Ayşe Hatun (1476–1539) was a daughter of
Meñli I Giray and an (alleged) consort of
Selim I.
Biography
Ayşe Hatun was married firstly in 1504 to Selim's brother Şehzade Mehmed, Sancak Bey of Kefe, son of
Ferahşad Hatun
Ferahşad Hatun ( ota, فرخشاد خاتون "''Happiness''", also known as Muhtereme Hatun ( ota, محترمہ خاتون, "''Honorable'', ''respectful''"), was a consort of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire.
Life
Ferahşad entered in ...
and became widow by his death in 1507.
Her marriage was one of only two examples of marriages between the Ottoman dynasty and the Giray dynasty; the other one was between Selim's daughter to
Saadet I Giray.
After her first husband's death, the Crimean princess entered in 1511 the
harem of her husband's brother, the future Sultan Selim I (1513–20), when he was the governor of
Amasya, thus securing for him, in the person of her powerful father, a valuable ally in the prince's struggle for the throne.
[Maryna Kravets, ''From Nomad's Tent to Garden Palace: Evolution of a Chinggisid Household in the Crimea'' in Gillian Long, Uradyn Erden Bulag , Michael Gervers (ed.) ''History and society in central and inner Asia: papers presented at the Central and Inner Asia Seminar, University of Toronto, 16–17 April 2004'', Asian Institute, University of Toronto, 2005, p.5]
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See also
* List of consorts of the Ottoman Sultans
References
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16th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans
1476 births
1539 deaths
People from Crimea
Crimean Khanate