| Hersekzade / Hersekli ⋅ Damat Ahmed Pasha | |
|---|---|
| Grand Vizier | |
In office 1497–1498 | |
| Monarch | Bayezid II |
| Preceded by | Koca Davud Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Çandarlı Ibrahim Pasha the Younger |
In office 1503–1506 | |
| Monarch | Bayezid II |
| Preceded by | Hadım Ali Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Hadım Ali Pasha |
In office 1511–1511 | |
| Monarch | Bayezid II |
| Preceded by | Hadım Ali Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Koca Mustafa Pasha |
In office 1512 – November 28, 1514 | |
| Monarch | Selim I |
| Preceded by | Koca Mustafa Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Dukakinzade Ahmed Pasha |
In office September 8, 1515 – April 26, 1516 | |
| Monarch | Selim I |
| Preceded by | Dukakinzade Ahmed Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Hadım Sinan Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stjepan Hercegović 1459 Herceg Novi, Herzegovina, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | July 21, 1517 Kızılçöl, Dulkadir Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Spouse(s) | Fatima, daughter of sultan Bayezid II |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Ethnicity | Bosnian |
Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha or Hersekli Ahmed Pasha[1](Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian: Ahmed/Stjepan Hercegović/Ахмед/Стјепан Херцеговић; 1459 – July 21, 1517) was an Ottoman general and statesman of Bosnian descent.
Hersekli Ahmed Pasha, born Stjepan Hercegović in 1459, was the son of Duke (Herzog) Stjepan Vukčić Kosača of Bosnia and younger half-brother of Queen Catherine of Bosnia. Since 1470, after converting to Islam,[2] Stjepan Hercegović was called Ahmed Pasha Hersekzade. Hersekli Ahmed Pasha was great-grandson of the nobleman Dragiša Vukčić, brother of Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić.
Hersekli Ahmed Pasha was a five-time Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire and Grand Admiral to the sultan. He was the first great vizier of Bosnian and served five times in the period from 1497 to 1515. He was married in 1482 to Fatima, daughter of Sultan Bayezid II, and he left descendants. He died in July 21, 1517 of natural causes, toward the end of the reign of Selim I.[3]
See also[]
- List of Ottoman Grand Viziers
- House of Kosača
References[]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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