, Selim III ascended the throne and Mihr-i Şâh was ceremoniously crowned Valide Sultan through the procession of the Valide Sultan, at which dignitaries, members of the ulema and the military participated. The next day the Valide Sultan assumed office with a written decree that was read to everyone present at the ceremony. At this point, gifts were sent to her. During her 15-years tenure, Mihr-i Şâh Sultan supported her son's innovations and was personally behind the renovations in the Topkapi Palace harem. According to a palace rumour, Selim III would go greet his mother in her apartments every single morning. Mihr-i Şâh Valide Sultan died on 16 October 1805, around 10 in the morning. During her tenure, she oversaw philanthropic projects, such as two fountains in memory of her two daughters - Hibetullah and Fatma - who had died young, and the Mihr-i Şâh Sultân Mosque with two minarets.

Fehîme 2. Kadınefendi (?? - 1761): she died while giving birth and, according to Sicill-i Osmani, Mustafa III called her "şehide" (martyr). Sakaoğlu claims that she was a Hanım, and not the Second Imperial Consort. She's not mentioned in Uluçay.

Rifat 2. Kadınefendi (1744?-12.1803): apparently a free woman whom Mustafa III met during an incognito tour of Istanbul, she was kept outside of the harem for a long time, then trusted into the care of the Grand Vizier and his wife who educated her in the harem ways, and finally admitted to the Imperial harem as Fourth Imperial Consort. In 1764, she eventually rose to the rank of Second Imperial Consort. From her burial place in Haydarpaşa Cemetery, it has been suggested that after Mustafa III's death, she returned to her own family instead of being sent to the Old Palace. Öztuna claims that she was Şâh Sultan's mother.

(Ayşe) Â’dil-Şâh 3. Kadınefendi (1748?-19.12.1803): of Circassian origin, she was the mother of Beyhan and Hatice Sultan. She died during the Ramadan month, supposedly around or on the same day of Rifat Kadınefendi. She was buried in the garden of Mustafa III's tomb, where an old plaque identified her as the mother of Beyhan and Hatice Sultan, which did not survive to present day. In her honour, her daughter Beyhan built a school around Yeşillioğlu Palace in the same year she died. In 1805, her other daughter, Hatice, built the Adilşah Kadın Mescidi Mosque. That she was also called Ayşe is present only in Alderson and Öztuna.

Binnâz 3. Kadınefendi (?? - 5.1823): not mentioned in Uluçay or Sakaoğlu, she was a childless consort who, after Mustafa III's death, married Çayır-zâde İbrahim Ağa. She had been Fourth Imperial Consort until Aynü’l-Hayât Kadınefendi's death in 1764, when she was promoted. At the time of her death, she was about 80 years old. She was buried in the Hamidiye Mausoleum.

Gülman: no information about her. Alderson suggests that she might have been called Gülnar instead.

Children

Hibetullah Sultan (17.3.1759 - 6.1762): she was the first birth in the Dynasty in 29 years. Her birth was therefore celebrated for ten days and ten nights by rich and poor alike. Her name is sometimes written as Heybetullah or Heyyibetullah. On the fountain dedicated to her, it is written that her mother was Mihr-i Şâh Sultan, and not Aynü’l-Hayât Kadınefendi as Öztuna believes. Her nurse seems to have been Emine Hanım, Aynü’l-Hayât Kadınefendi's sister. When she was three months old, Hibetullah was engaged to Hamid Hamza Paşa in another pompous ceremony; on this occasion, her father bestowed the Gümrükçü farms to her. Unfortunately, she died at the age of three either of smallpox or another disease. She was buried in her father's mausoleum.

Şâh Sultan (21.4.1761 - 11.3.1803): mother unknown, she was born during the month of Ramadan and therefore the celebrations in her honour were postponed on the day next to Eid. She was engaged at the age of three to Grand Vizier Köse Bahir Mustafa Paşa but, at the engagement ceremony, Mustafa III exiled his Grand Vizier to Lesbo and later had him executed. At the age of seven, she was engaged to Nişancı Yağlıkçızade Mehmed Emin Paşa (later Grand Vizier); a year later, though, he was exiled to Edirne and executed there. Finally, during the reign of her uncle Abdülhamid I, she was married to Nişancı Seyyid Mustafa Paşa on 6 November 1778. The couple had two daughters: Şerife Havvâ Hanım-Sultân and Âliye Hanım-Sultân, both died at six months old. Şâh Sultan and her husband adopted a girl, New Hanım, who died at the age of 18. Şâh Sultan may have suffered from health problems because she lived in a mansion on the seaside and was definitely less active than her other two sisters, Beyhan and Hatice. Selim III used to visit her very often, even staying for days and summoning the Grand Vizier there to discuss affairs of state. In Tarih-i Cevdet it is stated that she was an impeccable Muslim, who protected and helped the poor. In 1792, she built the Şâh Sultan fountain in Yeşildirek; in 1800, she built her tomb, a school and a public fountain near the Zal Mahmud Paşa Mosque in Eyüp. She died at the age of 42 years old and was buried in the tomb she had built for herself.

Selim III (24.12.1761 - 28.7.1808): 28th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, he reigned for 18 years before being deposed in favour of his cousin Mustafa IV. He had several consorts but no children.

Mihr-i Mâh Sultan (5.2.1762 - 3.1764): Alderson claimed she was born in 1760 but documents in Topkapi Palace Archives found by Uluçay reveal that she was born in 1762 and died in 1764. Her mother was Aynü’l-Hayât Kadınefendi. For her birth, celebrations were held for five days. She, unfortunately, died young and was buried next to her sister Hibetullah.

Mihr-i Şâh Sultan (9.1.1763 - 21.2.1769): mother unknown, Mustafa III ordered celebrations for three days and three nights to be held. She died at the young age of 6 and was buried in her father's mausoleum.

Beyhan Sultan (13.1.1766 - 7.11.1824): elder daughter of Â’dil-Şâh Kadınefendi, she is sometimes called Big-han Sultan. She was nine years old when her father died, and moved to the Old Palace with her mother and younger sister. In a note sent to the Grand Vizier, the new sultan Abdülhamid I said that Beyhan fainted often inside the Old Palace and had bouts of screaming and shouting. Her mother thought that it was time for her to get married. The sultan selected Silahdar Çelik/Perişan Mustafa Paşa for Beyhan; the wedding was celebrated on 22 April 1784 and the couple had a child together, Hatice Hanım-Sultân, who lived into adulthood, as she got married in 1814. Beyhan was the sister that Selim III met most often during his reign; he would visit her on her seaside palace on the Bosphorus and listen to musical performances together. She was most active in the innovations of the empire and even organised parties for foreign ambassadors' wives. She built twin palaces in Yeşillioğlu, giving the other to her sister Hatice. In 1791, she demolished the old Çırağan Palace with Selim III's approval and started the construction of a European-style mansion. The mansion was ready in 1795, just when her sister Hatice was busy with the construction of her seaside mansion with Melling's help. Her husband died around 1798 but Beyhan did not remarry though she lived for 26 more years. She died during the reign of Mahmud II at the age of 59.

Hatice Sultan (15.6.1766 -1767): according to Alderson and Öztuna. There is no information about her.

Şehzade Mehmed (10.1.1767-12.10.1772): died of smallpox, his tutor had been Küçük Hüseyn Ağa (later Damad and Paşa). He was buried in the mausoleum of his father.

