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35 - 36 / 100 || Caps of Jane Seymour

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49 - 50 / 100 || Caps of Jane Seymour

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Six  Wives +  A King’s Kiss 

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Six  Wives + Smiles

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Six Wives + The threat of a mistress

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ANNABELLE WALLIS as Lady Jane Seymour

As shown in the .... Previously on The Tudors Season Two section in The Tudors: Season Three Episode One, Civil Unrest

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Why Murad and Mara Brankovic did not had children? Not even one? It's kind of strange, since Ottoman princes and sultans were, ummm, quite virile.

Murad II and Mara Branković’s marriage was a political one. Even though Murad II was said to have “longed more for this new bride [Mara] who was beautiful in both mind and soul”, there is no evidence that the marriage was ever consummated.

Ottoman sultans did not consummate the inter-dynastic marriages they contracted to prevent the meddling from their wives’ families in the succession. A son born to a foreign princess would have been backed by his mother’s dynasty in the race to the throne. If the said son had succeeded his father, his mother’s family would have most definitely tried to have a say in the ruling of the empire.

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other than the women during the sultanate of women, who would you say were the most influential ottoman sultanas?

Hello! I have made a gifset about influential imperial princesses so I’ll link you to that: here

Nakşidil Valide Sultan was said to have been the inspiration behind her son Mahmud II’s huge reforms of the empire, though the more drastic ones happened only after her death.

Bezmialem Valide Sultan was said to have been more influential than all valide sultans before her. The man who said it, though, was a foreigner so maybe he wasn’t that informed. It is true that she was a reformer at heart and that she exchanged letters about state matters with her son Abdülmecid (apparently in horrible Ottoman Turkish)

Pertevniyal Valide Sultan was involved in politics, which is said to have hastened the deposition of her son Abdülaziz

Mara Brankovic is not technically a “sultana” but she was quite powerful during Mehmed II’s reign, even influencing the appointment of the patriarch of Istanbul. The sultan even called her “mother”

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On this day, 12 June, in Ottoman history

12 June 1444 - truce between Hungary, Poland and Serbia and the Ottoman Empire: “Through contacts facilitated by the Sultan [Murad II]’s Serbian wife Mara, the leaders Wladyslaw of Hungary-Poland, John Hunyadi of Transylvania and George Branković of Serbia sent an embassy to Murad in Edirne where, on 12 June 1444, a ten-year truce was agreed.” – Caroline Finkel, Osman’s Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

12 June 1870 - birth of Nazperver Kadın: her real name Rukiye, she was born on 12 June 1870 in Beşiktaş to Prince Ismail Çikotua and Princess Aliye Dziapş-lpa. She was sent to the palace to her aunt Dürrinev Kadın to be educated, and she learned French especially well. During a dinner, she was noticed by Prince Reşad Efendi (the future Mehmed V), who married her in Veliahd Palace in 1888. A year later, she gave birth to Refia sultan, but the little princess drowned and, even though she wished for another child, she had no more. Safiye Ünüvar mentioned her in her memoirs: “The lady Nazperver was raised to the rank of Third Consort upon the death of the lady Dürrüaden. The same day of our visit to the Imperial Lodge, my kalfa and I went over to the apartments assigned to this consort. She was plump, as were the other consorts, and tall. Although at first impression she did not appear particularly learned, she did have a refined and kindly air about her that made a good impression. 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 asked me to visit her often and showed me much kindness”. Her niece later described her as a “very beautiful woman with long curly blond hair like gold, blue eyes, thick lips and a long neck”. She used to tour the hospitals in Istanbul during World War I, which she also helped with her own money. Wherever she went, crowds poured out on the streets to see her and would scream “May Allah protect you, Your Highness”. She was loved by many. Her niece Princess Mülkicihan Açba was present when she died: “What is this, Mülkicihan?” “What is what, Your Highness?” “Look, Mülkicihan, look. The sky has opened up. Do you hear this sound? The Lord is coming to take me to my daughter. God willing, I will be able to see my Master again.” She died on 9 March 1929 in Vaniköy.

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Your top 10 Ottoman ladies.

Hello! I have already answered this but they basically change every 2 weeks lmao so I’m happy to try again:

Haseki Hürrem Sultan

Nurbanu Valide Sultan

Kösem Valide Sultan

Bezmialem Valide Sultan

Nazperver Kadın, Third Imperial Consort of Mehmed V Reşad

Serfiraz Hanım, Second Ikbal of Abdülmecid I

Safiye Valide Sultan

Inşirah Hanım, Second Ikbal of Mehmed VI Vahideddin

Emine Nazikeda Kadın, Senior Imperial Consort of Mehmed VI Vahideddin

Mara Hatun, Serbian wife of Murad II

If you ask me next week, I’ll probably say something different lol

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Besides Theodora Kantakuzenos(?), which other sultana remained Christian? Sorry if you’ve already answered this, I just recently followed you and I haven’t gone through all your content yet. 😅

Hi! Thank you for following me.

Mara Hatun, Murad II’s Serbian consort, stayed Christian and influenced the appointment of the patriarch of Istanbul during Mehmed II’s reign. According to a chronicle of patriarch Dionysius, this is how he was appointed: 

“Mara, who supported his candidacy, brought her stepson a silver platter with 2,000 gold coins, and the two held the following dialogue: "What is it, Mother?” the Conquered asked. “I demand,” she replied, “that you choose one of my monks as patriarch. Between the two contestants a third will succeed.” “I thank you,” replied the sultan; “do what you wish, Mother.” – Franz Babinger - Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time 

Maria Olivera Despina Hatun, Serbian consort of Bayezid I, did not convert to Islam either. For this reason she was accused by Ottoman historians to let Bayezid I drink wine; she was also blamed for his dissolute behaviour and for his ultimate downfall. She was captured with him by Timur and forced to serve him and his soldiers half-naked. It is said that after her, Ottoman sultans were wary of taking high-born Christian wives.

I couldn’t find more. Maybe some stayed secretly Christian? There’s no way of knowing that, unfortunately.