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Nurbanu Sultan, also called Afife Nurbanu Sultan, was the chief consort and possibly 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.
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culture · Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · writer · also Nurbanu Sultan, Cecilia Venier Baffo, Sultan
Born 1 January 1525 · Died 7 December 1583 · Q238091
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The death of this woman upset some according to their vested interests while contented others. The great authority she enjoyed with her son had gained many people important profits, while on the contrary had eliminated the hopes of some for realizing their wishes. Nevertheless, everybody admits in general that she was an excessively good, courageous and erudite woman.
Career landmark: valide sultan (1574–1583).
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“The death of this woman upset some according to their vested interests while contented others. The great authority she enjoyed with her son had gained many people important profits, while on the contrary had eliminated the hopes of some for realizing their wishes. Nevertheless, everybody admits in general that she was an excessively good, courageous and erudite woman.”
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Historian Benjamin Arbel reassessed an older theory that Nurbanu was a Greek from Corfu named Kalē Kartanou, daughter of Nikolaos Kartanos and abducted from the island in 1537, judging it plausible if not absolutely prov
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Emilio Spagni claimed that she was a Venetian patrician, illegitimate daughter of Nicolò Venier and Violante Baffo, abducted on Paros when it was captured by Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa in the Third Ottoman-Vene
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Died 1583-12-07.
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Career landmark: valide sultan (1574–1583).
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Born 1525-01-01.
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