Hatice Sultan (13/14.6.1768 - 17.7.1822): younger daughter of Â’dil-Şâh Kadınefendi, she was six years old when her father died and she had to move to the Old Palace with her mother and elder sister. She was educated by the other concubines living there. Like her sister, Hatice Sultan developed depression, according to her mother, who wrote to the new sultan, Abdülhamid I, asking him to find a husband for her younger daughter. According to Hatice Sultan's deputy, Ahmed Vasıf Efendi, the princess' depression was due to the environment in which she was forced to live. Ahmed Vasıf Efendi would later write a history of the period, providing valuable information on Hatice Sultan's life. At the age of 18, the princess married Seyyid Ahmed Paşa; the marriage lasted till 1799 when the pasha died, but the couple had no children. After being widowed, Hatice Sultan chose not to remarry. In 1806, she built the Hatice Sultan Fountain in the Spice Bazaar. In 1809, she bought a large plot of land in Arnavutköyü and had the Hatice Sultan Palace built there. She died in 1822, during the reign of Mahmud II, and as she had no children, she left everything to her elder sister Beyhan. Her staggering debt was paid off by Mahmud II. She was buried in the mausoleum of Mihr-i Şâh Valide Sultan.

Fatma Sultan (9.1.1770 - 26.5.1772): she was buried in the mausoleum of her father

Reyhan Sultan (?-?): she was very young when she died.

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Can you list consorts and children of mehmed v

Consorts

Kâmures Başkadınefendi (5.3.1855 - 30.4.1921): her name is variously written as Gamres, Kamres or Kamus (in an official record). It's palace teacher Safiye Ünüvar who called her Kamures in her memoirs. In palace records, her place of birth is shown to be Ganja, (now Azerbaijan), but Harun Açba is not so sure it is correct. She married the then-Prince Reşad on 30 September 1872 and a year later she gave birth to her only child, Şehzade ****Mehmed Ziyaeddin. When her husband became sultan, she was appointed Senior Imperial Consort. In 1918 she met King Boris III of Bulgaria and was presented as Queen of the Ottoman Empire. She also welcomed Empress Zita of Austria in the harem. According to Safiye Ünüvar, "[q]uite clearly she had once been beautiful, and she still retained something of her looks.". After Mehmed V's death, she moved in her step-son Necmeddin's palace in Kuruçeşme, and died there on 30 April 1921. She was buried in the mausoleum of Mehmed V Reşad. Princess Leyla Açab visited her when she heard that she was seriously ill: "She was pale, her face emaciated by the illness and her eyes sunken. But her voice was still soft and sweet."

Dürr-i 'Aden 2. Kadınefendi (16.5.1860 - 17.10.1909): official records state that she was born in Kars but Açba believes that she may have born in Sochi, where her family - the Voçibe family - resided. She was Mehmed VI's consort İnşirah Hanım's aunt. Her real name was Hatice and she was given to the Palace when she was very little, probably 3 or 4 years old. When she grew up, she married Şehzade Reşad on 10 October 1876 at the Velihad Mansion in Ortaköy. Two years later she gave birth to her only child, Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddîn, who was born with a hunched back and therefore never married. Her son's disability worried her to the point of sickness; when she contracted tuberculosis she went to the Validebağı Köşkü for a change of air but never recovered and died there on 17 October 1909. She was buried in Gülüstü Kadin's mausoleum.

Mihr-engız 2. Kadınefendi (15.10.1869 - 12.12.1938): official records state that she was born in Adapazarı but Harun Açba believes that she was born in Sochi instead and that she had fled to the Ottoman Empire with her family during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Her real name was Fatma. In any case, she received a good education in the palace, where she learned to play the piano. She married Şehzade Reşad on 4 April 1887. She was very sickly, and Safiye Ünüvar described her like this: "Now, except for the Fourth Consort, the others were quite heavyset, so I cannot refrain from saying that I never expected to meet someone so slim. Later on I heard that she had been suffering from illness for the past few years. [...] I found this gracious and kindly lady and the Prince standing to receive me. Even now as I write these lines, I cannot forget my gratitude at this mark of esteem and respect they displayed toward me, and which I did not in the least deserve". After Mehmed V's death, she moved in her son's palace until the Dynasty was exiled; then they settled in Egypt, where she died in 1938. She was buried in Cairo.

Nâz-perver 3. Kadınefendi (1870 - 1930): a member of the Çikotua noble family, her parents were Prince Ismail Çikotua and Princess Aliye Dziapş-lpa. Her aunt was Dürrinev Kadınefendi, the consort of Sultan Abdülaziz. She took her in the palace at the age of 4 and made her learn French. She witnessed Abdülaziz Han's downfall, after which she lived in Feriye Palace with her aunt. When she grew up, she married Şehzade Reşad in 1888; in the same year she gave birth to her only child, Refia Sultan, who died on the same day she was born. When Safiye Ünüvar met her, she said: "There was something rather sad about her, the cause of which I learned later. It seems that having no children weighed heavily upon her, despite the fact that the Sultan treated her most kindly and graciously, and so she lived out her life in this rather downhearted fashion". She met Empress Zita of Austria and welcomed her in French, at which the Empress, surprised, said: "I did not know that Your Majesty spoke French". Her cousin Princess Mülkicihan Açba described her as such: "She was an exceptionally beautiful woman, with very long curly blonde hair, blue eyes, thick lips, slightly plump but not quite obvious thanks to her height. She spoke French, played the piano, the ud and the zither". During World War I, she visited hospitals; when she went out, people would come out to see her and pray for her. After Mehmed V's death, she first moved to her family's mansion in Beşiktaş and then to Fatma Pesend's in Vaniköy, where she died on 9 March 1930.

Dil-firîb 4. Kadınefendi (1890 - 1938): very little is known about her, she probably was Circassian and born in or near Istanbul. She married Şehzade Reşad in 1907, when he was Crown Prince, although official palace records state she was a gözde. After the death of Dürr-i 'Aden 2. Kadınefendi, she was promoted to the rank of Fourth Imperial Consort. In her memoirs, Safiye Ünüvar wrote that she was friends with her and that their friendship continued until her death. After Mehmed V's death, she lived in Yıldız Palace for a while, then she married a doctor and had a son with him. According to Harun Açba, she died of cancer in Istanbul in 1952; the genealogy of the Ottoman dynasty states instead that she died in 1938. Öztuna believes she died in 1953.

Children

Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin Efendi (26.8.1873 - 30.1.1938): he was circumcised with Şehzade Abdülkaadir (Abdülhamid II's son). He lived in his father's apartments in Balmumcu and Ortaköy Palace from 1873 to 1909, then in Dolmabahçe Palace from 1908 to 1919, then in his own palace in Haydarpaşa until the exile of the Dynasty; at this point, he first settled with his children in Beirut and lastly to Alexandria. In April 1912 he welcomed George V of the United Kingdom and his wife Queen Mary to Egypt, as they were travelling to India. In the years before his death, he sailed on a foreign ship and watched Istanbul from the deck, as he could not enter in Turkey. When he tried to disembark as a common tourist, he was taken back to the ship by the Turkish police. He died in Alexandria of tuberculosis. Ziyaeddin Efendi married five times: to Pemiyân Hanımefendi on 9 January 1898; to Üns-i Yâr Hanımefendi on 16 August 1903; to Perî-zâd Hanımefendi on 18 January 1907; to Melek-seyrân Hanımefendi on 10 November 1911, and to Neş'e-mend Hanımefendi on 10 February 1923. With them, he had 8 children: Behiye Sultan (1900-1950), Dürriye Sultan (1905-1922), Rukiye Sultan (1906-1927), Hayriye Sultan (1908-1943), Şehzade Mehmed Nazim Efendi (1910-1984), Lutfiye Sultan (1910-1997), Şehzade Ömer Fevzi (1912-1986), Mihrimah Sultan (1920-2000)

Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddîn Efendi (23.6.1878 - 27.6.1913): he was circumcised with Şehzade Abdülkaadir (Abdülhamid II's son). His palace in Kuruçeşme passed to his stepmother Kâmures Başkadınefendi after his death. He never married and had no children. He was buried in his father's mausoleum.

