#fatma ulviye sultan daughter of mehmed vi

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Is there any Ottoman princess who still has descendants today.

Hello, sure! I'm going to list them using the "Genealogy of the Ottoman Empire" published in 2005 as source, as it's the most recent genealogy work I have.

descendants of Mediha Sultan, daughter of Abdülmecid I

Leila Mediha Samy (b. 5.10.1955): great-granddaughter. She has a son called Henry Orhan Samy Beggin (b. 21.9.1991)

Mustafa Reshid Sami (b. 12.11.1952): great-grandson. He has a daughter called Zoe-Jo Sami (b. 23.4.1994)

Ekrem Abdurrahman Sami (b. 2.9.1954): great-grandson. He has two children: Rebecca Anne Sami (b. 7.12.1982) and Ömer Ryan Sami (b. 2.4.1993)

Catherine Melek Samy (b. 28.1.1960): great-granddaughter. She has two children: India Holy Samy-Lewis (b. 29.12.1998) and Anouchka Sky Evyleen Samy-Lewis (b. 16.6.2000)

descendants of Cemile Sultan, daughter of Abdülmecid I

Naile (b. 1912): great-granddaughter. I'm not sure she's still alive but she has two children: Engin (b. 1933) and Sevil (b. 1942)

Behremend (b. 1917): great-granddaughter. Again, I'm not sure she's still alive but she has a daughter: Gülnûr Sertel (b. 1955) who, in turn, has a son, Kenan (b. 1973)

Bilge (b. 1933): great-great-granddaughter. I'm not sure she's still alive.

Fatma Nühbe Çubukçu (b. 1949): great-great-granddaughter.

Fuad Bengü (b. 24.8.1948): great-great-grandson

Dogan Bengü (b. 5.5.1959): great-great-grandson

Arzu Bengü (b. 9.11.1969): great-great-granddaughter

Edhem Dömeke (b. 22.5.1933): great-grandson. He has two daughters: Ayşe Dömeke (b. 1971) and Aylin Dömeke (b. 1976)

descendants of Esma Sultan, daughter of Abdülaziz Han

Alp Saadeddine Mohamed Bey Osmansoy (b. 1930): grandson. He has three children: Orhan Saadeddine Osmansoy (b. 1969), Shirine Mohamed Bey (b. 1970) who in turn has a son, Kamil Mahmoud Faour (b. 1999); Ayline Mohamed Bey (b. 1976)

Kaya Mohamed Bey Osmansoy (b. 1937): grandson.

Aydin Mohamed Bey Osmansoy (b. 1947): grandson

descendants of Hatice Sultan, daughter of Murad V

Kenize Mourad de Kotwara (b. 1940): granddaughter

descendants of Fatma Sultan, daughter of Murad V

Resan Iris (b. 15.11.1956): granddaughter. She has two children: Serra Deveci (b. 19.3.1979) and Emirhan Deveci (b. 23.3.1991)

descendants of Zekiye Sultan, daughter of Abdülhamid II

Fatma Yasemin Yegen (b. 18.9.1973): great-granddaughter

Muhsin Osman Yegen (b. 14.12.1977): great-grandson

descendants of Naime Sultan, daughter of Abdülhamid II

Bülent Ossmann (b. 2.5.1930): grandson. He has a son, Rémy Chengiz Ossmann (b. 16.11.1963) who, in turn, has a son: Sélim Ossmann (b. 14.12.1992)

Koubilay (b. 1937): grandson. He has three children: Shehnaz (b. 1970), Inci (b. 1972) and Orhan (b. 1975)

descendants of Ayşe Sultan, daughter of Abdülhamid II

Ayşe Rebia Nami (b. 3.8.1945): granddaughter.

Mediha Şükriye Nami Osmanoğlu (b. 24.5.1947): granddaughter. She has a daughter: Ayşe Marie-Christine Nami-Conopio (b. 16.7.1969)

Fethiye Nimet Nami Osmanoğlu (b. 21.3.1953): granddaughter.

