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Nazperver Sultan (Turkish Ottoman: نازپرورسلطان; meaning "coquettish"[1])(1556 – 1595) was a imperial consort of the Ottoman ruler Murad III.[2] By birth, she was a wallachian princess named Dobra Basarab, daughter of Mircea the Shepherd and his wife, Princess Chiajna of Moldavia.
Nazperver Hatun | |||||
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Princess of the Kingdom of Wallachia | |||||
Tenure | 1556 – 1595 | ||||
Born | Dobra Basarab 1556 Kingdom of Wallachia | ||||
Died | 1595 (aged 39) Eski Saray, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | ||||
Consort | Murad III | ||||
Issue | Şehzade Murad Şehzade Yusuf Fethiye Sultan Şehzade Abdürrahman | ||||
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House | House of Drăculești | ||||
Father | Mircea of Wallachia | ||||
Mother | Chiajna of Moldavia | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam (previosly Orthodox) |
Life
[edit]Lady Nazperver was born in 1556 in Wallachia to voivode Mircea the Shepherd and his wife, Chiajna of Moldavia who was the granddaughter of Stephen the Great. She had 6 siblings, including Peter the Younger, next ruler of Wallachia.[3]
After her father dethronement in 1533, her mother started to seek closer relation with the Ottoman Empire by becoming closer with the imperial consorts, hoping for her husband to regain the throne. Her plan was successful, her husband became voievode again but died months later. As a widow, Princess Chiajna's attention was on her youngest daughters, one of them was Dobra. Firstly, she tried to make negotiation for Dobra to marry Iacob Heraclid of Moldavia, but changer her mind later.
Exiled after her son's short rule, the ambitious widow wanted to marry her daughter, Dobra, to the son of Selim II. He took her daughter near the young Murad, the sultan's eldest son. Murad fell in love with Dobra and asked her to marry. Dobra converted to Islam, changing her name Nazperver.[4]
Issue
[edit]Nazperver Hatun gave birth to 1 daughter and 3 sons for the sultan:
- Şehzade Murad (1568, Topkapi Palace, Constantinople - murdered 28 January 1595, Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, buried in Murad III Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia Mosque)
- Şehzade Yusuf (1577, Topkapi Palace, Constantinople - murdered 28 January 1595, Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, buried in Murad III Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia Mosque)
- Fethiye Sultan (1579, buried in Murad III Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia Mosque)
- Şehzade Abdürrahman (1585, Topkapi Palace, Constantinople - murdered 28 January 1595, Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, buried in Murad III Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia Mosque)
References
[edit]- ^ Cambridge University Press (8 October 2020). "The Imperial Harem and Its Residents".
- ^ Mehmet Süreyya Bey (2014). Osmanlı devletinde kim kimdi (in Turkish). Küğ Yayını. p. 238.
- ^ SOLCAN, ȘAROLTA (2020-01-01). FEMEILE DIN MOLDOVA, TRANSILVANIA ȘI ȚARA ROMÂNEASCĂ ÎN EVUL MEDIU: EDIȚIA A II-A REVĂZUTĂ ȘI ADĂUGITĂ (in Romanian). Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press. ISBN 978-606-16-1167-6
- ^ Bouleanu, Elisabeth (2017). "Controversata doamnă Chiajna. Cum a ajuns să-şi mărite fata cu un sultan şi să-şi turcească cei doi fii". Adevărul.
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