Şehzade Ömer Hilmi Efendi (2.3.1886 - 6.4.1935): he was circumcised with Şehzade Abdülkaadir (Abdülhamid II's son). In 1909-13 he lived in Dolmabahçe Palace, in 1918-23 he lived in his palace in Nişantaşı and in his mansion in Bağlarbaşı. After he left Turkey, he lived in Nice from 1924 to 1935, after which he moved to Paris and then to Alessandria (Egypt), where he died. He left a memoir. Hilmi Efendi married thrice: to Hadîce Firdevs Gül-i Nev Başhanımefendi on 3 October 1910; to Baş-ter Başhanımefendi on 16 June 1914 and to Medîha Hanımefendi on 12 July 1921. Hilmi Efendi had two children, both with Hadîce Firdevs Gül-i Nev: Emine Mukbile Sultan (1911-1995), who married Şehzade Ali Vasib (a grandson of Murad V's), and Şehzade Mahmud Namik (1913-1963). Mukbile Sultan is author Ayşe Gülnev Osmanoğlu's grandmother.

Refia Sultan (1888): died on the same day she was born.

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Sultan Abdul Hamid II consorts and children, take your time I won’t hurry you

I'm sorry for being late but the man had so many children they just would never end.

Consorts

Nâzik-edâ Başkadınefendi (1848-1895): the mother of Ulviye Sultan, the violent death of her only child was a shock from which she never recovered. She gained a lot of weight in a short period of time and died on 11 April 1895. She was buried in the mausoleum of Murad V in the Yeni Mosque.

Sâfi-nâz Nûr-efzûn 2. Kadınefendi (1850-1915): her real name was Ayşe and she was the youngest sister of Abdülmecid I's consort Yıldız Hanım. When Yıldız Hanım married Abdülmecid, Ayşe was sent to the household of Şehzade Abdülaziz. According to Harun Açba, Abdülaziz was fascinated by her beauty and wanted to marry her but she declined because she was in love with Şehzade Abdülhamid. The feeling was mutual and the young prince asked his step-mother Perestu Kadınefendi's help. She told Abdülaziz that Safinaz was ill and that she needed a change of air; later, Abdülaziz was informed that she had passed away. Abdülhamid therefore married Safinaz, now Nurefsun, in October 1868. She could not get used to life in the harem, though, and wanted to be Abdülhamid's only wife. She therefore asked for a divorce, which she was granted in 1879. She died in 1915.

Bedr-i Felek Başkadınefendi (1851-1930): she was a Circassian princess who entered the Palace service after fleeing Caucasus. She married the future Abdülhamid II on 15 November 1868 and had three children with him: Şehzade Mehmed Selim, Şehzade Ahmed Nuri and Zekiye Sultan. It is said that Abdülhamid II greatly disliked his son Mehmed Selim and it is for this reason that he never visited Bedrifelek in her apartments. Nevertheless, she took over Rahime Perestu Valide Sultan's duties in the harem after her death. Following the 31 March Incident, there was the concrete possibility for Bedrifelek to become Valide Sultan because her son Mehmed Selim had been chosen as his father's successor. In the end this did not happen and maybe for this reason she did not follow Abdülhamid to Thessaloniki. After the fall of the Empire, she settled in a mansion in Serencebey which she never left. She was described as always melancholic and with tears in her eyes whenever she mentioned the old times in the Palace. She died on 8 February 1930.

Bîdâr 2. Kadınefendi (1855/8-1918): considered the most beautiful and charming of Abdülhamid II's consorts, she was born a Kabardian princess. She was tall, with brown hair and green penetrating eyes. She was the mother of Fatma Naime Sultan and Şehzade Abdülkaadir. Her beauty was talked about in Europe as well, to the point that when in 1918 Empress Zita visited Istanbul, she asked to visit Bidar. The consort, unfortunately, had died in January of the same year.

Dil-pesend 3. Kadınefendi (1861/5-1901): there is not much information about her, Ayşe Sultan even mistook her for Fatma Pesend in her memoirs. She seems to have been Georgian and given to the Palace at a young age but there is no information about her parents. She married Abdülhamid II in 1884 in Yıldız Palace; a year later she gave birth to Naile Sultan. She died young and was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

Mezîde Mestân 3. Kadınefendi (1869-1909): her real name Kadriye or Kamile, she was the aunt of Mehmed VI Vahideddin's Senior Consort Emine Nazikeda. Described as very timid, she was apparently tall, with brown eyes and hair. She married Abdülhamid in 1885 and in the same year gave birth to her only child, Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddid, Abdülhamid II's most beloved son. As the mother of the sultan's favourite son she was very influential but never abused her position; instead, she was known for helping everyone and even her step-children loved her. She died three months before Abdülhamid II's deposition and was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

Emsâl-i Nûr 3. Kadınefendi (1866-1952): she entered the harem with her sister Tesrid Hanım. Abdülhamid II noticed Emsalinur because of her beauty and married her in 1885. A year later she gave birth to her only child, Şadiye Sultan. She built a mosque in Kırkpınar in 1907 and was gifted a mansion in Nişantaşı, where she lived after her husband's deposition. She took the surname Kaya after the Surname Law of 1934. In 1948, her mansion was put on sale by the Ministry of Finance and therefore had to live in a public hospice until her death on 20 November 1952. Her sister Tesrid married Şehzade İbrahim Tevfik Efendi.

Ayşe Dest-i Zer Müşfika “Kayısoy” 4. Kadınefendi (1867-1961): her real name was Ayşe and she was of Abkhazian origin. Her father was a soldier and her mother took Ayşe and her sister to Pertevniyal Valide Sultan, who liked them very much. The valide sultan changed her name to Destizer. She moved to Dolmabahçe Palace when Pertevniyal Sultan died and there attracted Abdülhamid II's attention, who changed her name into Müşfika. She married him on 12 February 1886 and a year later she gave birth to her only child, Ayşe Sultan. After Mezîde Mestân's death she was raised to the rank of Fourth Imperial Consort. She followed Abdülhamid II in his exile to Thessaloniki and afterwards in Beylerbeyi Palace, where she stayed until his death. it is said that the former sultan died in her arms. She settled in Gazi Osman Paşa's mansion in Serencebey after the expulsion of the Ottoman Dynasty. She died on 16 July 1961 and was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

Sâz-kâr Başhanımefendi (1873-1945): her real name Fatma, she belonged to the Abkhazian aristocracy and entered Palace service at a young age. After receiving a thorough education, she married Abdülhamid II in 1890; a year later she gave birth to her only child, Refia Sultan. She was considered very beautiful: tall, with blond hair and blue eyes, she was very elegant. She followed Abdülhamid II to Thessaloniki and then returned to Istanbul, where she settled down with her fellow wife Peyveste Hanım. In 1924 she chose to go in exile with her daughter and died in 1945 in Damascus. She was buried in the Sultan Selim Mosque in Damascus.

