Ancestry of Sultana Nur-Banu (Cecilia Venier-Baffo)

Ettore Rossi, in his article "La Sultana Nur-Banu (Cecilia Venier-Baffo), Moglie di Selim II (1566-1574) e Madre di Murad III (1574-1595)", published in Oriente Moderno, Anno XXXIII, Nr 11 (Novembre 1953), at 433-441, adds to the evidence presented by Emilio Spagni, in "Una Sultana veneziana", Nuovo Archivio Veneto, XIX (1900), pp. 241-348, that Nur Banu, wife of Sultan Selim II and mother of Sultan Murad III, was a Venetian lady named Cecilia Venier-Baffo. The evidence will not be presented here -- see those articles for details.

The following material on the immediate ancestors and relatives of Cecilia Venier-Baffo should not be considered either exhaustive or definitive, but rather as a first draft. Much of the material on her ancestry was extracted from Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople [Paris: Sturdza, 1983].





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of Cecilia Venier-Baffo
1 Cecilia Venier-Baffo, b. Paros ca. 1525, abducted from there during the 1537 war and sent to the seraglio of Sultan Selim II, after the death of Selim II and accession of her son Murad III (1574) she became "Valide Sultana" (Sultaness Mother), d. in her Palace in the Yeni Qapu quarter, Istanbul (Constantinople), "21st of the month of du l-qa'da 991" (7 Dec. 1583)
in the harem of
Selim II, b. Manisa 28 May 1524, succeeded as Sultan 7 Sept. 1566, d. Istanbul 15 Dec. 1574. Their son,
     Sultan Murad III, was born at Manisa on 4 July 1546. From him descend all succeeding Sultans. See A. D. Alderson, The structure of the Ottoman dynasty [Oxford: Clarendon, 1956], Table XXXI et seq., for details.
PARENTS
2 Nicolò Venier, seigneur de Paros, b. ca. 1483, d. Paros 1530 had married 1507 a woman named Zantano by whom he had a son named Andrea (d. v.p.) [Sturdza 446, 550]
non-marital liaison
3 Violante Baffo
GRANDPARENTS
4 Zuan Francesco Venier, coseigneur de Cérigo, d. 1518 [Sturdza 446]
m. 1479
5 Florenza Sommaripa, dame de Paros, d. 1518 [Sturdza 550]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Moisé Venier b. ca. 1412, d. ca. 1476 [Sturdza 446]
m. 1437
9 Caterina Vitturi
10 Nicolò I Sommaripa, tercier de Negroponte, seigneur de Paros, d. ca. 1505 [Sturdza 550]
m. 1455
11 ---- da Pesaro
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Biagio Venier, d. 1449 [Sturdza 445]
m. 1406
17 Lucia Contarini
20 Crusino I Sommaripa, seigneur de Paros, d. 1462 [Sturdza 550]
m.
21 ----
22 Segondo da Pesaro
m.
23 ----
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 Francesco Venier, d. 1424 [Sturdza 445]
m.
33 Fantina Venier
40 Gaspare Sommaripa, d. 1402 [Sturdza 550]
m. 1390
41 Maria Sanudo, dame d'Andros, d. 1426 [Sturdza 549]
44 Maffeo da Pesaro
m.
45 ----
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 Pietro Venier, Gouverneur de Cerigo, d. 8 May 1372 [Sturdza 445]
m.
65 -----
66 Pietro Venier
m.
67 ----
82 Nicolò de Sanudo dit Spezzabanda, seigneur de Gridia, d. after 1374 [Sturdza 549]
m. 1364
83 Florenza Sanudo, duchesse de l'Archipel, d. 1371 [Sturdza 549]
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
128 Marco Venier, fl. 1347, 1363 [Sturdza 445]
m.
129 Caterina -----
164 Guglielmazzo de Sanudo, seigneur de Gridia, fl. 1349 - 1362 [Sturdza 549]
m.
165 ----
166 Giovanni de Sanudo, duc de l'Archipel, d. 1362 [Sturdza 549]
m.
167 Maria ----
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
256 Pietro Venier, d. ante 1360 [Sturdza 445]
m.
257 Bonafemena Quirini
328 Marco de Sanudo, seigneur de Gridia [Sturdza 549]
m.
329 ----
332 Guglielmo I de Sanudo, duc de l'Archipel, d. ca. 1323 [Sturdza 549]
m.
333 ----
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
512 Marco Venier, Seigneur de Cerigo, d. 1311 [Sturdza 445]
m.
513 ----
656 Marco II de Sanudo, duc de l'Archipel, d. ca. 1303 [Sturdza 549]
m.
657 ----
664 - 665 same as 656 - 657, above
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1024 Bartolommeo Venier, fl. 1252-1275 [Sturdza 445]
m.
1025 ----
1312 Angelo de Sanudo, duc de l'Archipel, d. 1262 [Sturdza 549]
m.
1313 ----
1328 - 1331 same as 1312 - 1315, above
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
2048 Marco Venier, Marquis de Cerigo [Sturdza 445]
m.
2049 ----
2624 Marco I de Sanudo, duc de l'Archipel, d. ca. 1227 [Sturdza 549]
m.
2625 ----
2656 - 2663 same as 2624 - 2631, above
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
5248 Marco de Sanudo dit "Costantinopolitano" [Sturdza 549]
m.
5249 ---- Dandolo
5312 - 5327 same as 5248 - 5263, above
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
12/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
13/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS




NOTES




8 & 9 have other descendants, such as:

Moisé Venier m. Caterina Vetturi
.Moisé Venier m. Elena Dona
 .SEBASTIANO VENIER (1496-1578), Doge of Venice, m. Cecilia Contarini
  .Francisco Venier / Francisque Vanier m. Jeanne de la Touche-Limouzinière
   .Marie Venier m. Jean II de Bruc Sgr de la Grée
    .Jeanne de Bruc de la Rabaliere m. Paul C de Trécesson
     .Jeanne Marie de Trécesson == CARLO EMANUELE II D di SAVOJA (d. 1675)
      .Cristina Ippolita di Savoja m. Carlo Besso Ferrero-Fieschi 4 P di Masserano
       .Vittorio Amadeo Ferrero-Fieschi 5 P di Masserano m. Giovanna Irene Caracciolo
        .Maria Luisa Ferrero-Fieschi m. Filippo Valentino Asinari 1 M di San Marzano
         .Rosalia Asinari m. Carlo Emanuele Balbo-Bertone C di Sambuy
          .Maria Anna Balbo-Bertone m. Giuseppe Alfonso dal Pozzo P della Cisterna
           .Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo P della Cisterna m. Louise Caroline de Merode
            .Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo Pssa della Cisterna m. AMADEO D de AOSTA REY de ESPANA (1845-1890)


See http://home.planetinternet.be/~jos81/vorstenhuis/lorenz/lz1628.htm for further details.



332 & 333 have other descendants, such as:

Guglielmo I de Sanudo, duc de l'Archipel m. ----
.Marco de Sanudo, seigneur de Milos m. ----
 .Fiorenza de Sanudo, dame de Milos m. Francesco Crispo, duc de l'Archipel
  .Nicolo Crispo, seigneur de Santorin m. Valenza Comnena de Trebizond
   .Fiorenza Crispo m. Marco Cornaro
    .Caterina Cornaro m. JACQUES II Roi de CHYPRE (-1473)






SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED


See above.





William Addams Reitwiesner


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