Safiye Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: صفیه سلطان; "pure" c. 1550 – after 20 April 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.
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1550 Dukagjin highlands, Ottoman Empire Today part of (Albania)
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20 April 1619 (aged 68) Eski Saray, Bayezit Square, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
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