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Kösem Sultan

1590 - 1651

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Kösem Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: كوسم سلطان; 1589 – 2 September 1651), also known as Mahpeyker Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: ماه پیكر; lit. 'Moon visage'), was the Haseki Sultan as the chief consort of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I, Valide Sultan as a mother of sultans Murad IV and Ibrahim and Büyük Valide Sultan as a grandmother of Sultan Mehmed IV. She became one of the most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history as well as a central figure during the period known as the Sultanate of Women. Kösem's stature and influence were facilitated by her astute grasp of Ottoman politics and the large number of children she bore. One of her sons and grandson required her regency early in their reigns, and her daughters’ marriages to prominent statesmen provided her with allies in government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kösem Sultan has received more than 5,316,633 page views. Her biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Kösem Sultan is the 98th most popular politician (down from 84th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Greece (down from 13th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Politician.

Kösem Sultan was most famous for being a powerful and influential woman in the Ottoman Empire. She was one of the most powerful women in the Ottoman Empire. She was a slave girl who became a concubine, then a wife, and finally the mother of the sultan.

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  • 81.27

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  • 50

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  • 12.07

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  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kösem Sultan ranks 98 out of 19,576. Before her are Hirohito, Leonid Brezhnev, Ashoka, Mary II of England, Philip II of Spain, and Murad III. After her are Diocletian, Mahmoud Abbas, Margaret Thatcher, Ivan the Terrible, Boris Yeltsin, and Wilhelm II, German Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1590, Kösem Sultan ranks 2. Before her is Ahmed I. After her are Pope Clement X, Mahfiruz Hatun, Simon Vouet, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Gioachino Greco, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, Yamada Nagamasa, Urbain Grandier, Jacob van Eyck, and Théophile de Viau. Among people deceased in 1651, Kösem Sultan ranks 1. After her are Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, Lennart Torstensson, Tokugawa Iemitsu, Abraham Bloemaert, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Tugay Bey, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Ngawang Namgyal, Giulia Tofana, and Jacob Adriaensz Backer.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Kösem Sultan ranks 14 out of 1,024. Before her are Hippocrates (-460), Sophocles (-497), Pericles (-494), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), and El Greco (1541). After her are Saint Stephen (1), Euripides (-480), Aristophanes (-448), Plutarch (46), Aeschylus (-525), and Sappho (-630).

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  • Photo of Hippocrates

    Hippocrates

    PHYSICIAN

    460 BC - 370 BC

    HPI: 87.19

    Rank: 8

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    Sophocles

    WRITER

    497 BC - 406 BC

    HPI: 86.01

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Pericles

    Pericles

    POLITICIAN

    494 BC - 429 BC

    HPI: 84.01

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Democritus

    Democritus

    PHILOSOPHER

    460 BC - 360 BC

    HPI: 84.00

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Epicurus

    Epicurus

    PHILOSOPHER

    341 BC - 269 BC

    HPI: 83.74

    Rank: 12

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    El Greco

    PAINTER

    1541 - 1614

    HPI: 82.22

    Rank: 13

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    Kösem Sultan

    POLITICIAN

    1590 - 1651

    HPI: 81.27

    Rank: 14

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    Saint Stephen

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1 - 36

    HPI: 80.83

    Rank: 15

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    Euripides

    WRITER

    480 BC - 406 BC

    HPI: 80.63

    Rank: 16

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    Aristophanes

    WRITER

    448 BC - 386 BC

    HPI: 80.55

    Rank: 17

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    Plutarch

    PHILOSOPHER

    46 - 127

    HPI: 80.53

    Rank: 18

  • Photo of Aeschylus

    Aeschylus

    WRITER

    525 BC - 456 BC

    HPI: 80.40

    Rank: 19

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    Sappho

    WRITER

    630 BC - 570 BC

    HPI: 80.12

    Rank: 20

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Kösem Sultan ranks 3. Before her are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), and Pericles (-494). After her are Philip II of Macedon (-382), Bayezid II (1447), Demosthenes (-384), Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Leonidas I (-540), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Cleisthenes (-565), Solon (-638), and Alcibiades (-450).

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