Nurbanu Sultan
| Nurbanu Sultan | |||||
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| Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Empress Mother) | |||||
| Tenure | 15 December 1574 – 7 December 1583 | ||||
| Predecessor | Hafsa Sultan | ||||
| Successor | Safiye Sultan | ||||
| Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Chief Consort) | |||||
| Tenure | 7 September 1566 – 15 December 1574 | ||||
| Predecessor | Hürrem Sultan | ||||
| Successor | Safiye Sultan | ||||
| Born | Cecilia Venier-Baffo or Kalē Kartanou or Rachel c. 1525 Paros, Cyclades Islands, Ottoman Empire, or Corfu, Republic of Venice | ||||
| Died | 7 December 1583 (aged 57–58) Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Burial | Hagia Sophia, Istanbul | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Şah Sultan Gevherhan Sultan Ismihan Sultan Murad III Adoptive Kapıcıbaşı Mahmud | ||||
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| Dynasty | Ottoman (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Nicolò Venier (?) | ||||
| Mother | Violante Baffo (?) | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam, previously Roman Catholicism or Judaism | ||||
Nurbanu Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: نور بانو سلطان; c. 1525 – 7 December 1583) was Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and legal wife of Ottoman Sultan Selim II (r. 1566–1574), She served as Valide Sultan from 1574 until her death in 1583 as mother to Ottoman Sultan Murad III (r. 1574–1595), making her the first Ottoman queen to hold both titles and the first to do so by succession from her predecessors. She was one of the most prominent figures during the time of the Sultanate of Women.