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Ruthenia/Poland
Hürrem's mother
- Posthumous Character: She is dead before the series begin.
- What the Hell, Hero?: In her dreams, she tells Hürrem that she was not the Aleksandra she raised, after being appalled by Hürrem damaging Gülnihal's face.
Leo
Leo
The ex-boyfriend of Aleksandra before she was kidnapped by Tatars. He was hired as the painter of Hatice's new palace.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: He found Aleksandra as he wanted, but she was Made a Slave for the Ottoman Empire and she isn't willing to escape with him because she fell in love with the Ottoman Sultan and she would endanger her children if she did so.
- Heroic Suicide: He eats the poison so Hürrem can live.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: His attempts to reconnect with Hürrem end up endangering her, even after his own death. His diary and love feelings almost are used as evidence to accuse Hürrem as an adulterer (even if she was not, but she asked him to stop pursuing her).
Princess Anna
- Hero of Another Story: She is the princess of Poland, so she has her own tasks there.
- Ship Tease: She has a discussion with Selim about the monarchs' love life. They seem romantic but nothing comes down of it.
Hungary
Louis II of Hungary
- Age Lift: The real Louis II was in his twenties before facing Suleyman in the Battle of Mohacs and was crowned as a child, while in the series he is depicted as middle aged.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: He is depicted as an unsympathetic king rightfully defeated by Sultan Suleyman. While his real life counterpart actually murdered the Ottoman envoy, he sought to sway Charles V and the Papal States to help him in order to rid the Kingdom of Hungary from its extreme poverty, but the fallout of the Reformation barred them from said help.
- Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: He has no qualms about killing the Ottoman envoy, just because he is a ruler.
- Shoot the Messenger: He killed the Ottoman envoy to make a point. Pope Clement VIII was not pleased.
Sadıka Hatun
Sadıka Hatun
(Voiced by: Mara Brenner [Latin American Spanish dub])
Born Victoria, Sadıka is a Hungarian countess. After her husband is killed by the Süleyman, she infiltrates the harem to kill him.
- Alas, Poor Villain: Her death scene is very tragic.
- Attempted Rape: Sadıka by her co-conspirator. The rape is prevented by someone hearing her and coming, and partly by her stabbing him.
- Crusading Widow: She is fighting to get revenge on her husband. She attempts so by infiltrating in Süleyman's Harem and doing an unsincere conversion to Islam so she can be able to murder Süleyman.
- Questionable Consent: She is actually raped—by Süleyman no less—because she's too afraid to refuse the sultan. Her Shower of Angst afterwards is heartbreaking.
- Sympathetic Murderer: She may be trying to assassinate the sultan, but her story is tragic enough to justify it.
- Widowed at the Wedding: Her husband was killed during their Wartime Wedding.
Venice
Alvise Gritti
- Heroic Bastard: He was an illegitimate son of Andrea Gritti.
Monica Gritti
- One-Shot Character: She only appeared once as a guest to Ibrahim's palace.
Andrea Gritti
- The Ghost: He himself did not appear in the series, although some relatives did.
Gracia Mendes
A Jewish merchant.
- Femme Fatale: She is acting seductively to secure her business.
- Historical Villain Upgrade:In the series she is in an affair with Rüstem Pasha, while she wasn't in real life.
- Meaningful Rename: She used the name Beatrice to hide being Jewish.
Ibrahim’s family
Ibrahim Pasha's father
- Long-Lost Relative: He is Ibrahim's father and both were separated when Ibrahim was kidnapped as a child.
- Outliving One's Offspring: He was away when his son Ibrahim was killed.
Niko
- Always Identical Twins: He is Ibrahim's identical twin.
- Nephewism: After Ibrahim Pasha is executed, Nasuh sends his daughter Esmanur with him and his father before making them leave.
Esmanur
- Child of Forbidden Love: She is the fruit of Nigar’s secret pregnancy with Ibrahim.
- Daddy's Girl: She is especially close to her father.
Spain
Charles V
- Minor Major Character: His role as an opponent to Suleyman is important for the context, but he barely participates in the plot.
