Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 to 1583
Nurbanu Sultan
738, 7w8, ESTP, So/Sx
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 Valide Sultan (empress 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 ascribe her a Venetian, Jewish or Greek origin. Her birth name may have been Cecilia Venier-Baffo, Rachel or Kalē Kartanou.
