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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Hatice Sultan










Suleyman's sister
- she was beautiful and quite shy. Through all of her life she loved Ibrahim.
Eventually she became his wife, but still was not happy. She didn’t know how to
cope with the intrigues of the imperial palace and she increasingly felt
sadness.







Sultana Hatice was the Ottoman princess, daughter of Selim I. Born 1496. First
she was married to Iskender Pasha, but his death made her a widow. Later she
was married to Ibrahim Pasha who was grand vizier for 13 years. 1536. Ibrahim
was executed on the orders of the Sultan and his property was confiscated. She
had two daughters Hanim and Fulani.



She died in 1538.

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