Mihrimah Sultan (daughter of Suleiman I)

Mihrimah Sultan
Portrait by Cristofano dell'Altissimo titled Cameria Solimani, 1541
BornSeptember/November 1522
Old Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died(1578-01-25)25 January 1578 (aged 55)
Old Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1539; died 1561)
IssueAyşe Hümaşah Sultan
Sultanzade Osman Bey
Names
DynastyOttoman
FatherSuleiman the Magnificent
MotherHürrem Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam

Mihrimah Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: مهرماه سلطان; Turkish pronunciation: [mihɾiˈmah suɫˈtan]; September/November 1522 – 25 January 1578) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife, Hürrem Sultan. According to historian Mustafa Selaniki, she was the most powerful imperial princess in Ottoman history; he described her as the greatest and most respected princess and a prominent figure of the Sultanate of Women.