Roxelana (c. 1502-1558) was a Polish woman captured as a slave and selected for Suleiman the Magnificent's harem. She became his favorite consort and was freed- two centuries of Ottoman tradition was broken when she, a former concubine, became a Sultan's legal wife. She was one of the most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history. by women_ofhistory


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