Hadîce Râbi’a Peyveste 2. Hanımefendi (1873-1943): her real name Rabia, she was the daughter of an Abkhazian prince. She was introduced to palace service by a relative; she first served Nazikeda BaşKadınefendi with her sisters and then became Chief Harem Treasurer. Abdülhamid II married her in 1893. She was the aunt of Leyla Açba and this is how her niece described her in her memoirs: "My aunt was a tall, green-eyed, brown-haired, delicate, beautiful woman. Her real name was Rabia, and she was the youngest of five siblings ..." In 1894 she gave birth to her only child, Şehzade Abdürrahim Efendi. Peyveste was so respected and admired by her husband that she was given the Hanedan-ı Ali Osman Order even though it was usually reserved to members of the Dynasty. Peyveste had a personal mansion in which she lived until Abdülhamid II's dethronement, when she followed him to Thessaloniki. When they returned to Istanbul, she settled down in Şişli with Sâz-kâr Başhanımefendi, her favourite among her husband's consort. Their rooms were on the same floor and every day they took coffee together and reminisced about the past. As Şehzade Abdürrahim lived close by, he used to visit often. In 1924, Peyveste Hanım left Turkey with her son and settled down in Paris, where he had bought a nice flat in Boulevard Murat. She died in 1943 and was buried in the Muslim cemetery of Bobigny.

Fatma Pesend 3. Hanımefendi (1876-1924): her real name Fatma Kadriye, she was a member of the aristocratic Açba family. Her mother was a Tatar Princess. Fatma Pesend was highly educated: she spoke Italian and French, she was a great pianist and painter, she enjoyed horseback riding and she loved reading. She met Abdülhamid II during a visit to the Palace and they got married in 1896, when her name was changed into Pesend. Her only child, Hatice Sultan, was born in 1897 but died at seven months of smallpox. In his grief, Abdülhamid had the first paediatric hospital of the empire built; Fatma Pesend was left in charge of its administration. She was one of the favourite consorts of the sultan and was known for her kindness and tolerance. She used to visit the Şişli Etfal Hospital every week, paying particularly good attention to the treatment of orphans. Once she took off the necklace she was wearing and gifted it to a poor woman. She was one of the consorts that followed Abdülhamid II in exile in Thessaloniki but when they returned to Istanbul she wasn't allowed to live in Beylerbeyi Palace with him and instead moved in with her father. When Abdülhamid II died, she braided her hair, cut it off and threw it into the sea. She died in 1924 and was buried next to her mother in the Karacaahmet Cemetery.

Behîce “Maan” 4. Hanımefendi (1882-1969): her real name Behiye, she was Sazkar Hanımefendi's cousin. She was brought to the Palace to be a potential bride for Şehzade Burhaneddin but Abdülhamid II was so enthralled by her beauty that he married her himself on 10 May 1900 even though Behiye didn't want to. A year later she gave birth to the twins Nûreddîn and Bedreddîn, but Bedreddîn died at the age of two. She was blonde with blue eyes. She was also very arrogant and proud. After Abdülhamid II's dethronement, she stayed in Istanbul with her son until 1924, when they moved in Naples, Italy, in an apartment in Via Generale Orsini. She fell on hard times in Naples because she had no money and what she was sent from Turkey was being embezzled by her servant. A relative who visited her in Italy was appalled by the conditions she lived in: her hair was unkempt, her nails had grown extremely long and she had not washed herself in weeks. Thankfully, Behice Hanım was brought back to Istanbul by the Maan family but she was so ill that she died only months later, on 22 October 1969. She was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

Sâliha Nâciye Kadınefendi (1882/7-1923): her real name Zeliha, she changed her name into Saliha Naciye when she entered palace service. She was noticed by Abdülhamid II three years after arriving in Yıldız Palace and married him in 1904. She gave birth to Şehzade Mehmed Abid Efendi a year later and to Samiye Sultan in 1908. Upon the birth of Samiye Sultan, she was granted the unusual title of V Kadınefendi. She was known for her kindness and it is said that she attracted the sultan with her modesty. After Abdülhamid II's deposition, she followed him first to Thessaloniki and then to Beylebeyi Palace in Istanbul, where she refused to leave his side. After Abdülhamid II's death, she settled in a mansion in Erenköy, where she passed away in 1923. She was buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II.

Children

Ulviye Sultan (1868-1875): Abdülhamid II's eldest daughter, she died at the age of 7 while she played with matches. Her mother was playing the piano and the servants were having dinner so Ulviye was left unsupervised. Her dress caught fire and Nâzikedâ Başkadın tried to take it off her and burnt her hands while trying to open the metallic belt the child was wearing. Ulviye Sultan died burning alive, nothing could be done for her. Her death was a tremendous shock for her mother, from which she never recovered.

Şehzâde Mehmed Selîm Efendi (11.1.1870 - 5.5.1937): son of Bedrifelek Başkadınefendi, he was Abdülhamîd II's eldest son. He famously did not get along with his father. He had two consorts: Deryâl (İryâle) Başhanımefendi (1870-1904) and Nîlûfer Eflâkyâr Başhanımefendi (1887-1930s). He had three children: Şehzâde Mehmed Efendi (1887-1890), Emine Nemika Sultan (1888-1969) and Şehzâde Mehmed Abdülkerîm Efendi (1906 - 1935)

Zekiye Sultan (1872-1950): here 

Fatma Naime Sultan (5.9.1876-1944/45): the eldest child of her mother Bidar, Naime was one of her father's favourite children, who used to call her "my accession daughter" because she had been born close to his accession to the throne. Abbas II Hilmi, the last Khedive of Egypt, asked for her hand but Abdülhamid did not approve of the match and turned him down. Naime Sultan married Mehmed Kemaleddin Paşa, Gazi Osman Paşa's second born son and brother of Zekiye Sultan's husband Alì Nureddin Paşa, in Ortaköy Palace on 17 March 1898. They had two children together: Sultânzâde Dâmad Mehmed Câhid Beyefendi (1899-1977) and Âdile Hanım-Sultan (1900-1979); both had very advantageous marriages. Abdülhamid II annulled the marriage in 1904 when it was discovered that Kemaleddin Paşa had been carrying out an affair with another princess, Hatice Sultan. Naime Sultan therefore re-married on 11 July 1907, this time to İşkodralızâde Mahmûd Celâleddîn Paşa, but had no children with him. After 1924, they left the Empire for France, Italy and lastly Albania, where Celâleddîn Paşa had family lands. After his death and the advent of communist rule in Albania, Naime Sultan lost her income and died in poverty either in 1944 or 1945. She was buried in Tirana. 

Şehzâde Mehmed Abdülkadir Efendi (1878 - 1944): son of Bidar Kadınefendi, he was the first son to be born during the sultanate of Abdülhamid II. He played the piano and the violin. He had three consorts: Mihribân Hanımefendi, Hadîce Mâcide Hanımefendi and Fatma Meziyyet Hanım. His third marriage was not recognised by Mehmed V because he had got married without the sultan's permission. He had six children: Mehmed Orhan Efendi (12.10.1909 - 13.3.1994), later head of the Ottoman family; Necîb Ertuğrul Efendi (27.3.1914 - 7.2.1994), a doctor; Alâeddîn Efendi (2.1.1917 - Sofya, 21.11.1999); Bîdâr Sultan (1924-1924), clearly named after her paternal grandmother; Osman Efendi (1925 - 1934?); Safvet Nesl-i Şah Sultan (25.12.1925).

