Hürrem Sultan (Turkish: [hyɾˈɾæm suɫˈtan]; Ottoman Turkish: خرّم سلطان, "the joyful one"; c. 1504 – 15 April 1558), also known as Roxelana (Ukrainian: Роксолана, romanized: Roksolana), was …

Jan 13, 2025 · Roxelana, Slavic woman who was forced into concubinage and later became the wife of the Ottoman sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. Through her influence on the sultan and …

Dec 7, 2023 · Sultan Suleiman ruled the Ottoman Empire for 46 years. Between 1520 and 1566, during the reign of Suleiman, the empire experienced its heyday. Hurrem Sultan was the …

Suleiman fell in love with Hurrem Sultan, a harem girl from Ruthenia, then part of Poland. Western diplomats, taking notice of the palace gossip about her, called her "Russelazie" or "Roxelana", …

Sep 26, 2017 · She was a young girl who was captured by slave traders and became a concubine in Suleiman’s harem. However, Roxelana overcame great odds and became Suleiman’s wife. …

Dec 29, 2015 · The name Hürrem was given her by the Sultan Suleiman I, and means “the cheerful one”- but in the eyes of many of her rivals she was the most dangerous weapon in …

Jan 10, 2022 · Suleiman the Magnificent became Sultan in 1520, which was around the same time that Hurrem became his concubine. She bore him a son, Mehmed, the following year. …

Hürrem Sultan (Turkish: [Hürrem Sultan]; Ottoman Turkish: خرّم سلطان, "the joyful one"; c. 1504 – 15 April 1558), also known as Roxelana (Ukrainian: Роксолана, romanized: Roksolana), was …

Captured slave who became wife and consort of the sultan Suleiman, reinstated marriage among the Ottoman rulers, influenced her husband's foreign and domestic policies, consolidated her …

Jan 5, 2021 · Hurrem Sultan (1502-1558), also known as Roxelana in Europe, was a Russian captive taken to Istanbul to become a concubine for Sultan Suleiman (r.1520-1566).