Hürrem Sultan
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Hürrem Sultan was the wife of Suleiman the Magnificent, the most powerful Ottoman sultan of the 16th century. She is historically significant because she became a major political and cultural figure in the Ottoman Empire, wielding considerable influence during one of its most prosperous periods.
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Hürrem Sultan ( Turkish pronunciation: [hyɾˈɾæm suɫˈtan]; Ottoman Turkish: خرّم سلطان; c. 1505 – 15 April 1558), also known as Roxelana, was the chief consort and legal wife of Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, mother of his successor Selim II, and the first haseki sultan of the Ottoman Empire. She became one of the most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history, and the first in a series of prominent women who lived during the period that came to be known as the Sultanate of Women. She is commonly considered the most powerful Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
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