Hatice Sultan (daughter of Selim I)
Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Selim I
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Hatice Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: خدیجه سلطان; sometimes called Hatice Hanım Sultan; ante 1494[1] – post 1543/44[1]) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Selim I and Hafsa Sultan. She was the full-sister of Suleiman the Magnificent.
Trabzon, Ottoman Empire
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, (now Istanbul, Turkey)
| Hatice Sultan | |
|---|---|
| Born | ante 1494 Trabzon, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | post 1543/44 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, (now Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Kapudan Iskender Pasha
(m. 1509; died 1515)Unknown (m. 1524) |
| Issue | First marriage
|
| Dynasty | Ottoman |
| Father | Selim I |
| Mother | Hafsa Sultan |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Biography
Hatice's birth date is unknown, but she was born before 1494.[2] She was the daughter of Şehzade Selim (the future Selim I) and his concubine Hafsa. She married Damat Iskender Pasha in 1509, an Ottoman governor and later admiral who was executed in 1515.[2]
It had long been believed that Hatice Sultan subsequently married the Grand Vizier Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha. However, in the late 2000s, research conducted by the historian Ebru Turan revealed that this claim was not based on solid evidence, and that in fact no such marriage ever took place between them. As a result, historians now agree that Ibrahim married another woman, Muhsine Hatun, and not Hatice.[3] Hatice Sultan had her mosque built in Aksaray in 1543–44. She was buried in a separate tomb next to her parents in the graveyard of Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque, in the Şehzadeler Türbesi. She was buried next to her sister Hafize Sultan.
Issue
Hatice Sultan had five sons and at least three daughters.[2][4]
By her first marriage, Hatice had four sons and a daughter:
- Sultanzade Mehmed Bey;
- Sultanzade Süleyman Bey;
- Sultanzade Ali Bey;
- Sultanzade Osman Bey;
- Nefise Hanımsultan (buried in the Şehzade Mosque with at least one of her brothers).
By her second marriage, Hatice had a son and at least two daughters:
- Sultanzade Mehmed Şah Bey;
- Hanım Hanımsultan (died in 1582, buried in Hürrem Sultan's Türbesi);
- Unnamed daughter.
Depictions in literature and popular culture
In the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Hatice Sultan is played by Turkish-German actress Selma Ergeç.[5] In the series, she is inaccurately portrayed as Ibrahim Pasha's wife and mother of his children, a fact which other historians have disputed. However, the series was produced in 2011, when the marriage had not yet been denied with certainty.[6]