Hafsa Sultan (daughter of Selim I)

Hafsa Sultan (daughter of Selim I)

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Gender:
Female
Birth:
(Trabzon)
Death:
10 July 1538(Istanbul)
Family:
Mother:
Ayşe Hafsa Sultan
Father:
Selim I
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Introduction

Hafsa Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: حفصہ سلطان‎, ca. 1500 – 10 July 1538, other names Hanım, Hatun, Sultanzade, Şehzade) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Selim I (reign 1512–20) and Hafsa Sultan.

Biography

Hafsa Sultan was the sister of Suleiman the Magnificent (reign 1520–66) and the aunt of Sultan Selim II (reign 1566–74). At the age of about sixteen, in 1516, Hafsa was married to Iskenderzade Mustafa Pasha, who was not a vezir, son of Iskender Pasha, sometime Governor of Bosnia Eyalet and Rumelia Eyalet.

Mustafa Pasha died in 1525-1526÷, and Hafsa became widow by his death. After Mustafa's death, she never married again. She died in 1538.