The Magnificent and conquered the world’s mightiest empire from harem slavery to the pinnacle of imperial power: how a Ukrainian village girl won the heart of Suleiman
The most fascinating figures in Ottoman history may be the Ukrainian woman who rose from harem slave status in order to become queen associated with the kingdom and spouse of the very most celebrated sultan of most, Suleiman the Magnificent. Understood in Turkey as Hurrem Sultan as well as in Europe as Roxolana, her precise origins remain shrouded in secret but historians generally agree she was born at the turn of the sixteenth century that she came from rural western Ukraine, where. Continue reading “ROXOLANA: The remarkable sixteenth century Ukrainian woman who changed this course of Ottoman history that is imperial”