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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 ...
Nurbanu Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: نور بانو سلطان; "Queen of light", c. 1525 – 7 December 1583) was Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire as the principal consort of Sultan Selim II (reign 1566–1574), his legal wife, as well as Valide Sultan (Queen Mother) as the mother of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574–1583). She was one of the most prominent figures during the time of the ...
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. Katherine Nouri Hughes *84 ’s well-researched novel endeavors to get inside Nurbanu’s head in order to tell her story. The Mapmaker’s Daughter (Delphinium) is Nurbanu’s recounting of her own life from her deathbed.
Nurbanu Sultan, who found herself in the palace at a very young age, was trained like the other servants in the palace. During one of these trainings, she caught the eye of Haseki Hürrem Sultan (Roxelana), the wife of Süleyman the Magnificent, who was the sultan of the time.
Dec 11, 2022 · Nurbanu Sultan was Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire as the principal consort and legal wife of Sultan Selim II from 1566–1574, as well as Valide Sultan of...
Nurbanu Sultan Biography. The product of an illegitimate union between two noble Venetian families, Nurbanu Sultan, née Cecelia Venier-Baffo, was the concubine and later wife of Selim II and the mother of Murad III. Captured in 1537 at the age of twelve, she entered the Ottoman harem and became Selim’s choice to bear his children.
Nov 15, 2017 · A good historical novel about a mostly undocumented figure must nevertheless rely on impeccable sources. That is the case with this richly imagined memoir of Nurbanu, the Venetian-born chief consort, or haseki sultan, of Selim II, and the valide sultan, or mother, of Murad III—the first in a line of strong royal wives who founded what some historians call the “sultanate of women.”
Jul 24, 2015 · Mimar Sinan immediately began to plan an elegant complex to be named "Nurbanu Valide Sultan." This Ottoman complex is considered one of the greatest of its kind, in terms of its size, in Istanbul. It's construction started in 1577 under the patronage of Nurbanu Valide Sultan at a time when famed Ottoman architect Sinan was an old man.
Nurbanu Sultan was also known for her charitable giving and her patronage of building projects, especially the construction of a magnificent building complex that included a mosque, madrassah and bath among other things. She was a beloved and respected figure when she died in her palace in Constantinople on December 7, 1583, presumably of ...
El funeral de Nurbanu Sultan, en una miniatura del libro Shahanshahnama (El libro del Rey de los Reyes). Sultán Selim II, marido de Nurbanu Sultán Murad III, hijo de Nurbanu. Valide Afife Nurbanu Sultan (en turco otomano; نور بانو سلطان; "reina de la luz") (Paros o Corfú, 1525 o 1530 — Estambul, 7 de diciembre de 1583) (nombre de nacimiento: [1] Cecilia Venier, Kalē Kartanou ...
