Ayşe Hatun (consort of Selim I)
Consort of Ottoman Sultan Selim I
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Ayşe Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: عایشه خاتون, lit. 'life'; c.1476 – 1539) was a Crimean princess, daughter of Meñli I Giray. She was also a consort of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I.
Bağçasaray, Crimean Khanate
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
| Ayşe Hatun | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1476 Bağçasaray, Crimean Khanate |
| Died | c. 1539 (aged 62–63) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Consort of |
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| House | Giray (by birth) Osman (by marriage) |
| Father | Meñli I Giray of Crimean Khanate |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Biography
Ayşe Hatun was first married in 1504 to Selim's half-brother Şehzade Mehmed, Sanjakbey of Kefe, son of Ferahşad Hatun, and became a widow upon his death in the same year.
Her marriage was one of only two examples of marriages between the Ottoman dynasty and the Giray dynasty; the other one was those, alleged, between a Selim's daughter, maybe Gevherhan Sultan, to Saadet I Giray.[1]
After her first husband's death, the Crimean princess entered in 1511 the harem of her husband's half-brother, the future Sultan Selim I (1512–1520),[2] when he was the governor of Amasya, thus securing for him, in the person of her powerful father, a valuable ally in the prince's struggle for the throne.[3]