Nurbanu Sultan
Deceased Person
1525 – 1583
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Who was Nurbanu Sultan?
Afife Nurbanu Valide Sultan was the wife of Sultan Selim II of the Ottoman Empire, mother of Sultan Murad III, and de facto co-ruler as the Valide Sultan for nine years from 1574 until 1583. She was either a Venetian of noble birth or a Spanish Jew. Her birth name may have been Olivia or Cecilia Venier-Baffo, or Rachel.
As Valide Sultan her full title was Devletlu İsmetlu Afife Nûr-Banû Vâlide Sultân Aliyyetü'ş-Şân Hazretleri.
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- Born
- 1525
Paros - Also known as
- Raquel Nasi
- Afife Nûr-Banû Sultâna
- Cecilia
- Olivia
- Rachel
- Kale Kartanou
- Devletlu İsmetlu Afife Nûr-Banû Vâlide Sultân Aliyyetü'ş-Şân Hazretleri
- Sultana Nûr-Banû
- Parents
- Spouses
- Selim II
(1545 - )
- Selim II
- Children
- Religion
- Islam
- Catholicism
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Italian people
- Died
- Dec 7, 1583
Istanbul
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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