Hürrem Sultan (Turkish pronunciation: [hyɾˈɾæm suɫˈtan]; Ottoman Turkish: خرّم سلطان; c. 1505 [2][3] – 15 April 1558), also known as Roxelana, was the chief consort and legal wife of …

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 her …

Jun 11, 2025 · Hürrem Sultan, also known as Roxelana, was an enslaved concubine before she became the powerful wife of Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.

Apr 17, 2025 · Hurrem Sultan, wife of Sultan Suleiman. The most important person in Sultan’s entourage was Hurrem Sultan. A daughter of a Galician priest, the real name of Hurrem was …

Hürrem was a young woman who seduced Sultan Suleiman in order to gain power within the very harem she was abducted into. Eventually, she came to truly love Suleiman. Hürrem was …

Dec 24, 2025 · Hürrem Sultan appeared in Topkapi Palace as a slave, but in a very short time she became one the most influential women of the Ottoman Empire. The name Hürrem was given …

Hürrem commissioned a mosque, two schools, a hospital, and an Islamic bath house. She was also implicated in several political murders over the years, but her involvement was never …

Jan 10, 2022 · Hurrem, also known as Roxelana, lived a classic rags-to-riches story. She was taken into slavery and bought as a concubine for the imperial court. From there, she gained …

"An Analysis of the Hospitals of Sultan Suleyman and Hurrem: Two Different Approaches to Healthcare in Sixteenth-century Ottoman Empire." Journal of Medical Biography (2017).

She was sometimes punished for refusing to follow the harem rules, but when she was beaten she never cried; because of her happy nature, she was called Hurrem, meaning "joyful."