Fatma Sultan (daughter of Selim I)
Fatma Sultan | |
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Born | ante 1494 Trabzon, Ottoman Empire |
Died | c. 1566 Bursa, Ottoman Empire |
Burial | Kara Ahmed Pasha Türbe |
Spouse |
Mustafa Pasha
(m. 1516; div. 1520) |
Issue | Second marriage Two daughters (?) |
Dynasty | Ottoman |
Father | Selim I |
Mother | Hafsa Sultan |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Fatma Sultan (
Biography
She was first married in 1516 to Mustafa Pasha, governor of Antakya; however they divorced when it turned out that he was homosexual and had no interest in her. In a letter written to her father, she expresses her distress. She complains that her husband's open display of homosexual tendencies deeply offends her, saying, "My royal padishah, I have not smiled for one day, for one hour since my coming here one year ago... I am going mad as if I were a widow. My royal sultan, my dearest dad, my state cannot be expressed with a pen".[1][2]
Then, she married in 1522 to
Fatma commissioned a mosque in Topkapı, near the mosque of her husband Ahmed Pasha,[5] where she is buried when she died, around 1566.[6] In 1575 Murad III build the "Fatma Sultan Mosque" in honor of his great-aunt.
Depictions in literature and popular culture
In the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Fatma Sultan is played by Turkish actress Meltem Cumbul.
See also
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman dynasty
- Ottoman family tree
- Ottoman Emperors family tree(simplified)
References
- ^ Peirce 1993, p. 304.
- ISBN 978-1-4438-3265-6.
- )
- ISBN 978-975-7039-22-8.
- ^ ISBN 978-90-04-11242-1.
- ^ Ayvansarayî, H.H.; Erzi, İ. (1987). Camilerimiz ansiklopedisi. Camilerimiz ansiklopedisi. Tercüman. p. 196.
Further reading
- Uluçay, M. Çağatay (1992). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken.