Selim II

Selim II
Ottoman Caliph Amir al-Mu'minin Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Selim's portrait c. 1570
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah)
Reign	7 September 1566 – 15 December 1574
Sword girding	29 September 1566
Predecessor	Suleiman I
Successor	Murad III
Governor of Kütahya
Tenure	1562 – 1566
Governor of Konya
Tenure	1558 – 1562
Governor of Manisa
Tenure	1544 – 1558
Governor of Karaman
Tenure	1542 – 1544
Born	28 May 1524 (1524-05-28) Old Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died	15 December 1574(1574-12-15) (aged 50) Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Spouse	Nurbanu Sultan ​ (m. 1571)​
Issue Among others	Şah Sultan Gevherhan Sultan Ismihan Sultan Murad III Fatma Sultan
Names Selim Şah bin Süleyman Şah Han[1]
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Suleiman I
Mother	Hürrem Sultan
Religion	Sunni Islam
Tughra

Selim II (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثانى, romanized: Selīm-i sānī; Turkish: II. Selim; 28 May 1524 – 15 December 1574), also known as Selim the Blond (Turkish: Sarı Selim) or Selim the Drunkard^[2] (Sarhoş Selim), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death in 1574. He was a son of Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hurrem Sultan. Selim had been an unlikely candidate for the throne until his brother Mehmed died of smallpox, his half-brother Mustafa was strangled to death by the order of his father and his brother Bayezid was killed on the order of his father after a rebellion against him and Selim.

During his reign, his grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha exerted significant control over state governance. The conquest of Cyprus and Tunis were notable achievements during his reign but setbacks occurred in the Battle of Lepanto and the failed capture of Astrakhan as part of the war with Russia.