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Safiye Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: صفیه سلطان; "the pure one" c. 1550 — after 1619) was the Haseki Sultan of Murad III and Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire as the mother of Mehmed III and the grandmother of two Sultans Ahmed I and Mustafa I. Safiye was also one of the eminent figures during the era known as the Sultanate of Women.
- 15 January 1595 – 22 December 1603
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Apr 5, 2024 · Safiye Sultan (died 1605/19) was the favourite consort of the Ottoman sultan Murad III (reigned 1574–95) and the mother of his son Mehmed III (reigned 1595–1603); she exercised a strong influence on Ottoman affairs during the reigns of both sultans.
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Mar 6, 2024 · In the last years of Sultan Murad's reign, Safiye Sultana became one of the most predominant figures of the time. Her main goal was to ensure that her only living son, Prince Mehmed, would ascend the throne. Queen Mother (Haseki Sultan) On 16 January 1595, Sultan Murad III died of natural causes.
Nov 18, 2017 · Safiye Sultan was the chief consort of Murad III and queen mother of Mehmed III. She was one of the most powerful chief consorts and queen mothers in Ottoman history. Contrary to the previous chief consorts or queen mothers, Safiye Sultan didn’t need a great love story, and she never hesitated to show her intelligence and ambitions.
Early life. Mehmed was born at the Manisa Palace on 26 May 1566, during the reign of his great-grandfather, Suleiman the Magnificent. He was the son of Murad III, himself the son of Selim II, who was the son of Sultan Suleiman and Hurrem Sultan. His mother was Safiye Sultan, an Albanian from the Dukagjin Highlands. [1]
- 16 January 1595 – 22 December 1603
- Safiye Sultan
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Safiye became haseki of Murad III (1574-1595) and mother of Mehmed III (1595-1603) enjoying a high degree of power from Nur Banu’s death (7 December 1583) to the accession of her grandson Ahmed I to the throne7.
Biography. Born in Dukajini Albania, Safiye Sultan was of Albanian descent who had been abducted by corsairs and sold to the Ottoman harem in her youth. She became the chief wife of the Sultan Murad III after over ten years of living in the harem and was the mother of the future Sultan Mehmed III.
