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Safiye Sultan
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Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 to 1603
Key facts
- Tenure
- 16 January 1595 – 22 December 1603
- Predecessor
- Nurbanu Sultan
- Successor
- Handan Sultan
- Born
- c. 1550 , Dukagjin Highlands , Ottoman Empire (now Albania )
- Died
- January/April 1619 (aged 68–69), Old Palace , Constantinople , Ottoman Empire
- Burial
- Mausoleum of Murad III, Hagia Sophia , Istanbul
- Spouse
- Murad III ( died 1595 )
- Issue
- Hümaşah Sultan Ayşe Sultan Mehmed III Şehzade Mahmud Şehzade Selim Fatma Sultan Mihrimah Sultan (?)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Ottoman dynasty
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ottoman Empire
- Place of birth
- Dukagjin
- Place of death
- Istanbul
- Position held
- valide sultan
- Languages spoken
- Ottoman Turkish
- Native language
- Ottoman Turkish
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Safiye sultan l.jpg
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- date of death
- 1618-11-10
- date of birth
- 1550-01-01
- Commons category
- Safiye Sultan
- place of burial
- Hagia Sophia
- different from
- Safiye Sultan
- name in native language
- صفيه سلطان
- unmarried partner
- Murad III
- writing language
- Ottoman Turkish
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Encyclopedic overview
HouseOttoman ReligionIslam, previously Roman Catholicism
Safiye Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: صفیه سلطان; c. 1550 – January/April 1619) was the chief consort of Ottoman sultan Murad III and mother of Mehmed III. She was one of the eminent figures during the era known as the Sultanate of Women. She lived in the Ottoman Empire as a courtier during the reigns of seven sultans: Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, Murad III, Mehmed III, Ahmed I, Mustafa I and Osman II.
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