Fatma Sultan (daughter of Selim II)

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Fatma Sultan
Born 1559
Konya, Karaman Eyalet
Died Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Spouse Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha
House House of Osman
Father Selim II
Religion Islam

Fatma Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: فاطمہ سلطان) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Selim II (reign 1566-74). She was the granddaughter of Suleiman the Magnificent (reign 1520-66) and Hürrem Sultan, sister of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574-95) and aunt of Sultan Mehmed III (reign 1595-1603).

Fatma was married in 1572 to Damat Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (d. 1602), Governor of Rumelia and Grand Vizier 1582-1584, 1586-1589, and 1592-1593. She bore him four sons and one daughter.

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