Editing Mehmed II (section)

=== Consorts ===
Mehmed II was the last sultan to legally marry until 1533/1534, when [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] married his favorite concubine [[Hurrem Sultan|Hürrem Sultan]].

Mehmed II's eight known consorts are:<ref>Necdet Sakaoğlu (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak publications. pp. 110–112. {{ISBN|978-9-753-29623-6}}</ref>
* [[Gülbahar Hatun (wife of Mehmed II)|Gülbahar Hatun]]<ref name="Edmonds 1997">{{cite book|last=Edmonds|first=Anna|title=Turkey's Religious Sites|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xVbkAAAAMAAJ&q=An+Albanian+by+birth,+legend+also+has+it+that+Gulbahar+Hatun+was+a+French+princess+kidnapped+for+the+sultan's+harem.|publisher=Damko|isbn=975-8227-00-9|page=1997|year=1997|access-date=12 October 2020|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012041256/https://books.google.com/books?id=xVbkAAAAMAAJ&dq=G%C3%BClbahar+Albanian&q=An+Albanian+by+birth%2C+legend+also+has+it+that+Gulbahar+Hatun+was+a+French+princess+kidnapped+for+the+sultan%27s+harem.|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Babinger|1992|p=51}} Mother of Bayezid II.
* [[Gülşah Hatun]]. Mother of Şehzade Mustafa.
* [[Sittişah Hatun|Sittişah Mukrime Hatun]].<ref>Wedding portrait, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122825/http://nauplion.net/M2-SittHatun.jpg Nauplion.net]}}</ref> Sometimes mistakenly believed to be the mother of Bayezid II. Called also Sitti Hatun. Daughter of [[Suleiman of Dulkadir|Dulkadiroğlu Süleyman Bey]], sixth ruler of [[Beylik of Dulkadir|Dulkadir]], she was his legal wife, but the marriage was unhappy and it remained childless. Her niece Ayşe Hatun, daughter of her brother, became a consort of Bayezid II.
* [[Çiçek Hatun]]. Mother of Şehzade Cem.
* [[Anna Komnenos (daughter of David of Trebizond)|Anna Hatun]]. Daughter of the Greek emperor of [[Trabzon|Trebizond]] [[David of Trebizond|David II Komnenos]] and his wife [[Helena Kantakouzene, Empress of Trebizond|Helena Kantakuzenos]]. The marriage was initially proposed by her father, but Mehmed refused. However, after the [[Trebizond Campaign|conquest of Trebizond]] in 1461, Anna entered Mehmed's harem as a "noble tribute" or guest and stayed there for two years, after which Mehmed married her to [[Zagan Pasha|Zaganos Mehmed Pasha]]. In exchange, Mehmed had the Zaganos's daughter as his consort.
* [[Helena Palaiologina (daughter of Demetrios)|Helena Hatun]] (1442–1469). Daughter of the despot of [[Morea]] [[Demetrios Palaiologos]], Mehmed asked her for himself after the Morea campaign, having heard of her beauty. However, the union was never consummated because Mehmed feared that she might poison him.
* Maria Hatun. Born [[Maria Gattilusio]], she was widow of [[Alexander of Trebizond|Alexander Komnenos Asen]], brother of Anna Hatun's father and by him she had a son, [[Alexios V of Trebizond|Alexios]], executed by Mehmed II. She was judicated as the most beautiful woman of her age and entered in the harem after her capture in 1462.<ref name="auto1">Babinger 1992, p. 230</ref>
* Hatice Hatun. Daughter of [[Zagan Pasha|Zaganos Mehmed Pasha]] by his first wife Sitti Nefise Hatun. She entered the harem in 1463. In return, her father was able to marry Anna Hatun, Mehmed's consort or "noble guest". After Mehmed's death she remarried with a statesman.<ref name="auto1"/>