Ayşe Adile Nami Osmanoğlu (b. 6.8.1958): granddaughter. She has two children: Osman Necati Ferhat Ariba (b. 31.1.1980) and Ayşe Feyzan Ariba (b. 9.9.1983)

Gul Nür Dorothée Nami Osmanoğlu (b. 10.1.1960): granddaughter. She has three children: Hanzade Audrey Nami-Ragot (b. 4.2.1988), Ayzade Maylis Nami-Ragot (b. 16.6.1991) and Aléxis Cem Nami-Ragot (b. 11.3.1993)

Ayten Sofia Nami Osmanoğlu (b. 24.3.1961): granddaughter. She has a daughter: Refia Roksan Kunter (b. 10.8.1984)

descendants of Fatma Ulviye Sultan, daughter of Mehmed VI

Ismail Halim Özba (b. 6.10.1945): grandson. He has two children: Nadia Özba (b. 1969) and Halil Özba (b. 1974)

Hanzade Özba (b. 4.10.1953): granddaughter. She has two chidren: Neslişah Evliyazade (b. 1977) and Mesude Evliyazade (b. 1978)

descendants of Rukiye Sabiha Sultan, daughter of Mehmed VI

Prince Abbas Hilmi of Egypt (b. 16.10.1941): grandson. He has two children: Fatma Sabiha Hilmi (b. 28.9.1974) and Daoud Abd El Moneim Hilmi (b. 23.6.1979)

Princess Ikbal of Egypt (b. 22.12.1944): granddaughter

Princess Sabiha Fazile Ibrahim of Egypt (b. 8.8.1941): granddaughter. She has two sons: Ali-Suad Ürgüplü (b. 28.9.1967) and Mehmed-Selim Ürgüplü (b. 31.10.1968)

Prince Ahmed Rifat Ibrahim of Egypt (b. 31.8.1942): grandson

Prince Osman Rifat Ibrahim (b. 20.5.1951): grandson

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Seniha Sultan (5 December 1851- 15 September 1931)

Daughter of Abdulmejid I and Nalandil Hanim

Wife of Mahmud Celaeddin Pasha

Mother of Sultanzade Sabahddin Bey and Sultanzade Ahmed Lutfullah Bey.

Sister of Sultans Murad (half), Abdul Hamid II (half), Mehmed V (half), and Mehmed VI.

Aunt of Sehzade Mehmed Selaheddin, Hatice Sultan (Murad), Fehime Sultan, Fatma Sultan (Murad), Aliye Sultan, Sehzade Mehmed Selim, Ulviye Sultan, Zekiye Sultan,Sehzade Ahmed Nuri, Naime Sultan, Sehzade Mehmed Abdulkadir, Naile Sultan, Sehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin, Sadiye Sultan, Ayse Sultan, Refia Sultan, Sehzade Abdurrahim Hayri, Hatice Sultan (Abdul Hamid II), Sehzade Ahmed Nureddin, Sehzade Mehmed Abid, Samiye Sultan, Sehzade Mehem Ziyaeddin, Sehzade Mahmid Necmeddi, Sehzade Omer Hilmi, Fenire Sultan, Ulviye Sultan (Mehmed VI), Sabiha Sultan, and Sehzade Mehmed Ertugrul.

Mother-in-law of Tabinak Hanım

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On this day, 10 August, in Ottoman history

10 August 1854 - wedding of Fatma Sultan: daughter of Sultan Abdülmecid and Gülcemal Kadınefendi, she married Galib Paşa at Dolmabahçe Palace. With him she had Cemile Hanımsultan, who died in infancy. Galib Paşa died on 15 September 1858.

10 August 1862 - birth of Fatma Saliha Sultan: daughter of Abdülaziz and Senior Imperial Consort Dürrinev, she was Şehzade Yusuf İzzeddin Efendi’s younger sister. At the age of 13, she was betrothed to İbrahim Hilmi Paşa, son of the Khadive of Egypt, but when her father was deposed, Abdülhamid II broke the engagement. On 20 April 1889, she married Ahmed Zülküf Bey (later Paşa). Their only child, Kamile Hanımsultan, died at the age of 6. In 1924, when the Dynasty was expelled from Turkey, she first went to Rome, to Damascus and in the end settled in Cairo. She died in 1941 and was buried there, in the Abbas Hilmi mausoleum.

