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Safiye Sultan

1550 - 1619

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Safiye Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: صفیه سلطان; c. 1550 – January/April 1619) was the Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Sultan Murad III and Valide Sultan as the mother of Mehmed III. Safiye 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 at least seven sultans: Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, Murad III, Mehmed III, Ahmed I, Mustafa I and Osman II. After the death of Selim II in 1574, Murad took the throne as the new sultan in Constantinople. Safiye was by his side and moved with him to Topkapi Palace; less than a year into his reign she received the title of Haseki Sultan and was given a higher rank than the sultan's own sisters, Şah Sultan, Gevherhan Sultan, Ismihan Sultan and Fatma Sultan. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Safiye Sultan is the 496th most popular politician (down from 261st in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Albania (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Albanian Politician.

Safiye Sultan was the wife of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I and the mother of Sultan Mustafa II. She was the first woman to become Valide Sultan, the title for the mother of the Ottoman sultan. Safiye is most famous for her construction of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Safiye Sultan ranks 496 out of 19,576. Before her are Michael I of Romania, Ertuğrul, Caesarion, Frederick III, German Emperor, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, and Ptolemy XIV of Egypt. After her are Louis VIII of France, Georges Danton, Jiang Zemin, Otho, Georgy Malenkov, and Louis VII of France.

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Among people born in 1550, Safiye Sultan ranks 2. Before her is Charles IX of France. After her are Willem Barentsz, John Napier, Charles IX of Sweden, John Davis, Do-Aklin, Henry I, Duke of Guise, Camillus de Lellis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Jang-geum, and Stanislaus Kostka. Among people deceased in 1619, Safiye Sultan ranks 1. After her are Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Hans Lippershey, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, Anne of Denmark, Nicholas Hilliard, Ludovico Carracci, Lucilio Vanini, Lawrence of Brindisi, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, and Diane de France.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Safiye Sultan ranks 5 out of 150. Before her are Skanderbeg (1405), Anastasius I Dicorus (430), Enver Hoxha (1908), and Zog I of Albania (1895). After her are Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750), Ismail Kadare (1936), Charles III of Naples (1345), Sali Berisha (1944), Prince Marko (1335), Ramiz Alia (1924), and Ismail Qemali (1844).

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Among POLITICIANS In Albania

Among politicians born in Albania, Safiye Sultan ranks 5. Before her are Skanderbeg (1405), Anastasius I Dicorus (430), Enver Hoxha (1908), and Zog I of Albania (1895). After her are Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750), Charles III of Naples (1345), Sali Berisha (1944), Prince Marko (1335), Ramiz Alia (1924), Ismail Qemali (1844), and Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450).

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