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Cihangir was born in 1531 in Constantinople [1] [2] during the reign of his father, Suleiman the Magnificent. His mother was Hürrem Sultan, [1] [2] an Orthodox priest's daughter, [3] who was the current Sultan's concubine at the time. In 1533 or 1534, his mother, Hürrem, was freed and became Suleiman's legal wife. [4]
Hürrem Sultan (Turkish: [hyɾˈɾæm suɫˈtan]; Ottoman Turkish: خرّم سلطان, "the joyful one"; c. 1504 – 15 April 1558), also known as Roxelana (Ukrainian: Роксолана, romanized: Roksolana), was the chief consort, the first Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the legal wife of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and the mother of Suleiman's successor Selim II.
Suleiman I (Ottoman Turkish: سليمان اول, romanized: Süleyman-ı Evvel; Turkish: I. Süleyman, pronounced; 6 November 1494 – 6 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in Western Europe and Suleiman the Lawgiver (Ottoman Turkish: قانونى سلطان سليمان, romanized: Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān) in his Ottoman realm, was the longest-reigning sultan ...
Consequently, the title "Valide Hatun" also turned into "Valide Sultan". In this time, the title "Haseki Sultan" was created and used for the legal wife or Chief Consort of the Ottoman Sultan. For example, Hafsa Sultan, Suleiman's mother and first valide sultan, and Hürrem Sultan, Suleiman's legal wife and first haseki sultan.
Suleiman I: Şehzade Mehmed, Mihrimah Sultan, Selim II, Şehzade Abdullah, Şehzade Bayezid, and Şehzade Cihangir: 15 April 1558 Mihrimah Sultan: 1522 The only daughter of Suleiman I and Hürrem Sultan, and wife of Grand Vizier Rüstem Pasha: Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan, Sultanzade Osman Bey 25 January 1578 Nurbanu Sultan: c. 1525 /1527 Selim II
Şehzade Mehmed was born in 1521 [2] in the Old Palace, during Suleiman's campaign to Belgrade. His birth was celebrated in the camp with sacrifices and distribution of alms. [3] His mother was Hürrem Sultan, [4] [5] an Orthodox priest's daughter. [6] In 1533 or 1534, his mother, Hurrem, was freed and became Suleiman's legal wife. [7]
Mahidevran was the mother of Şehzade Mustafa, the eldest surviving son of the reigning Sultan.She held a prominent position in the harem of her son in Manisa.While Hürrem Sultan became Suleiman's favorite and legal wife, Mahidevran retained the status of the mother of Suleiman's eldest son, [6] and was referred to as Suleiman's "first wife" by some diplomats, despite the fact that they were ...
Haseki Sultan Imaret was an Ottoman public soup kitchen established in Jerusalem to feed the poor during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. The imaret was part of a massive Waqf complex built in 1552 by Haseki Hürrem Sultan , better known in the West as Roxelana, the favorite wife of Sultan Suleiman I. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This soup kitchen was ...