Fatma Sultan (daughter of Selim II)

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Fatma Sultan
Bornc. 1558
Hagia Sophia Mosque
Spouse
(m. 1573)
IssueSultanzade Ahmed Bey
Sultanzade Mustafa Paşah
Sultanzade Abdulkaadir Bey
Sultanzade Süleyman Bey
Fülane Hanımsultan
DynastyOttoman
FatherSelim II
MotherNurbanu Sultan (disputed)
ReligionIslam

Fatma Sultan (c. 1558 – October 1580;

Hurrem Sultan, sister of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574–95) and aunt of Sultan Mehmed III
(reign 1595–1603).

Early life

Fatma was born circa 1558

sanjakbey, or provincial governor, at the time.[2] She was her father's youngest daughter.[3] Her mother's identity is uncertain; it's likely that she was the fourth daughter of Nurbanu Sultan,[3][4] however the claim remains disputed.[1] She had three older sisters, Şah Sultan, Gevherhan Sultan and Ismihan Sultan, an older brother, Murad III
, and seven younger half-brothers who died infants when Murad became Sultan and he applicated the Law of Fraticide.

Marriage

In 1573,

Grand Vizier (1582–1584, 1586–1589, 1592–1593). Stephan Gerlach, first assistant and clergyman to the ambassador of the Holy Roman Empire at Istanbul from 1573 to 1578, recorded word that the Beylerbey was originally a slave whom Fatma's father Selim bought as a boy for 500 ducats and came to regard as his own son. It was in Sultan Selim's will that this marriage be arranged.[5]

Fatma's dowry amounted to approximately 5000 ducats.[3] The marriage was happy, as indicated by the fact that she pleaded with her brother Murad to spare Siyavuş Pasha's life when at some point the latter fell out of favour.[6] Siyavuş Pasha's physician, Moses Benveniste was often at dinner with the couple.[7] She bore her husband four sons and a daughter, but only a son survived beyond the infancy.[8]

Charities

Fatma had an elementary school, or mektep, as well as a religious college, or medrese, constructed at

Edirnekapı.[3]

Death

Fatma Sultan died in October 1580,

Hagia Sophia Mosque.[9][4] She had a provision made, supported by vakfs, that is, charitable foundations, so that the Quran would be read every morning, for the sake of her soul.[3]

Issue

By her marriage, Fatma had four sons and a daughter. Only a son survived after infancy.

  • Sultanzade Ahmed Bey (1573 - 1582)
  • Sultanzade Mustafa Pasha (1575 - April 1599). He had issue.
  • Sultanzade Abdulkaadir Bey (1577 - 1583)
  • Sultanzade Süleyman Bey (1579 - 1583)
  • Fülane Hanımsultan (October 1580 - October 1580). She was born prematurely and died three days later. Fatma died in childbirth.

References

  1. ^ a b Peirce 1993, p. 92.
  2. ^ Tezcan 2010, p. 97.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Uluçay 1992, p. 71.
  4. ^ a b Tezcan, Baki (2001). Searching For Osman: A Reassessment Of The Deposition Of Ottoman Sultan Osman II (1618–1622). unpublished Ph.D. thesis. pp. 327 n. 16.
  5. ^ a b And 1994, p. 166.
  6. ^ Goodwin 2006.
  7. ^ Pedani, Maria Pia (2000). Tucica, Volume 32: Safiye's Household and Venetian Diplomacy. p. 30.
  8. ^ a b Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 202.
  9. ^ a b c Selânik Mustafa Efendi (1864). "Tarih-i Selâniki". Internet Archive. p. 265. Retrieved 2021-05-11.

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