Roxelana

Roxelana (also spelled Roxolana, also called Hürrem Sultan) was the favorite and later the chief consort and legal wife of Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. She was one of the most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history and a prominent and controversial figure during the era known as the Sultanate of Women. She achieved power and influenced the politics of the Ottoman Empire through her husband and played an active role in state affairs of the Empire. Ottoman Turkish: خرم سلطان‎, Ḫurrem Sulṭān Turkish: Hürrem Sultan Born: c. 1502–04 in Rohatyn, Kingdom of Poland Died: 15 April 1558 in Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire