Nilüfer Hatun

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Nilüfer, the title is Hatun, and there is no family name.
Nilüfer Hatun
Valide Hatun of the Ottoman Empire
TenureMarch 1362 – 1363
SuccessorGülçiçek Hatun
Diedc. 1363
Bursa, Ottoman Sultanate
Burial
Orhan Gazi Tomb, Bursa
Consort ofOrhan
IssueMurad I
DynastyOttoman
ReligionOrthodox Christian (birth)
Sunni Islam (conversion)

Nilüfer Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: نیلوفر خاتون, called also Lülüfer Hatun or Ülüfer Hatun, died c.1363), was a concubine of Orhan, the second Ottoman sultan, and the mother of Murad I, Orhan's successor. She was the first slave of Christian origin to become the mother of an Ottoman sultan.

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