In feudal Turkey, as in China's feudal era, politics has always been a world that only men can enter, and women have no right to participate and interfere. But like the women in the harem of the feudal era, there was one person who successfully manipulated the succession to the throne and influenced the history of Turkey for hundreds of years. She is Locke Serana.
Like many female slaves in the Ottoman harem, Roccelana was of humble status and of unknown origin. According to a Polish poet from the early 17th century, Roc Serana was supposed to have come from a Ukrainian Orthodox family near Lviv, an ordinary peasant girl who should have spent her life in an ordinary way. But during a crimean rebellion against the locals, Roccelana was forced to become a captive and sold in the market as a commodity. Eventually, Locke Serana was bought by Grand Prime Minister Ibrahim and became one of the many slaves in the harem.
As mentioned earlier, Roccelana's status in the harem is very low, but she is not the kind of person who keeps her duties. She had a highly elegant demeanor, mature intellect, and superb storytelling skills (a skill that was highly valued at the time), and quickly attracted the attention of Suleiman the Great. She then kept writing love letters to Suleiman the Great during his expeditions; eventually, the Emperor was touched by her and fell completely in love with Roc Serana, and promised her to take her with her to appear in public, which was very shocking and crazy at the time, knowing that in Turkey at that time, women were only allowed to stay in closed boudoirs, and here it was already possible to see how ambitious Roc Serana had and the hint of her great desire for power.
Next, Locke Serana offered to hold a formal wedding to determine her name. To everyone's surprise, the Emperor agreed to this astonishing request. Remember that the emperors of Turkey in the feudal period never married, let alone held any weddings. At that time, there was already a concubine in the harem who had raised children for the emperor, and was also a slave, and Roxerana successfully removed the position of squeezing out her favorite concubine, and removed her slavery and became free.
Later, Locke Serana gave birth to three sons and a daughter. In feudal Turkey, extremely cruel and cold-blooded battles between brothers for the throne often occurred. At that time, the eldest son of the emperor had both moral integrity and ability, and was deeply supported by the army outside, so that his son could successfully ascend to the throne, Androsela and the prime minister together with the great prime minister to the emperor, saying that the eldest son of the emperor was trying to usurp the throne. The eldest son disarmed and returned to the camp to show his loyalty, but was killed by Locke Serana. One of Roque Serana's sons, hearing about this, could not stand the stimulation and committed suicide.
After the death of the two sons, the emperor only has two sons left, and the birth mother of these two sons is Locke Serana, about which son inherits the throne, Locke Serana still wants to think about it, but time is not waiting, her life is over. After Locke Serana's death, her two sons immediately fought for the throne, and her daughter was even more prominent in this war than Locke Serana.
In Francis Bacon's essay, Rock Serana is the image of a demon queen, and her life is like a dream, but also a legend.