Şehzâde Ahmed Nûrî Efendi (12.2.1878 - 7.8.1944): son of Bedrifelek Başkadınefendi, he was only 27 days younger than his brother Abdülkadir. He married Fahriye Hanımefendi but had no children with her. He died in Nice, France but was buried in the Sultan Selim Mosque in Damascus.

Naile Sultan (9.2.1885-25.10.1957): daughter of Dilpesend Kadınefendi, she learned to play the piano, the harp and the violoncello from Lombardi Bey. In 1901 she was engaged to Gazi Osman Paşa's third son, Cemaleddin Bey, but Kemaleddin Paşa's affair with Hatice Sultan made the wedding fall through. She therefore married Germiyânoğlu Arif Hikmet Paşa on 27 February 1905 in Kuruçeşme Palace. The marriage was childless. In 1924 they settled in Beirut, where Hikmet Paşa died in 1942. She was allowed to return to Istanbul, where she eventually died. She was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

Şehzâde Mehmed Burhâneddîn Efendi (19.12.1885 - 15.6.1949): son of Mezîde Mestân Kadınefendi, he was a composer, a painter, a piano and a cello virtuoso. He was circumcised with his elder brothers Abdülkadir and Ahmed Nûrî in 1890. He was named after Abdülhamid II's favourite brother and for a while he was his favourite son, sitting next to him in carriages, to the point that there were talks that he would be named Crown Prince. He was offered the Kingdom of Albania in 1913 but he refused because he did not want to waive his rights to the Ottoman throne. In the summer of 1921 he was offered the throne of Iraq but Great Britain had another candidate in mind and instead enthroned Faysal, former King of Syria. He had 4 wives: Hidâyet Hanımefendi, Aliyye Melek Nazlıyâr “Yalçın” Hanımefendi, Lady Georgina Leonora Mosselmans, Marquess of Queensberry (the marriage was not recognised by the Caliph of Islam and was therefore morganatic) and lastly Elsie Deming Jackson (another morganatic marriage not recognised by the head of the Ottoman dynasty). Burhâneddîn Efendi had two sons: Mehmed Fahreddin Efendi (14.11.1911 - 13.7.1968) and Ertuğrul Osman Efendi (13/31.8.1912-23.9.2009), later head of the Ottoman dynasty. Burhâneddîn Efendi died in New York at the age of 63 but when his family asked for permission to bury him in Istanbul, the Turkish government denied it and was therefore buried in the Sultan Selim Mosque in Damascus. 

Şadiye Sultan (1886/87-20.11.1977): daughter of Emsâl-i Nûr Kadınefendi, she learned to play European music from Lombardi Bey and Turkish music from Tanburi Cemil Bey. In 1909 she was engaged to Ali Namik Bey, Grand Vizier Küçük Mehmed Saïd Paşa's son, but before the marriage could take place, Abdülhamid II was dethroned. Şadiye Sultan did not like the Grand Vizier's behaviour during the 31 March Incident and therefore broke the engagement with his son in 1910. Enver Bey asked for her hand but she refused him as he worked to depose her father. In the end she married Fahir Beyefendi in 1910, a diplomat. With him she had her only child: Sâmiye Hanım-Sultan (1918-1992). Fahir Beyefendi died in 1922 and two years later, Şadiye and her daughter were expelled from Turkey. They settled in Paris, where Şadiye married Reşâd Hâlis Beyefendi in 1931. Her second marriage produced no children. Left a widow in 1938, she first followed her daughter to the USA and then travelled extensively in Europe before going back to Istanbul 1953. She died there in 1977 and, with the permission of the government, she was buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II. 

Hamîde Ayşe Sultan (1/2.11.1887-10.8.1960): daughter of Müşfika Kadınefendi, she was born in Yıldız Palace. She received her education with her sister Şadiye in a special room in Yeniköşk which had been built to be a classroom. Their education plan was extensive: the Qur'an, history of the Empire, geography, music, French, and even painting. She learned how to play the Hamidiye March (the anthem of the Ottoman Empire) and also composed lullabies. She was engaged to Ahmed Nâmî Beyefendi in 1908 and married him 1911 in a double ceremony with her younger sister Refia Sultan. With him, she had three children: Ömer Nâmî Beyefendi (1911-17.3.1993), Aliyye Namiye Hanım-Sultan (1913-1913) and Osman Nâmî Beyefendi (13.1.1918-2010). In 1921 she met Lieutenant Colonel Mehmed Ali Bey, son of Mehmed Raûf Paşa and aide to Sultan Mehmed VI, at a feast in Dolmabahçe Palace. The two fell in love at first sight but Mehmed Ali Bey was married with children. Nevertheless, they both divorced their spouses and got married on 3 April 1921 in Nişantaşı Palace. A year later, Sultânzâde Abdülhamîd Raûf Beyefendi (1921–3.1981) was born. After 1924 she moved to Paris with her family, where they rented a small apartment near Versailles. In 1937, Mehmed Ali Bey died and, according to Ayşe Sultan, because of homesickness. In 1950, female members of the dynasty were allowed to go back to Turkey and in 1952 Ayşe Sultan went back to Istanbul and adopted Osmanoğlu as surname. She lived with her mother Müşfika Kadınefendi, now called Müşfika Kayısoy, and worked at her memoirs My father, Abdülhamid. Ayşe Osmanoğlu died at the age of 73 and was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery. 

Refia Sultan (13/15.6.1891-1938/1945): daughter of Sâzkâr Başhanımefendi, she was born in Yıldız Palace. She married Ali Fuâd Beyefendi in 1912, the son of Müşir Ahmed Eyüb Paşa, and had two daughters with him: Rabî’a Hanım-Sultan (13.7.1911 - 19.6.1988) and Ayşe Hamide Hanım-Sultân (1918 - 1936) 

Şehzâde Abdürrahîm Hayrî Efendi (15.8.1894 - 1.1.1952): son of Hadîce Râbia Peyveste Hanımefendi, he was an extraordinary musician, being able to play several instruments among which the piano, the cello and the mandolin. He received 2 votes at the Grand Assembly of Turkey but in the end it was Abdülmecîd Efendi who was elected Caliph. He married Princess Emîne Hanımefendi of Egypt and had a daughter with her: Mihr-i Mâh Selçuk Sultan (15.6.1920 - 1982). Abdürrahîm Hayrî Efendi died on the night of New Year's Eve after ingesting too many sleeping pills. He was buried in Pairs. 

Hadîce Sultan (10.7.1897 - 14.2.1898): daughter of Fatma Pesend Hanımefendi, she died of smallpox and was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery. 

Aliyye Sultan: died a couple of days after her birth, around 1900. 

Cemile Sultan: died a couple of days after her birth, around 1900. 

Şehzâde Ahmed Nûreddîn Efendi (22.6.1901 - 1944): son of Behîce Hanımefendi and twin brother of Mehmed Bedreddîn Efendi, he was a very good pianist. He was studied in Germany until the end of 1918, when he settled in Paris. He wrote some memoirs and sent them to his sister Ayşe. He never married and died in Paris, where he was buried.

