Fatma Sultan

Fatma Sultan (* 1605 or 1606 in Istanbul ; † 1670 ibid) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Ahmed I and his favorite wife Kösem Mahpeyker , sister of the two sultans Murad IV and Ibrahim I and aunt of Mehmed IV. She is well known for their many political marriages.

Marriages

Fatma Sultan was married in 1626 to the governor of Egypt Kara Mustafa Pasha , this marriage lasted until the execution of the Pasha in 1628. The next marriage was with Çatalcalı Hasan Pasha between 1629 and 1631. After the death of the Pasha she was married in 1632 to Kanbur Mustafa Pasha , this marriage lasted 4 years. The fourth marriage with Hoca Yusuf Pascha lasted until 1637 and the fifth with Maksut Pascha until 1644. Her next husband Melek Ahmed Pascha was the widower of her niece Kaya Sultan. This marriage came to an end on September 1, 1662. In April 1663 she married Kundakçızâde Mustafa Pascha and her last marriage was with Közbekçi Yusuf Pascha at the age of 61.

death

She died in Istanbul in 1670 at the age of 64 and was buried in the shrine of her father Ahmed I.

reception

In Ottoman history, the sultanas were mostly married to high Ottoman dignitaries and pashas, ​​from childhood to old age. Fatma and her older sister Ayse Sultan are examples of this because they have both been married about seven times and were between 50 and 61 when they were last engaged. Like her sister Hanzâde, she owned a palace named after her in the Üsküdar district (in Istanbul).

swell

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• Mehmed Süreyya, Nuri Akbayar, Seyit Ali Karaman: Sicill-i Osmani: Osmanlı ünluleri. Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul 1996, ISBN 975-333-038-3 .
• Yılmaz Öztuna: Büyük Osmanlı tarihi: Osmanlı devleti'nin siyasî, medenî, kältür, teşkilât ve san'at tarihi. Ötüken Neşriyat AS, Istanbul 1978, ISBN 975-437-141-5 .