Hafize Sultan

Hafize Hafsa Sultan^[1] (Ottoman Turkish: حفصة سلطان, "the keeper one" and "young lioness";) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Selim I. In her life events, she is often confused with Hanım or Hatice Sultan. There is no factual evidence that could ascribe her maternity to Hafsa Sultan, Suleiman's mother.^[2]

Hafize Sultan
Born	Trabzon, Ottoman Empire
Died	Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial	Yavuz Selim Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse	Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha ​ ​ (m. 1511; dead 1515)​ Çoban Mustafa Pasha ​ (m. 1517)​
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Selim I
Religion	Sunni Islam

Origins

Hafize, also called Hafsa, Hafize, Hafisa or Hafiza in the sources, was born in Trebizond, on the Black Sea, as the daughter of the then Şehzade Selim, son of Bayezid II and governor of the province.^[3]

Marriage

Hafize Sultan married twice:

• She married for the first time in 1511. Her first husband was Grand Vizier Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha, executed in 1515.^[4]
• Her second husband, was Çoban Mustafa Pasha whom she married around 1519, on the occasion of which he was raised to vizierate as the second vizier.^[5]

Death

It is not certain when Hafize died but as her second husband was married to another daughter of Selim I, Şehzâde Sultan in 1523, she had definitely died before 1523. Her date of death is confused with that of Hanım Sultan who had certainly died in 1538.^[6] She was buried in the Şehzadeler türbesi in the Yavuz Selim Mosque.