Atike Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)
Atike Sultan was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Ahmed III. She was half-sister of Mustafa III and Abdul Hamid I.Life
Birth
Atike Sultan was born on 29 March 1712 in the Topkapı Palace. Her father was Sultan Ahmed III. She was the fifteenth child born to her father.Marriage
On 6 January 1724, her father betrothed her to Genç Mehmed Pasha, the son of Grand vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha. On 20 February 1724 the betrothal gifts presented by Mehmed Pasha were transported from the palace of the grand vezir to the Imperial Palace, and the marriage contract was concluded the same day. Ten days later, on 13 March, Atike's trousseau, and on 16 March Atike Sultan herself were transported from the Topkapı Palace to her palace at Cağaloğlu Palace, located on the Divanyolu street.Charity
In 1728-29, Atike's father commissioned a fountain in Üsküdar in her name.Death
Atike Sultan died on 2 April 1738 in the Çağaloğlu Palace, and was buried in New Mosque, Istanbul.Ancestry
