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Gülfem Hatun

1500 - 1561

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Gülfem Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: کلفم خاتون; meaning "rose mouth"; 1497 – October/November 1561) was a lady-in-waiting in the harem of Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (reign 1520–1566). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gülfem Hatun is the 214th most popular companion (down from 84th in 2019), the 340th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 169th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Turkish Companion.

Gülfem Hatun is most famous for being the wife of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Gülfem Hatun ranks 214 out of 784. Before her are Philippa of Lancaster, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Eleanor of Provence, María Isabella of Spain, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, and Hugh Despenser the younger. After her are Maria Feodorovna, Faustina the Elder, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Anne of Bohemia, and Constance of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Gülfem Hatun ranks 9. Before her are Rüstem Pasha, Benvenuto Cellini, Wu Cheng'en, Fatma Sultan, Hernando de Soto, and Lala Mustafa Pasha. After her are Bartolomeo Eustachi, John of Ávila, Al-Mutawakkil III, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Afanasy Nikitin. Among people deceased in 1561, Gülfem Hatun ranks 5. Before her are Rüstem Pasha, Şehzade Bayezid, Menno Simons, and Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara. After her are Matteo Bandello, Lope de Aguirre, Sayri Túpac, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Bairam Khan, Claude Garamond, and Jan Tarnowski.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Gülfem Hatun ranks 340 out of 1,347. Before her are Seleucus IV Philopator (-217), Eutyches (380), Thomas Palaiologos (1409), Philo of Byzantium (-280), Candaules (-800), and Nikephoros I of Constantinople (758). After her are Antiochus VII Sidetes (-159), Gregory Thaumaturgus (213), Expeditus (300), Aspar (400), Tribonian (475), and Bar Hebraeus (1226).

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Among COMPANIONS In Türkiye

Among companions born in Türkiye, Gülfem Hatun ranks 8. Before her are Aspasia (-470), Mihrimah Sultan (1522), Antinous (111), Malhun Hatun (1350), Pulcheria (399), and Hecuba (null). After her are Agnes of Antioch (1153), Hümaşah Sultan (1540), Kaya Sultan (1633), Maria Laskarina (1206), Licinia Eudoxia (422), and Irene Angelina (1181).

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