Hürrem Sultan Her name meant The Laughing or Joyful One Born: c, Rohatyn, Poland (Present-day Ukraine) Died: April , Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Present-day Istanbul, Turkey) Also Known As: Roxelana or Roxolana Born Name: Aleksandra Lisosvka After being kidnapped and sold into slavery as one of the sultan’s many concubines, Roxelana rose through the ranks to becoming the.