Selim II, Ottoman sultan (born 1524)

Selim II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 to 1574

Selim II, also known as Selim the Blond or Selim the Drunkard, 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…