hurrem sultan ROXELANA story ottoman empire
hurrem sultan ROXELANA story ottoman empire Hurrem Sultan changed history by ending the traditional harem and becoming the only rightful wife of the Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. “Throne of my lonely niche, my wealth, my love, my moonlight. My most sincere friend, my confidant, my very existence, my Sultan, my one and only love. The most beautiful among the beautiful…” -Suleiman the Magnificent- The 16th century was perhaps one of the most interesting centuries in history in terms of the number of women in power and how the many ideas about them being the "weak" gender were shattered by these figures. It was the time of Queen Mary and Elizabeth Tudor in England, Catherine of Medici as the mastermind behind the throne in France, and the woman who became the most important and influential in the Middle East, Roxelana, better known as Hurrem Sultan. Born somewhere in Rohatyń (the Kingdom of Poland, now western Ukraine) between 1502 and 1504, Alexandra L...