Reign of Selim II (7 sept. 1566 – 15 déc. 1574)

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Selim II (30 May 1524 – 15 December 1574), also known as Sarı Selim ("Selim the Blond") or Sarhoş Selim ("Selim the Drunk"), 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, his brother Cihangir died of grief shortly after this latter execution, and his brother Bayezid was killed on the order of his father after a rebellion against Selim.

Selim died on 15 December 1574 and was buried in Hagia Sophia.