- Aug 2013
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- Pomerium
Understandably, polygamous elites and rulers love to own exotic women, but I didn't know some of them preferred foreign women to such a degree - few (if any) of Ottoman Valide sultan (Queen mother) were of Turkish origin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valide_sultan#List_of_Valide_Sultans
(of Greek, Ruthenian, Georgian, Circassian, and other foreign origins)
Were there other polygynous elites or rulers whose concubines were (almost) exclusively of foreign origins?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valide_sultan#List_of_Valide_Sultans
(of Greek, Ruthenian, Georgian, Circassian, and other foreign origins)
Were there other polygynous elites or rulers whose concubines were (almost) exclusively of foreign origins?