Hafsa Sultan

Hafsa Sultan
Hafsa Sultan Portrait.
Valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure	30 September 1520 – 19 March 1534
Predecessor	Gülbahar Hatun (as Valide Hatun)
Successor	Nurbanu Sultan
Born	c. 1472 Crimea (?)
Died	19 March 1534(1534-03-19) (aged 61–62) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Yavuz Selim Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul
Consort	Selim I
Issue	Hatice Sultan Hafize Sultan Beyhan Sultan Fatma Sultan Suleiman I
Names Ayşe Hafsa Sultan حفصه سلطان
House	Ottoman
Religion	Sunni Islam

Ayşe Hafsa Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: حفصه سلطان; "womanly" and "young lioness"; c. 1472 – 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 persons in the Ottoman Empire.