Portrait of an unknown woman in masque costume, associated with Aura Soltana, 1590s, RCT
Aura Soltana, also known as Ipolitan the Tartarian or Ipolita or Ippolyta (fl. 1569), was a Tartar woman at the court of Elizabeth I after arriving from Russia to England, apparently as a slave.[1][2]
^Amy Licence, The Sixteenth Century in 100 Women (Pen & Sword, 2023), p. 179.
^Gilleir, Anke; Montoya, Alicia A.; Dijk, Suzanna van (2010). Women Writing Back / Writing Women Back: Transnational Perspectives from the Late Middle Ages to the Dawn of the Modern Era. BRILL. p. 265. ISBN 978-90-04-18463-3. With only a fleeting reference in the accounts of English men who traveled through Russia,... how might we trace the resonance of this Tartar girl...
AuraSoltana, also known as Ipolitan the Tartarian or Ipolita or Ippolyta (fl. 1569), was a Tartar woman at the court of Elizabeth I after arriving from...
joined the court of Queen Elizabeth. Jenkinson wrote that her name was AuraSoltana and she later became known as Ippolyta. A pewter metal doll was bought...
Tartarus (disambiguation) Tartarian Empire, pseudohistorical empire AuraSoltana, also known as Ipolitan the Tartarian, a Russia woman at the English...
doll for AuraSoltana, a Russian girl at Elizabeth's court. The doll was given to Kat Ashley suggesting that she looked after AuraSoltana. In the 1560s...
Elizabeth had shoes made from Spanish leather, and he made leather shoes for AuraSoltana. Garret Johnson also supplied six shoes horns to the queen in 1563 and...
leather shoes and slippers, perhaps following the example of her servant AuraSoltana. Shoes for Elizabeth I at this time were made by Garret Johnson. After...
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