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].
Ancestry of Cecilia Venier-Baffo | |||
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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,
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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 | ||
| same as 5248 - 5263, above | ||
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |||
12/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |||
13/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |||
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)
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)