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Hafsa Sultan

1479 - 1534

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Ayşe Hafsa Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: حفصه سلطان; 1478/1479 - 19 March 1534), was a concubine of Selim I and the mother of Suleiman the Magnificent. She was the first Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and, during the period between her son's enthronement in 1520 until her death in 1534, she was one of the most influential women in the Ottoman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hafsa Sultan is the 569th most popular politician (down from 423rd in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 12th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Hafsa Sultan is most famous for being the wife of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. She was also the mother of Mehmed VI, who was the last Ottoman Sultan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hafsa Sultan ranks 569 out of 19,576. Before her are Jean-Marie Le Pen, Christian VIII of Denmark, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Rüstem Pasha, Charles IV of France, and Aurelian. After her are Yazid I, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Şehzade Bayezid, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Shinzō Abe, and Mary of Burgundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1479, Hafsa Sultan ranks 2. Before her is Joanna of Castile. After her are Lisa del Giocondo, Vasili III of Russia, Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, Diego Columbus, Peter Henlein, Ippolito d'Este, Vallabha, Francisco de Montejo, Guru Amar Das, and Catherine of York. Among people deceased in 1534, Hafsa Sultan ranks 2. Before her is Pope Clement VII. After her are Antonio da Correggio, Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Thomas Cajetan, Marcantonio Raimondi, Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Stephen VIII Báthory, Otto Brunfels, Barbara Jagiellon, and Antonio da Sangallo the Elder.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Hafsa Sultan ranks 18 out of 1,365. Before her are Volodymyr Zelensky (1978), Kazimir Malevich (1879), Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595), Mikhail Bulgakov (1891), Ilya Repin (1844), and Taras Shevchenko (1814). After her are Joseph Conrad (1857), Helena Blavatsky (1831), Svetlana Alexievich (1948), Stanisław Lem (1921), Viktor Yushchenko (1954), and Leonid Kuchma (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Hafsa Sultan ranks 9. Before her are Hurrem Sultan (1502), Golda Meir (1898), Viktor Yanukovych (1950), John III Sobieski (1629), Stepan Bandera (1909), and Volodymyr Zelensky (1978). After her are Viktor Yushchenko (1954), Leonid Kuchma (1938), Ivan Mazepa (1639), Stanisław Leszczyński (1677), Yulia Tymoshenko (1960), and Leonid Kravchuk (1934).

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