. . . . . . . "1583Z"^^ . "1525Z"^^ . . . . . "Cecilia Vernier-Baffo or Rachel Olivia de Nasi"@en . . . "Wife of the Ottoman Sultan" . . . . . . . "Nurbanu Sultan (full style Haseki Afife N\u00FBr-Ban\u00FB V\u00E2lide Sult\u00E2n Aliyyet\u00FC'\u015F-\u015E\u00E2n Hazretleri; Ottoman Turkish: \u0646\u0648\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0646\u0648 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646\u200E; c. 1525 \u2013 7 December 1583) was the favourite consort and later wife of Sultan Selim II of the Ottoman Empire, mother of Sultan Murad III, and de facto co-ruler as the Valide Sultan for nine years from 1574 until 1583. She was either a Venetian of noble birth or a Spanish Jew. Her birth name may have been Rachel Olivia de Nasi. or Cecilia Venier-Baffo,"@en . "Nur-Banu"@en . . . "1583-12-07Z"^^ .