Nicole’s Reviews > Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire > Status Update

Oh no Cihangir died 3 weeks later

I am so shocked- Suleyman had Mustafa his eldest son executed when the army wanted him to be put on the throne.

Its shocking Mehmed died, even hundreds of years later.

The 4 tiered crown to the pope’s 3 is super petty- I love it.

Compare Roxelana and Theodora.

Suleyman was indeed proving a sixteenth century feminist of sorts.

Roxelana’s mosque was average so as not to take away from the grandized beauty of her mother in laws- who had just died.

I would also argue that she was aware of how people talked about her and didnt want to cause more gossip by creating something monumental.

Ibrahim filled a brotherly role but could never rival Suleyman

Suleyman had Ibrahim killed but later Roxelana would take the blame.

Elizabeth I was in contact with the Ottomans and they said she was the pride of virtue of the Christian faith.

Like damn.