Prenses İsabella Fortuna
Prenses İsabella Fortuna
(Played by Melike İpek Yalova)
(Voiced by: Vanina García [Latin American Spanish dub])
Princess of Castille, who winds up in Constantinople after her ship is attacked by pirates.
- Romantic False Lead: Her love with Suleyman is a major obstacle for Hürrem.
- Put on a Bus: What might have happened to her, if Gül Aga persuaded Hürrem to send her off non-lethally.
- Uncertain Doom: It is unknown if Gül Aga persuaded Hürrem to send her off non-lethally.
Safavid Dynasty
Tahmasp I
- Arch-Enemy: He is a major enemy to Suleyman.
- We Can Rule Together: He wants Bayezid to join in his campaign against Suleyman, but since he is having none of it, he attempts to use him as ransom to get Bagdad again.
Hümeyra (spoiler)
Played by Cansu Dere
Hümeyra is a Safavid princess. She infiltrated among the captured girls by Hayredin Barbaros, and she took the alias "Firuze".
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Appears as a nice girl, but at the very least was not above betraying Hürrem by allowing herself to be used as a means to sabotage her relationship with Suleyman.
- Establishing Character Moment: To reveal that there is more to this character than it seems, "Firuze" is shown Playing Sick to help a prisoner escape with her family.
- Femme Fatale: Is attempting to seduce Sultan Suleyman, not just to sabotage his relationship with Hürrem, but to poison him.
- Hero Antagonist: Outside of antagonizing Hürrem, she does not seem evil. It is revealed she intended to poison Suleyman, but she was just trying to defend her country from one of its notorious enemies.
- King Incognito: She is actually a princess. Her dutiful attitude, her great talent and her politeness were hints of this.
- Love-Interest Traitor: Double subverted. She was an actual traitor, and was behind a long-term plan to poison Süleyman. She creates a credible story of being dissident from Tahmasp, but her final scene and Suleyman's poisoning reveal it was all an act.
- Ms. Fanservice: She does a sexy dance with a revealing outfit.
- The Mole: She was a Safavid princess infiltrated to spy on Süleyman.
- Put on a Bus: Süleyman intends to send her to the Hunting Palace never to meet again, and later Hürrem and Rüstem inform the Safavids about her. It is there that her real intentions are known.
- Romantic False Lead: She is yet another false romantic partner for Suleyman.
- Unishment: Rüstem and Hürrem arrange that she gets kidnapped by Safavids, but unknown to them, she was a princess. They end up saving her of her possible suicide and reunite her with her parents.
Firuze (spoiler)
- The Ghost: The real Firuze never appears on the series.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Despite being only mentioned, her mention reveals what were "Firuze"'s true intentions.
Elkas Mirza
- Converting for Love: He plans to change the religious teachings he has to be able to marry Fatma Sultan.
- Princeling Rivalry: He apparently wants to overthrow his brother Tahmasp.
- You Have Failed Me: Suleyman sends him to his hometown to suffer a certain death due to his failure to bring the Turkish beys he promised.
The Popes
Pope Clement VIII
- Hero Antagonist: He wants to protect the Christian nations from an Islamic rule.
Pope Paul III
- False Flag Operation: He has soldiers disguised as Venetians attack Malkocoglu and sends attacks from Venice in order to prevent Suleyman from attacking Rome and thus weakening the other major wing of Christianity.
- Hero Antagonist: At the very least, his intentions to oppose Suleyman are good. He wants to protect the Christian nations from what he thinks will enslave them.
- Meaningful Rename: His papal name emphasizes his uncompromising faith in Christianity, as Muslims see Paul the Apostle as an heretic.
Portuguese
Christopher da Gama
- I Have Your Wife: He forces Hassam Efendi to hand money over in exchange of his son.
- Very Punchable Man: He is a minor character appearing to be beaten by Mustafa and Taslicali.
Croatian
Rüstem Pasha's father
- Abusive Parents: Rüstem remembers that his father was cruel to him, especially after his mom died. That is why he escaped to the Ottoman Empire.
- Posthumous Character: Seemingly died when we see Rüstem.