10 August 1916 - wedding of Fatma Ulviye Sultan: daughter of Mehmed VI Vahideddin and Senior Imperial Consort Nazikeda, she married Ismail Hakkı Okday Bey in Dolmabahçe Palace. On 4 June 1917, their only child, Suade Hümeyra Hanımsultan, was born. The couple would divorce in 1922.

10 August 1960 - death of Hamîde Ayşe Sultan: daughter of Abdülhamid II and Müşfika Kadınefendi, she was born on 2 November 1887 in Yildiz Palace. She is the author of “My father, Sultan Abdülhamid”, which she published under the name Ayşe Osmanoğlu. She married Dâmad Ahmed Nâmî Beyefendi in 1911, and had three children with him: Sultanzade Ömer Nami (1912), Aliyye Hanımsultan (1913), Sultanzade Osman Nami (1918). The couple divorced in 1921 when Ayşe met Lieutenant Colonel Mehmed Ali Bey at a banquet in Dolmabahçe Palace. He was married with children, though, so he first had to divorce his wife before he could marry the princess. His son from his first wife wrote in his memoirs that his mother couldn’t stop crying after the news. Nevertheless, Ayşe Sultan and Mehmed Ali Bey got married on 3 April 1921 in Yildiz Palace. A year later, she gave birth to Sultanzade Abdülhamid Rauf Bey. When the Dynasty was exiled, she moved to France with her family - where Mehmed Ali died in 1937 - until 1952, when she was admitted in Turkey again. She died at the age of 72 and she was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

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Sultan Abdul Hamid II consorts and children, take your time I won’t hurry you

I'm sorry for being late but the man had so many children they just would never end.

Consorts

Nâzik-edâ Başkadınefendi (1848-1895): the mother of Ulviye Sultan, the violent death of her only child was a shock from which she never recovered. She gained a lot of weight in a short period of time and died on 11 April 1895. She was buried in the mausoleum of Murad V in the Yeni Mosque.

Sâfi-nâz Nûr-efzûn 2. Kadınefendi (1850-1915): her real name was Ayşe and she was the youngest sister of Abdülmecid I's consort Yıldız Hanım. When Yıldız Hanım married Abdülmecid, Ayşe was sent to the household of Şehzade Abdülaziz. According to Harun Açba, Abdülaziz was fascinated by her beauty and wanted to marry her but she declined because she was in love with Şehzade Abdülhamid. The feeling was mutual and the young prince asked his step-mother Perestu Kadınefendi's help. She told Abdülaziz that Safinaz was ill and that she needed a change of air; later, Abdülaziz was informed that she had passed away. Abdülhamid therefore married Safinaz, now Nurefsun, in October 1868. She could not get used to life in the harem, though, and wanted to be Abdülhamid's only wife. She therefore asked for a divorce, which she was granted in 1879. She died in 1915.

Bedr-i Felek Başkadınefendi (1851-1930): she was a Circassian princess who entered the Palace service after fleeing Caucasus. She married the future Abdülhamid II on 15 November 1868 and had three children with him: Şehzade Mehmed Selim, Şehzade Ahmed Nuri and Zekiye Sultan. It is said that Abdülhamid II greatly disliked his son Mehmed Selim and it is for this reason that he never visited Bedrifelek in her apartments. Nevertheless, she took over Rahime Perestu Valide Sultan's duties in the harem after her death. Following the 31 March Incident, there was the concrete possibility for Bedrifelek to become Valide Sultan because her son Mehmed Selim had been chosen as his father's successor. In the end this did not happen and maybe for this reason she did not follow Abdülhamid to Thessaloniki. After the fall of the Empire, she settled in a mansion in Serencebey which she never left. She was described as always melancholic and with tears in her eyes whenever she mentioned the old times in the Palace. She died on 8 February 1930.

