Historical Figure
Hurrem Sultan
d. 1558
Wife of Suleiman the Magnificent
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Death
1558 April 15, 1558 →Biography
Hürrem Sultan, also known as Roxelana, was the chief consort and legal wife of Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, mother of his successor Selim II, and the first haseki sultan of the Ottoman Empire. She became one of the most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history, and the first in a series of prominent women who lived during the period that came to be known as the Sultanate of Women.
Timeline
Hurrem Sultan, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent and the Haseki sultan of Ottoman Empire (born 1505)
April 15 →More from the Renaissance
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