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Nurbanu Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: نور بانو سلطان; "queen of light", c. 1525/1527 – 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).
Nurbanu Sultan, Murad's mother, was upset with Safiye's influence on Murad, and wanted to replace her with another concubines of the harem. She even led a faction in the court from 1577 to 1580 in opposition to her mother-in-law and her faction.
Nurbanu Sultan was Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the legal wife of Sultan Selim II, as well as Valide Sultan as the mother of Sultan Murad III. She was one of the most prominent figures during the time of the Sultanate of Women.
Oct 8, 2012 · Nurbanu became the “first lady” of the princely harem and was promoted to leadership of the imperial harem when the Prince ascended the throne as Selim II, “Grand Sultan, Commander of the Faithful and Successor of the Prophet of the Lord of the Universe” in 1566.
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Dec 26, 2023 · Step into the opulent world of 16th-century Ottoman Empire as we unravel the captivating life of Nurbanu Sultan, a woman of Venetian origins who became a central figure in the corridors of...
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Sep 21, 2021 · Ottoman Sultans kept a harem of hundreds of enslaved concubines to bear their children. But from 1533 to 1656 a handful of remarkable women bent the harem system to their wills and exercised ...
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Nov 16, 2017 · The book: Nurbanu was the most powerful woman in the Ottoman Empire at its zenith in the 16th century, yet little is known about her.