Şehzâde Mehmed Bedreddîn Efendi (22.6.1901-13.10.1903): son of Behîce Hanımefendi and twin brother of Ahmed Nûreddîn Efendi, he died of meningitis and was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery. 

Şehzâde Mehmed Âbid Efendi (17.5.1905 - 8.12.1973): son of Sâliha Nâciye Kadınefendi, after 1924 he first asked to go to Egypt but was denied entry, therefore he lived for a while with his brother Mehmed Selim in Beirut. In 1935, he arrived in France, where he attended the Sorbonne and graduated in Political Sciences. The Japanese emperor considered him a candidate for the throne of Turkistan; Zog I of Albania also thought of making him Crown Prince, as at the moment he had no issue. Mehmed Abid Efendi was Albania's ambassador to Paris until 1939, when Zog I was overthrown by Fascist Italy. He married an Albanian princess, Seniyye Hanımefendi (born Sanije Zogu) but had no issue. After divorcing in 1951 he settled in Beirut, where he died. He was buried in the Sultan Selim Mosque in Damascus. 

Sâmiye Sultan (16.1.1908 - 24.1.1909): daughter of Sâliha Nâciye Kadınefendi, she died of pneumonia at the age of one. She was buried either in the Şehzâde Kemâleddîn Mausoleum or in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

sources: Harun Açba - Kadın Efendiler, Yılmaz Öztuna - II. Abdülhamid, Zamanı ve Şahsiyeti, Necdet Sakaoğlu - Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları

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the family of Osman I

Consorts:

Mal Hatun: she was the daughter of Ömer Bey or Umur Bey, possibly the ruler of the Umuri or Amouri principality. According to the Byzantine historian Pachymeres, “a son of Umur fought with Osman in one of his first raids against local Byzantine lords”, which may explain the marriage between Osman and Mal Hatun as a political alliance. Mal Hatun was the mother of Osman’s successor Orhan, and she actually outlived her husband as she was buried in the family tomb around Osman’s grave in Bursa (when Osman died, Bursa had not been captured yet so for a time he was buried near his father’s tomb in Soğut). It is not known when she died.

Rabia or Bala Hatun: she may have been the daughter of Şeyh Ede Balı. She is sometimes called Malhun as well. She was the mother of Alâeddin Bey and she spent the last years of her life with her father. She died in Bilecik in 1324 and was buried next to her father's tomb.

"Osman, who had at least five or six sons and at least one daughter, may have had other wives in addition to Mal Khatun and Edebali's daughter. A historical tradition regarding the acquisition of one of Osman's wives calls to mind the Turkish nomadic practice of acquiring women through raids on neighboring tribes. As the story goes, one day on his way to Eskisehir. Osman caught sight of a woman in the village of ltburnu, fell in love with her, and, without telling his father, sent someone to ask for her in marriage. She refused on the grounds that she was not worthy of him, although this may have been an excuse, since there were rumors that Osman intended only a brief dalliance with her. Osman was spurred to kidnap the woman when an erstwhile ally of his, listening to his description of her manifold virtues, decided to take her for himself. Although the sources confuse this woman with Mal Khatun and Edebali's daughter, she was clearly a person of lesser status. The details of the story indicate that the kidnapping occurred when Osman was quite young and before he had gained more than a local reputation. Women of standing themselves, selves, Edebali's daughter and Mal Khatun probably married a more mature and powerful Osman." -- Leslie P. Peirce. The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire

Children:

A son: probably Osman's eldest son, he was given to the Selçuk Sultan Gıyâsüddîn III Keyhusrev to be raised in his household when Ertuğrul Gaazî stipulated a peace treaty with him. He had descendants who were alive at the time in which Bayezid I conquered Malatya.

Orhan Gaazî (1281-3.1362): second ruler of the Ottoman dynasty

Alâeddîn Alî Bey (1290?-1331/1333): son of Bala Hatun, he was made governor of Bilecik. He built a mosque complex in Bursa. He had a son Kiliç Bey. His last descendant died in 1530

Fatma Hatun: she was named in the foundation deed of her brother Orhan. We know nothing about her.

Savci Bey: his son, Suleyman Bey, married Hatice Hatun, daughter of Orhan Gaazî.

Melik Bey: had a daughter called Melek

Çoban Bey: he built a mosque in Bursa.

Hamîd Bey: there is no information about him

Pazarli Bey: commander of his brother Orhân Gaazî. He had a daughter, and two sons: Ilyas Bey and Murad Bey.

sources:

M. Çağatay Uluçay, Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları

Leslie P. Peirce. The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire

Yılmaz Öztuna, Devletler ve Hanedanlar Cilt 2

Necdet Sakaoğlu, Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları

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Sultân Abdülazîz + family

Consorts:

Dürr-i Nev Başkadınefendi (15.3.1835-4.12.1895): born Princess Melek Dziapş-lpa, she was the daughter of Prince Mahmud Bey Dziapş-lpa and Princess Halime Hanım. She was the eldest of three sisters and entered palace service with her younger sister Princess Ayşe Kemalifer. She became a lady of Servetseza Kadınefendi and received a good education: she was a good pianist and could speak French without an accent. She also made some paintings which she later gave to Bezmialem Valide Sultan and Servetseza Kadınefendi. Dürrinev had long blonde hair and hazel eyes; when the future Sultan Abdülaziz first saw her, he immediately asked Servetseza Kadınefendi to let him marry his lady-in-waiting. The wedding took place on 20 May 1856 in Dolmabahçe Palace; a year later she gave birth to Yûsuf İzzeddîn Efendi (1857-1916), then to Saliha Sultan (1862-1941). After Abdülaziz's dethronement, she was imprisoned in Feriye Palace in the apartments above his. She fainted when she saw his corpse. She died on 4 December 1895 and was buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II.

Edâ-dil Kadınefendi (1845?-1875): Second Imperial Consort, she was Abkhazian and was the daughter of Prince Aredba Tandal Bey. She entered palace service at a young age, where she was especially liked by Pertevniyal Valide Sultan. Edadil was given to Sultan Abdülaziz as a gift for his accession to the throne. She was said to be beautiful, with blue eyes and brown hair. She was the mother of Mahmûd Celâleddîn Efendi (1862-1888) and Emine Sultan (1866-1867). The sudden death of her brother affected her a lot and she died young in 1875. She was buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II.

Hayrân-ı Dil Kadınefendi (1846-1895): Second Imperial Consort after the death of Edâ-dil Kadınefendi. There is no certain information about her background and family, nor how she entered palace service before becoming a consort. She married Sultan Abdülaziz on 21 September 1865, a year later she gave birth to Nazime Sultan (1866-1895/1947) and then to Caliph Abdülmecid II (1868-1944). After the deposition of Murad V, she was allowed to retire to Ortaköy Palace. She died on 26 November 1895 and was buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II.

Neşerek Kadınefendi (1848-1876): Third Imperial Consort, she was most probably Caucasian and born in Sochi to Prince İsmail Bey Zevş-Barakay. She married Sultan Abdülaziz in 1868. She was the mother of Mehmed Şevket Efendi (1872-1899) and of Emine Sultan (1874-1920). She died on 11 June 1876 and was buried in the Yeni Mosque.

