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Ismihan Sultan

1544 - 1585

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Ismihan Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: اسمیخان سلطان, "Purity of the Khan" or "Highness of the Khan"; also Esmehan Sultan; Manisa, 1545 – Costantinople, 8 August 1585) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Selim II (reign 1566–74) and his favorite concubine, Haseki Sultan and legal wife Nurbanu Sultan. She was the granddaughter of Suleiman the Magnificent (reign 1520–66) and his favourite consort, Haseki sultan and legal wife Hürrem Sultan, sister of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574–95) and aunt of Sultan Mehmed III (reign 1595–1603) as well as the niece of Mihrimah Sultan. She was also the wife of renowned Ottoman Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ismihan Sultan is the 211th most popular nobleman (down from 135th in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 270th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Nobleman.

Ishmael became the sultan of Morocco in 1672. He was most famous for his expansion of the Moroccan navy.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Ismihan Sultan ranks 211 out of 1,415. Before her are Ramesses VIII, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, and Luisa of Naples and Sicily. After her are Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Maria Theresa of Austria, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, Cymburgis of Masovia, and Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1544, Ismihan Sultan ranks 4. Before her are William Gilbert, Francis II of France, and Torquato Tasso. After her are Gevherhan Sultan, Anna of Saxony, Şah Sultan, Renata of Lorraine, Maria Temryukovna, Maddalena Casulana, Gillis van Coninxloo, and Giovanni Botero. Among people deceased in 1585, Ismihan Sultan ranks 4. Before her are Pope Gregory XIII, Pierre de Ronsard, and Yermak Timofeyevich. After her are Andrea Gabrieli, Thomas Tallis, Rembert Dodoens, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Pontus De la Gardie, Luca Cambiaso, and Nicolò da Ponte.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Ismihan Sultan ranks 353 out of 1,347. Before her are Komitas (1869), Theodoret (393), Apollinaris of Ravenna (101), Eutychius of Constantinople (512), David of Trebizond (1408), and Ptolemy Philadelphus (-36). After her are Ephorus (-400), Chryseis (null), Euphemia (289), Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1635), Papias of Hierapolis (70), and Fatma Sultan (1605).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Türkiye

Among noblemen born in Türkiye, Ismihan Sultan ranks 3. Before her are Şehzade Mehmed (1522), and Fatma Sultan (1500). After her are Hanzade Sultan (1609), Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria (1134), Sittişah Hatun (1435), Leontia Porphyrogenita (457), Simonida (1294), Nilufer Hanımsultan (1916), Maria of Amnia (770), Basilina (300), and Anna of Trebizond, Queen of Georgia (1357).

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