Editing Mehmed III (section)

===Consorts===
Mehmed III had three known consorts, none of whom, according to the harem records, held the title of [[Haseki Sultan]]:<ref>Peirce (1993) p.104 and n.53 p.311</ref>
* [[Handan Sultan|Handan Hatun]] (died 9 November 1605, Topkapı Palace, Constantinople; buried in Mehmed III Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia Mosque<ref>A Queen Mother at Work: On Handan Sultan and Her Regency During the Early Reign of Ahmed I". Faal Bir Valide Sultan: Handan Sultan ve I. Ahmed’in Hükümdarlığının Başlarındaki Naibeliği Üzerine. Günhan Börekçi. 2020. 1 Mayıs 2021 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 1 Mayıs 2021</ref>). She was mother and [[Valide sultan|Valide Sultan]] of Ahmed I. 
* [[Halime Sultan|Halime Hatun]] (dead after 1623, Old Palace, Constantinople; buried in Mustafa I Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia Mosque, Constantinople). She was mother and Valide Sultan of Mustafa I.
* ''Fülane'' Hatun (dead in 1598, Topkapi Palace, Constantinople). She died in 1598 with her infant son during the outbreak of plague or smallpox.<ref>{{cite book|title=Disease and Empire: A History of Plague Epidemics in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (1453--1600)|year=2008|pages=145|isbn=978-0-549-74445-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Mehmet|last=Ipşırlı|title=Mustafa Selaniki's history of the Ottomans|date=June 1976|pages=172}}</ref>