Hürrem Sultan
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Hürrem Sultan, 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 Emp
La Sultana Rossa” (Sultan Roxelana), a painting by the Italian artist Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), depicting Hürrem Sultan, 1550
Seal of Hürrem Sultan in a 1548 letter addressed to Sigismund II Augustus
Suleiman the Magnificent
Mihrimah Sultan was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife, Hürrem Sultan. According to historian Mustafa Selaniki, she was the most powerful imperia
Hürrem Sultan
…sister and intimate counselor of Tahmasp I, who exchanged official letters with Hürrem as well as with an Ottoman imperial princess who was probably Mihrimah Sultan, daughter of Hürrem and Suleiman. Hürrem patronized major public works (including the Haseki Sultan Complex and the Hürrem Sultan Hamam). She died in…
Portrait by Cristofano dell'Altissimo titled Cameria Solimani, 1541
Letter written by Mihrimah Sultan to Sigismund II Augustus in 1548
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque at Edirnekapı
Endowment deed of Mihrimah Sultan. This document concerns the endowment of properties in Anatolia and Rumelia, from which revenues were to be used to meet the expenses of the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque complex. April–March 1550. Sadberk Hanım Museum