Gevheri Kadınefendi (1856-1884): Fourth Imperial Consort, she was the mother of Esma Sultan (1873-1899) and Mehmed Seyfeddin Efendi (1874-1927). Her real name was Enime, her father was Salih Bey and her mother was the daughter of Prince Tsanba Osman Bey. She had long curly auburn hair and blue eyes. She always wore white dresses and a light blue veil on her head; her only jewelry were the rings Abdülaziz gave her on their wedding day in 1872. Gevheri was a very charitable women: she helped the poor however she could, paid for the education of young orphans and even supplied funds to repair several mosques and schools. She died in Ortaköy Palace on 6 September 1884 and was buried in the Yeni Mosque.

Children

Şehzade Yûsuf İzzeddîn Efendi (11.10.1857-1.2.1916): Abdülazîz's eldest child, he was kept secret in Kadri Bey's villa in Eyüp until his accession to the throne in 1861. He was considered the true heir to the throne by his father, who tried throughout his reign to change the line of succession to primogeniture. Izzeddin travelled to Europe with his father at 10 years old and later, in 1910, represented the Ottoman Dynasty at the funeral of Edward VII of the United Kingdom. He had five consorts and four children: Șehzade Mehmed Bahaeddin (2.1883 - 8.11.1883), Hatice Şükriye Sultan (24.2.1906 - 1.4.1972), Șehzade Mehmed Nizameddin (18.12.1908-19.3.1933) and Mihriban Mihrişah Sultan (30.8.1916 -25.1.1987)

Saliha Sultan (10.8.1862-1941): Şehzade Izzeddin's full-sister. She was born in Dolmabahçe Palace. At the age of 13, she was engaged to the son of the Khedive of Egypt, but Abdulhamid II broke the engagement, and Saliha Sultan had to wait 13 more years before getting married. In 1889 she married Ahmed Zülküf Bey (later Paşa), who was said to have been very handsome. Their only child was Kâmile Hanım-Sultân (1890-1896). She moved to Egypt after the Dynasty was exiled and died in poverty at the age of eighty. 

Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi (14.11.1862-1.9.1888): he was Vice Admiral of the Imperial Army, a pianist and a flautist. His aunt Adile Sultan, a renowned poet, wrote several compositions to celebrate him. 

Nazima Sultan (25.2.1866-1895/1947): daughter of Second Imperial Consort Hayrân-ı Dil Kadınefendi, she studied French in childhood. She married Dâmâd Alî Hâlid Paşâ on 20 April 1889. While Öztuna claims that she died in 1947, Sakaoğlu believes that his source, N. S. Örik, mistook Nazima for her elder sister Saliha.   

Şehzade Mehmed Selim Efendi (28.10.1866-21.10.1867): buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II

Emine Sultan (30.11.1866-23.1.1867): buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II

Caliph Abdülmecid II (29.5.1868-23.8.1944): younger child of Second Imperial Consort Hayrân-ı Dil Kadınefendi, he was the last Caliph of the Ottoman Empire.

Şehzade Mehmed Şevket Efendi (5.6.1872-22.10.1899): son of Third Imperial Consort Neşerek Kadınefendi, he was only 4 years old when he lost his father so he grew very close to his uncle Abdülhamîd II, who took him to Yildiz Palace and raised him alongside his sons. He was married to Fatma Rûy-i Nâz Hanımefendi and had a son, Mehmed Cemâleddîn Efendi (1891-1947).

Esma Sultan (21.3.1873-7.5.1899): daughter of Fourth Imperial Consort Gevheri Kadınefendi, according to Alderson she was instead daughter of Neşerek Kadınefendi. As she had lost her father at the age of three, she grew up in the household of her eldest brother Şehzade Yûsuf İzzeddîn Efendi. She was very beautiful: tall, slim, with black eyes and very white skin. On 20 April 1889 she married Dâmâd Kabasakal Çerkes Mehmed Paşa, 20 years her senior and previously the husband of her aunt Naile Sultan. She had five children: Sultân-zâde Hasan Bedreddîn Beyefendi (1890-29.1.1909), Sultân-zâde Hayreddîn Beyefendi (1892-1987),  Mihribân Hanım-Sultân (1894-1894), Sultân-zâde Sâ'deddîn Beyefendi (14.6.1895-1970s) and Sultân-zâde 'Abdullâh Beyefendi (1899-stillborn). Esma Sultan died after delivering her fourth son and fifth child.

Fatma Sultan (1874-1875): buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II

Emine Sultan (24.8.1874-29.1.1920): daughter of Neşerek Kadınefendi, she was raised in the household of her eldest brother Şehzade Yûsuf İzzeddîn Efendi. She married Dâmâd Mehmed Şerif "Çavdaroğlu" Paşa in 1901 and had a daughter with him, Hamide Hanım-Sultân, who died in infancy.

Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddîn Efendi (22.9.1874-19.10.1927): Vice Admiral of the Ottoman army, he was a great musician, a student of Callisto Guatelli. In 1914 he bought the organ from the Chapelle St. Louis and had it brought to Istanbul. He had two consorts and four children: Şehzade Mehmed Abdülazîz Efendi (1901-1977), Şehzade Mahmud Sevket Efendi (1903-1973), Şehzade Ahmed Tevhid Efendi (1904-1966) and Fatma Gevheri Sultan (1904-1980) 

Münire Sultan (1877): posthumous child, she died in infancy.  

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the family of Murad I Hüdavendigar

Consorts:

Gülçiçek Hâtûn: mother of Bayezid I, she was of Greek origin and a slave concubine. She may have been the first mother of a sultan to endow a mosque. She died around 1400 and was buried in her mausoleum in Bursa.

Kera Tamara (Mara) Hâtûn: daughter of Bulgarian Czar Ivan Alexander, she was reluctantly married to Murad I when the sultan transformed Bulgaria in a vassal state. The Bulgarian princess was famous for her beauty.

Paşa-Melek Hâtûn: daughter of Kızıl Murâd Bey

unnamed consort: she was the daughter (or sister) of the lord of Köstendil, she married Murad I in 1372. It is said that in the same occasion, two of her sisters married the future Bayezid I and Şehzâde Yâkub. 

unnamed consort: daughter of Cândâroğlu Dâmâd Süleymân II Paşa, she married Murad I in 1383. She was Süleymân II Paşa's daughter from his first marriage, before he had become a Damad. 

unnamed consort: daughter of the Byzantine Emperor, she married Murad I in 1386. On the same occasion, two of her sisters married the future Bayezid I and Şehzâde Yâkub 

unnamed consort: daughter of Ahî Seyyid Sultân, she married Murad I in 1366.

Children:

Yıldırım Sultân Bâyezîd I (1360-1403): 4th ruler of the Ottoman dynasty. He was captured by Timur and died his prisoner.

Yaqub Çelebi (1362?-20.6.1389): he was drowned on Bayezid I's orders.

Savci Bey (1364?-11.1385): Governor of Bursa, he was executed by Murad I after the prince had rebelled against him. He had a son called Murad Bey, who took refuge in Hungary when her father was executed.

Ibrahim Bey (1365?-1385?): buried in the mausoleum of Osman Gaazi

Yahşi Bey (?-before 1389): there's a neighbourhood in Bursa, Yahşıbey, in which its mosque and mausoleum may have been built in his honour by his father or mother after his death.

Özer Hatun: her grandson, Mehmed Bey, was alive in 1426.

unnamed princess: was married to Saruhânoğlu Dâmâd Hızır Bey before 1389.

Sultan Hatun: married to Karamânoglu Dâmâd Turgut Bev, their son was called Mahmud Bey.

