Selim II سليم ثانى |
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Caliph of Islam Amir al-Mu'minin Padişah Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques |
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11th Ottoman Sultan (Emperor) | |||||
Reign | 7 September 1566 – 15 December 1574 | ||||
Sword girding | 8 September 1566 | ||||
Predecessor | Suleiman I | ||||
Successor | Murad III | ||||
Born | 28 May 1524 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
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Died | 12/15 December 1574 (aged 50) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
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Consorts |
Nurbanu Sultan and four others |
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Issue |
Murad III Şehzade Abdullah Şehzade Osman Şehzade Mustafa Şehzade Süleyman Şehzade Mehmed Şehzade Cihangir Ismihan Sultan Şah Sultan Fatma Sultan Gevherhan Sultan |
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Dynasty | House of Osman | ||||
Father | Suleiman I | ||||
Mother | Hürrem Sultan | ||||
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Full name | |
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Selim bin Suleiman |
Selim II (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثانى Selīm-i sānī, Turkish:II.Selim; 28 May 1524 – 12 December/15 December 1574), also known as "Selim the " (i.e. "the drunkard", Selim; Mest Selim) and as Sarı Selim ("Selim the Blond"), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death in 1574. He was a son of Suleiman the Magnificent and Haseki Hürrem Sultan. Selim had been an unlikely candidate for the throne until his brother Mehmed died of smallpox, his half-brother Mustafa was strangled to death by the order of his father, and his brother Bayezid was killed in a coordinated effort between him and his father.
Selim was born in Constantinople (Istanbul), on 28 May 1524, during the reign of his father Suleiman the Magnificent. His mother was Hürrem, a slave and concubine who was born an Orthodox priest's daughter. Selim had two elder brothers, Mehmed (born 1521) and Abdullah (born 1522), one elder sister Mihrimah (born 21 March 1522), and two younger brothers, Bayezid (born 1525) and Cihangir (born 9 December 1531). He also had half-siblings: Mustafa son of Mahidevran, Murad son of Gülfem, Mahmud, and Raziye. In 1533 or 1534, Suleiman freed Hürrem and made her his legal wife, making Selim the son of a free woman.