Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha

Hersekzade or Hersekli Ahmed Pasha[2]("Ahmed Pasha, son of the Herzog"; Serbo-Croatian: Ahmed-paša Hercegović; Aхмед-паша Херцеговић; 1459 – 21 July 1517) was an Ottoman general and statesman, known in his youth as Stjepan Hercegović.


Ahmed

19th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
1497–1498
MonarchBayezid II
Preceded byKoca Davud Pasha
Succeeded byÇandarlı Ibrahim Pasha the Younger
In office
1503–1506
MonarchBayezid II
Preceded byHadım Ali Pasha
Succeeded byHadım Ali Pasha
In office
1511–1511
MonarchBayezid II
Preceded byHadım Ali Pasha
Succeeded byKoca Mustafa Pasha
In office
1512  November 28, 1514
MonarchSelim I
Preceded byKoca Mustafa Pasha
Succeeded byDukakinzade Ahmed Pasha
In office
8 September 1515  26 April 1516
MonarchSelim I
Preceded byDukakinzade Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded byHadım Sinan Pasha
Personal details
Born
Stjepan Hercegović

1459
Herceg Novi, Herzegovina, Ottoman Empire
Died21 July 1517(1517-07-21) (aged 57–58)
Kızılçöl, Dulkadir Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman
Spouse(s)Hundi Hatun[1]
Military service
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Branch/service Ottoman Navy
RankKapudan Pasha (grand admiral)

Stjepan was born into the Kosača family in c. 1459. He was the third son of Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, Duke of Saint Sava, the most powerful noblemen in the Kingdom of Bosnia. Stjepan's half-siblings from his father's first marriage included Queen Katarina, wife of King Stjepan Tomaš, and Vladislav Hercegović, their father's successor. Stjepan's family belonged to the Bosnian Church, but were "shaky Christians" like most of their countrymen; his half-sister converted to Roman Catholicism upon marriage, while Stjepan himself adopted Islam and changed his name to Ahmed after moving to Constantinople in about 1473.[2][3] Hersekli Ahmed Pasha was a five-time Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire and Grand Admiral to the sultan, serving five times as Grand Vizier in the period from 1497 to 1515. He was married in 1484 to Hundi Hatun, the daughter of Sultan Bayezid II,[1] and he left descendants. He died on 21 July 1517 of natural causes, toward the end of the reign of Selim I.[4]

See also

References

  1. Uluçay 1985, p. 50.
  2. Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Michigan: The University of Michigan Press. p. 589. ISBN 0472100793.
  3. Pinson, Mark (1996). The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina: their historic development from the Middle Ages to the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Harvard CMES. p. 33. ISBN 9780932885128.
  4. Pinson, Mark (1996). The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina: their historic development from the Middle Ages to the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Harvard CMES. p. 34. ISBN 9780932885128.
Bibliography
  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (1985). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Türk Tarih Kurumu.
Political offices
Preceded by
Koca Davud Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
1497–1498
Succeeded by
Çandarlı Ibrahim Pasha
Preceded by
Hadım Ali Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
1503–1506
Succeeded by
Hadım Ali Pasha
Preceded by
Hadım Ali Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
1511
Succeeded by
Koca Mustafa Pasha
Preceded by
Koca Mustafa Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
1512 – November 28, 1514
Succeeded by
Dukakinzade Ahmed Pasha
Preceded by
Dukakinzade Ahmed Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
September 8, 1515 – April 26, 1516
Succeeded by
Hadim Sinan Pasha
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