Mihrimah Sultan

Ottoman princess, daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan

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Lived 1522–1578, aged 56Turkey

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#235
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Era
1522–1578
Aged 56

Summary

Updated 2026-06-08

She wielded more power than any imperial princess in Ottoman history—not through a crown, but through proximity to the throne and a web of influence that made her indispensable to the empire's most formidable sultan.

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Born in September 1522 to Suleiman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan, Mihrimah Sultan grew up inside the machinery of Ottoman power at its apex. She became a central figure in the Sultanate of Women, the period when royal women shaped policy from behind palace walls. Historian Mustafa Selaniki marked her as singular: the most powerful imperial princess the empire ever produced, the most respected, a woman whose word carried weight in a court built on conquest. She died on 25 January 1578, having spent a lifetime turning daughterhood into statecraft.

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