Devlet Hatun


Devlet Hatun was the wife of Sultan Bayezid I, and the mother of Mehmed I of the Ottoman Empire.

Biography

Devlet Hatun was the twelfth and last wife of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I and the mother of Bayezid's successor, Mehmed I. Her name in her vakfîyya is registered as Daulât bint-i Abd'Allah. This implies that the mother of Mehmed I was of non-Turkish origin. Although the sign at her tomb says that Devlet was the daughter of a Germiyanid prince, she was ethnically of non-Turkish origin. Since both Devlet Hâtun, and Devlet-Şâh Hâtun died in 1414, she is frequently confused with Devlet-Şâh Hâtun, the daughter of Süleyman of Germiyan.
Devlet Hatun died on 23 January 1414 and was buried at the Devlet Hatun Tomb in Bursa.