Nicolò Venier
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| Nicolò Venier | |
|---|---|
| Lord of Paros | |
| Reign | 1520–1530 |
| Successor | Cecilia |
| Born | c. 1483Paros, Greece |
| Died | c.1530 (aged 46–47)Paros, Greece |
| Spouse | ZantanoViolante Baffo |
| Issue | First MarriageAndrea VenierSecond MarriageNurbanu Sultan (?) |
| House | House of Venier |
| Father | Zuan Francesco Venier |
| Mother | Fiorenza Sommaripa |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Nicolò Venier (1483–1530) was the lord of Paros from 1520 until his death in 1530. He is also the Biological father of Nurbanu Sultan who was the Haseki Sultan and the Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.[1]
He was a son of Zuan Francesco Venier, Co-Lord of Cerigo and his wife Fiorenza Sommaripa, Lady of Paros, and had a sister Cecilia, who succeeded him to the lordship of Paros.
In 1507 Venier married a woman named Zantano, by whom he had a son Andrea Venier, who died during his father's life.[2] There are speculations that by Violante Baffo he was the biological father of Italian concubine Cecilia Venier-Baffo, who was captured and sold into slavery. Then she became Nurbanu Sultan, the wife of Sultan Selim II, and the queen mother of Sultan Murad III and a Prominent figure in the Ottoman History.
References
- ^Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: Sturdza, 1983, p. 446 and p. 550
- ^Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: Sturdza, 1983, p. 446 and p. 550
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