Hatice Sultan

Hatice Sultan (; "respecful lady"; 14 June 1768 – 17 July 1822) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Mustafa III and his consort Adilşah Kadın. She was the half sister of Sultan Selim III. Early life Hatice Sultan was born on 14 June 1768 in the Topkapı Palace. Her father was Sultan Mustafa III, and her mother was Adilşah Kadın. She had a full sister named Beyhan Sultan, two years elder than her. The two sisters were particularly close thought all their lives. After her father's death in 1774, when she was six years old, she followed her mother and sister to the Old Palace. Due to the isolated environment, both Hatice and her sister developed symptoms of depression, anxiety, and other troubling behaviors. Her mother, Adilşah Kadın, then wrote to the new sultan, Abdülhamid I, half-brother of Mustafa III, to allow her daughters to marry, which would allow them to leave confinement in the Palace. The sultan granted her request and found husbands for the two princesses. Marriage On 3 November 1786, her uncle Sultan Abdul Hamid I betrothed her to the guardian of Khotin, Vezir Seyyid Ahmed Pasha. The spouse had over fifty and was already father of many children. The marriage took place six days later on 9 November, and on the same day her she and her trousseau was carried to her palace located in Arnavutköyü. By her husband Hatice had a son, Sultanzade Alaeddin Pasha (1788/1789 - 1812). She was allowed to accompany her husband when he was exiled to İzmit. However, three years later, when he was appointed the governor of Egypt, she had to return to Istanbul. She was widowed at his death in 1798, and like most of the princesses of her generation she didn't remarry. Their son Alaeddin Pasha married her cousin Hibetullah Sultan, daughter of Abdülhamid I.