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Nurbanu Sultan

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Nurbanu, the title is Sultan, and there is no family name.

Nurbanu Sultan
Nurbanu Sultan's burial procession, Ottoman miniature
Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure15 December 1574 – 7 December 1583
PredecessorAyşe Hafsa Sultan
SuccessorSafiye Sultan
Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
(Imperial Consort)
Tenure7 September 1566 – 15 December 1574
PredecessorHürrem Sultan
SuccessorSafiye Sultan
BornCecilia Venier-Baffo or Rachel or Kalē Kartanou
c. 1525–1527
Paros, Cyclades Islands, or Corfu, Republic of Venice?
Died(1583-12-07)7 December 1583 (aged 56–58)
Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Hagia Sophia Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse
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(m. 1571; died 1574)​
Issue
Names
Turkish: Nurbanu Sultan
Ottoman Turkish: نوربانو سلطان
ReligionSunni Islam, previously Roman Catholic or Jewish or Greek Orthodox

Nurbanu Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: نور بانو سلطان, "queen of light"; c. 1525/1527[1] – 7 December 1583) was Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the legal wife of Sultan Selim II (reign 1566–1574), as well as Valide Sultan (Sultana mother) as the mother of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574–1583). She was one of the most prominent figures during the time of the Sultanate of Women. Conflicting theories describe her as of Venetian, Jewish[2] or Greek[3] origin. Her birth name may have been Cecilia Venier-Baffo,[4] Rachel[5] or Kalē Kartanou.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference EI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Stanford J. Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, Volume 1, p. 178, at Google Books
  3. ^ a b Arbel, Benjamin, Nur Banu (c. 1530-1583): A Venetian Sultana?, Turcica, 24 (1992), pp. 241-259.
  4. ^ Godfrey Goodwin, The Private World of Ottoman Women, Saqi Book, ISBN 0-86356-745-2, ISBN 3-631-36808-9, 2001. page 128,
  5. ^ Valeria Heuberger, Geneviève Humbert, Geneviève Humbert-Knitel, Elisabeth Vyslonzil, Cultures in Colors, page 68. ISBN 3-631-36808-9, 2001

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