Hatice Sultan. New historical facts

Hatice Sultan was born in 1496 in the family of Selim I Yavuz and his first wife Hafsa Sultan. She was named after the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
In 1518, at the age of 22, she was married to government official Iskander Pasha, but soon after the wedding he died, and Hatice returned to live with her mother and brother Suleiman in Manisa.
When Suleiman became Sultan in 1520, she and her entire family moved to Istanbul.
In 1524, magnificent celebrations took place on the occasion of the marriage of Sultan Suleiman's friend, the Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha. Contemporaries wrote that the festivities lasted for 14 days, and considerable sums from the budget were spent. Such expenses caused outrage among the soldiers, because they were not paid a salary. There was even unrest in Istanbul.
Sultan Suleiman was present at the celebration and presented the newlyweds with a huge palace at the hippodrome in Istanbul.
For a long time it was believed that Ibrahim married Khatice. This version was taken as a basis by the creators of the historical series “The Magnificent Century”, showing the romantic love between Hatice and Ibrahim, but in reality this romantic fairy tale did not exist. Later, letters from Ibrahim’s wife, signed with the name Muhsine, were found in archival sources. She was of noble origin, and according to the latest historical data, she was the daughter of the very widow into whose house Ibrahim ended up after being kidnapped by pirates.
It is known that Muhsine tried to refuse marriage with Ibrahim, not wanting to marry a former slave of her family, but changed her mind. From their correspondence it can be understood that a tender and trusting relationship was established between the spouses.
Hatice Sultan married again, but the name of her second husband was not preserved in history.
In this marriage, Hatice gave birth to two daughters: Hanim Sultan and Fulane Sultan. Hanim Sultan is buried next to the grave of Hurrem Sultan. This fact suggests that in reality there was no enmity between Hurrem and Hatice, and the women lived in peace and harmony.
In 1521, two young sons of Sultan Suleiman died of smallpox. He had only ascended the Ottoman throne a year ago and had not even thought about building his own mosque. Therefore, he decides to build the Shehzadeler mausoleum for his deceased sons on the territory of the mosque of his father Sultan Selim I Yavuz.
In 1526, another son of Suleiman from Khyurrem, Abdullah, was buried in the mausoleum.
In 1538, the fourth grave of Suleiman’s sister Havize Sultan appeared in this mausoleum.
Hatice Sultan was also buried in the Shehzadeler mausoleum. Her grave became the fifth burial in this mausoleum. Hatice's grave was supposed to give an answer about the date of death of the Sultana, but, unfortunately, this is the only one of the five tombstones that does not have a death date. All historical sources list the date of Hatice's death as "after 1538".
Every day archival documents are studied and, I hope, we will soon learn new details from the life of this mysterious sultana.
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