Nefise Melek Sultan Hatun (1363?-after 1400): married Karamânoğlu Dâmâd Alâeddîn Alî Bey but this did not stop the Ottoman-Karaman conflict. She had several children with him: Mehmed II Bey (1379-1423), Alâeddîn II 'Alî Bey (1381-1424) and Oğuz Bey (probably dead in infancy). Alâeddîn Alî Bey died in battle in 1397 and Melek and her children were sent to the palace of Bursa. When Bayezid I died, Melek and her children returned to Karaman, where her son had become ruler.

sources:

Nikolay Antov - The Ottoman Wild West

Mustafa Çağatay Uluçay - Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları

Jennifer Lawler - Encyclopedia of the Byzantine Empire

Yılmaz Öztuna, Devletler ve Hanedanlar Cilt 2

Necdet Sakaoğlu - Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları

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The families of Mahmud I and Osman III

Neither Mahmud I or his successor Osman III had children, prompting Sakaoğlu to think that they could have been castrated during their imprisonment in the kafes. Osman III was 55 years old when he became sultan and in weak health, so this may have been the reason why he did not father any children.

Mahmud I (r. 1730-1754)

Ayşe Başkadın: according to Sicill-i Osmani. She died in 1746, probably his only consort to die during his reign. She built a primary school in Çörekçikapısı in Fatih. It is unknown where she was buried. Alderson calls her Hace, which means that she had undergone the pilgrimage to Mecca (by proxy). According to Öztuna she was the Second Imperial Consort instead.

Hâce Ayşe Kadın: Öztuna thinks she may have been a different consort, though dead in 1746 as well.

Hâtem Başkadın: shown in Sicill-i Osmani. She probably acquired the title of Senior Consort after Ayşe Kadın's death. She died during Mustafa III's reign (in 1769), and was buried in the Ayazma Mosque in Üsküdar. Öztuna thinks she may have been Second Imperial Consort from 1746 to 1754.

Hâce Â'lî-cenâb Baş-Kadın: according to Öztuna, she was the Senior Consort (tenure: 1730-1754). She built schools and fountains around the Fatih Mosque. She died in 1775 and was buried in the Yeni Camii.

Hâce Verd-i nâz Kadın: Fourth or Fifth Imperial Consort. As her date of death is pretty late (16.12.1804), it has been suggested that she may have entered Mahmud I's harem later than his other consorts. She built a school and a fountain in Murâdpaşa, and another fountain in Galata. She was buried in Şehzâdebaşı.

Hadîce Râmî Kadın: Sixth Imperial Consort. She built a school and a fountain in Beşiktaş. A year after the death of Mahmud I, she married Haremeyn Inspector Mustafapaşazade İbrahim Bey. She died on 16 January 1780.

Tiryâl Kadın: in Sicill-i Osmani she was indicated as an ikbal but Alderson and Öztuna insist that she was an Imperial Consort. She died in 1785 or in 1789.

Hadîce Kadın: no information available.

Râziye Kadın: no information available.

Meyyâse Hanım: Baş-Ikbâl.

Fehmî Hanım: Second Ikbal.

Sirri Hanım: either a consort or a kalfa

Habbâbe Hanım: either a consort or a kalfa

Osman III (r. 1754-1757)

Leylâ Baş-Kadın: Öztuna says that a few months after becoming a widow, she married Hacı Mehmed Emîn Bey and had a son with him, Feyzullâh Bey. She died in 1794 and was buried in Üsküdar.

Zevki Kadın: Third Imperial Consort. During the short reign of her husband, she founded several reconstructions throughout Istanbul and built a fountain in Fındıklı in Turkish Barouque style. It is not known when she died or where she was buried.

Ferhunde Emîne Kadın: not mentioned in Sicill-i Osmani or by Alderson but was found by Uluçay in a document in the Archives of Topkapı Palace. She died in 1791, maybe in August.

sources: - M. Çağatay Uluçay - Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları - Yılmaz Öztuna - Devletler ve Hanedanlar Cilt 2 - Necdet Sakaoğlu - Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları

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Murad II harem + children:

Consorts: 

(Hatice) Halîme/Alîme Hâtûn: Sakaoğlu claims that Hatice and Halime were two different consorts, aunt and niece, who both married Murad II but at different times. Halime was İsfendiyar Bey’s daughter and the woman Murad II married in the 1420s, but having died in the 1440s, the sultan proceeded to marry her niece, Hatice, daughter of her brother İbrahim II Bey. This theory would explain Küçük Ahmed’s late birth (1450).

Hümâ Hâtûn (?? - September 1449): Mehmed II's mother, her identity has not been established so far but she definitely was not a French princess, as later Ottoman chroniclers would claim.

Mara Hâtûn (??-14.9.1487): daughter of George Branković, despot of Serbia, she married Murad II as a young girl in September 1435. She was known in Europe as Sultanina or Sultana Maria. She was highly respected by Mehmed II, who used to call her "my mother" in official documents.

Hundi/Ümmügülsüm Hâtûn (??-14.2.1486): it is not exactly known whether she was one consort or two. Babinger writes that Hundi Hatun was Şehzâde 'Alâeddîn 'Alî's mother, other family trees indicate that she was called Ümmügülsüm and her daughter was called Hundi while it is also stated that she was called Hundi Ümmügülsüm.

Yeni Hâtûn: Sakaoğlu claims she was, in fact, Şehzâde 'Alâeddîn 'Alî's consort and not Murad II's.

Children:

Şehzâde Ahmed the Elder (1419-1420)

Şehzâde 'Alâeddîn 'Alî (1425-6.1443): Murad II's favourite son, he was governor of Manisa for a year and later governor of Amasya. He joined the 1443 Karaman expedition with his father and while he returned to Amasya he fell from a horse and died. He was buried in the Muradiye Complex in Bursa. At the time of his death he had two sons: Şehzâde Giyâşüddîn (1441-1445) and Şehzâde Tâceddîn (1442-1443)

Şehzâde Isfendiyâr (1425-1425): his mother was Halime Hatun, which is why he bears her father's name

Hatice Hatun (1425-??): she married Cândâroğlu Dâmad Kemâleddîn Bey and had three sons with him: Haşan Bey, Yahyâ Bey and Mahmûd Bey. Her descendants were still alive during the reign of Abdülmecîd I in the XIX century.

Hafsa Hatun (1426-??): she married Cândâroğlu Sultânzâde Dâmâd Kaya Bey, the son of her aunt Sultan Hatun, daughter of Mehmed I.

Fatma Hatun (1430-??): she married Dâmâd Zağanos Mehmed Paşa and had two children with him: Hamza Bey and Ahmed Çelebî. Ahmed Çelebî would become an important adviser to Bayezid II

Şehzâde Hüseyn (??-1439): he died as a child

Şehzâde Orhân (??-1441): he died as a child

Şehzâde Hasan (??-1444): he died as a child

Erhundi/Hundi Hatun: she married Dâmâd Yâ'qûb Bey, who would become Sultan Cem's royal tutor

Şehzâde Selçuk Hatun (??-1480): she was married twice, firstly to Dâmâd Güveyi Karaça Paşa and then to Dâmâd Yûsuf Sİnâneddîn Paşa. She was buried next to Şehzâde 'Alâeddîn 'Alî.

Mehmed II the Conqueror (1432-1481): 7th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Şehzâde Ahmed the Younger (1450-18.2.1451): son of Hatice Hatun, he was executed by Mehmed II