Nurbanu Sultan
Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 to 1583
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Key facts
- Tenure
- 15 December 1574 – 7 December 1583
- Predecessor
- Hafsa Sultan
- Successor
- Safiye Sultan
- Born
- Cecilia Venier-Baffo or Kalē Kartanou or Rachel , c. 1525 , Paros , Cyclades Islands , Ottoman Empire , or Corfu , Republic of Venice
- Died
- 7 December 1583 (1583-12-07) (aged 57–58), Topkapı Palace , Constantinople , Ottoman Empire
- Burial
- Hagia Sophia , Istanbul
- Spouse
- Selim II ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. February 1571</span>"}]]}'>1571 ; died 15 December 1574</span>"}]]}'>1574 )
Article
DynastyOttoman (by marriage) FatherNicolò Venier or Nikolaos Kartanos MotherViolante Baffo (?) ReligionSunni Islam, previously Roman Catholicism or Judaism
Afife Nurbanu Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: نور بانو سلطان; c. 1525 – 7 December 1583) was the chief consort and legal wife of Ottoman sultan Selim II. As the mother of Murad III, she served as valide sultan from 1574 until her death in 1583. She was one of the most prominent figures during the Sultanate of Women.