Safiye Sultan

Safiye Sultan

Safiye Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: صفیه سلطان; "pure" c. 1550 – after 20 April 1619) was the Haseki Sultan (chief consort) of Murad III and Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire as the mother of Mehmed III and the grandmother of Sultans: Ahmed I and Mustafa I. Safiye was also 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. After the death of Selim II in 1574, Prince Murad took the throne as the new sultan in Constantinople under the name of Murad III. Safiye was by his side and moved with him to Topkapi Palace, and less than a year into his reign she received the title of Haseki Sultan (chief consort), which placed her above the princesses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Safiye Sultan has received more than 919,342 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Safiye Sultan is the 254th most popular politician (up from 452nd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Albania and the 3rd 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.