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Safiye Sultan

1550 - 1619

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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 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, Murad took the throne as the new sultan in Constantinople. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Safiye Sultan has received more than 925,077 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Safiye Sultan is the 252nd 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.

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  • 76.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Safiye Sultan ranks 252 out of 15,577. Before her are Henry II of France, Philip V of Spain, António de Oliveira Salazar, Hu Jintao, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Charles XII of Sweden. After her are Bill Clinton, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Antoninus Pius, Empress Dowager Cixi, Louis XVII of France, and Björn Ironside.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Safiye Sultan ranks 1. After her are Charles IX of France, John Napier, Willem Barentsz, Charles IX of Sweden, Henry I, Duke of Guise, Camillus de Lellis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Jang-geum, John Davis, Karin Månsdotter, 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, Ludovico Carracci, Lucilio Vanini, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Diane de France, Lawrence of Brindisi, Hieronymus Fabricius, and Shimazu Yoshihiro.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Safiye Sultan ranks 3 out of 111. Before her are Skanderbeg (1405) and Enver Hoxha (1908). After her are Anastasius I Dicorus (430), Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750), Zog I of Albania (1895), Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450), Ramiz Alia (1924), Ismail Kadare (1936), Lütfi Pasha (1488), Sali Berisha (1944), and Koca Sinan Pasha (1520).

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Among POLITICIANS In Albania

Among politicians born in Albania, Safiye Sultan ranks 3. Before her are Skanderbeg (1405) and Enver Hoxha (1908). After her are Anastasius I Dicorus (430), Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750), Zog I of Albania (1895), Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450), Ramiz Alia (1924), Lütfi Pasha (1488), Sali Berisha (1944), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), and Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483).

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