Nurbanu Sultan

Names
	Turkish: Nurbanu Sultan ; Ottoman Turkish: نوربانو سلطان

Nurbanu Sultan
Nurbanu Sultan
	Nurbanu Sultan's burial procession, Ottoman miniature
Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure	15 December 1574 – 7 December 1583
Predecessor	Ayşe Hafsa Sultan
Successor	Safiye Sultan
Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; (Imperial Consort)
Tenure	7 September 1566 – 15 December 1574
Predecessor	Hürrem Sultan
Successor	Safiye Sultan
Born	Cecilia Venier-Baffo or Rachel or Kalē Kartanou; c. 1525–1527; Paros, Cyclades Islands, or Corfu, Republic of Venice?
Died	7 December 1583 (aged 56–58); Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Hagia Sophia Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse	Selim II (m. 1571; died 1574)
Issue	Şah Sultan; Gevherhan Sultan; Ismihan Sultan; Murad III; Fatma Sultan;
Names
Names
	Turkish: Nurbanu Sultan ; Ottoman Turkish: نوربانو سلطان
Religion	Sunni 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]

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

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[2] Stanford J. Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, Volume 1, p. 178, at Google Books

[Arbel-3] 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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