Bîdâr 2. Kadınefendi (1855/8-1918): considered the most beautiful and charming of Abdülhamid II's consorts, she was born a Kabardian princess. She was tall, with brown hair and green penetrating eyes. She was the mother of Fatma Naime Sultan and Şehzade Abdülkaadir. Her beauty was talked about in Europe as well, to the point that when in 1918 Empress Zita visited Istanbul, she asked to visit Bidar. The consort, unfortunately, had died in January of the same year.

Dil-pesend 3. Kadınefendi (1861/5-1901): there is not much information about her, Ayşe Sultan even mistook her for Fatma Pesend in her memoirs. She seems to have been Georgian and given to the Palace at a young age but there is no information about her parents. She married Abdülhamid II in 1884 in Yıldız Palace; a year later she gave birth to Naile Sultan. She died young and was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

Mezîde Mestân 3. Kadınefendi (1869-1909): her real name Kadriye or Kamile, she was the aunt of Mehmed VI Vahideddin's Senior Consort Emine Nazikeda. Described as very timid, she was apparently tall, with brown eyes and hair. She married Abdülhamid in 1885 and in the same year gave birth to her only child, Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddid, Abdülhamid II's most beloved son. As the mother of the sultan's favourite son she was very influential but never abused her position; instead, she was known for helping everyone and even her step-children loved her. She died three months before Abdülhamid II's deposition and was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

Emsâl-i Nûr 3. Kadınefendi (1866-1952): she entered the harem with her sister Tesrid Hanım. Abdülhamid II noticed Emsalinur because of her beauty and married her in 1885. A year later she gave birth to her only child, Şadiye Sultan. She built a mosque in Kırkpınar in 1907 and was gifted a mansion in Nişantaşı, where she lived after her husband's deposition. She took the surname Kaya after the Surname Law of 1934. In 1948, her mansion was put on sale by the Ministry of Finance and therefore had to live in a public hospice until her death on 20 November 1952. Her sister Tesrid married Şehzade İbrahim Tevfik Efendi.

Ayşe Dest-i Zer Müşfika “Kayısoy” 4. Kadınefendi (1867-1961): her real name was Ayşe and she was of Abkhazian origin. Her father was a soldier and her mother took Ayşe and her sister to Pertevniyal Valide Sultan, who liked them very much. The valide sultan changed her name to Destizer. She moved to Dolmabahçe Palace when Pertevniyal Sultan died and there attracted Abdülhamid II's attention, who changed her name into Müşfika. She married him on 12 February 1886 and a year later she gave birth to her only child, Ayşe Sultan. After Mezîde Mestân's death she was raised to the rank of Fourth Imperial Consort. She followed Abdülhamid II in his exile to Thessaloniki and afterwards in Beylerbeyi Palace, where she stayed until his death. it is said that the former sultan died in her arms. She settled in Gazi Osman Paşa's mansion in Serencebey after the expulsion of the Ottoman Dynasty. She died on 16 July 1961 and was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

Sâz-kâr Başhanımefendi (1873-1945): her real name Fatma, she belonged to the Abkhazian aristocracy and entered Palace service at a young age. After receiving a thorough education, she married Abdülhamid II in 1890; a year later she gave birth to her only child, Refia Sultan. She was considered very beautiful: tall, with blond hair and blue eyes, she was very elegant. She followed Abdülhamid II to Thessaloniki and then returned to Istanbul, where she settled down with her fellow wife Peyveste Hanım. In 1924 she chose to go in exile with her daughter and died in 1945 in Damascus. She was buried in the Sultan Selim Mosque in Damascus.

Hadîce Râbi’a Peyveste 2. Hanımefendi (1873-1943): her real name Rabia, she was the daughter of an Abkhazian prince. She was introduced to palace service by a relative; she first served Nazikeda BaşKadınefendi with her sisters and then became Chief Harem Treasurer. Abdülhamid II married her in 1893. She was the aunt of Leyla Açba and this is how her niece described her in her memoirs: "My aunt was a tall, green-eyed, brown-haired, delicate, beautiful woman. Her real name was Rabia, and she was the youngest of five siblings ..." In 1894 she gave birth to her only child, Şehzade Abdürrahim Efendi. Peyveste was so respected and admired by her husband that she was given the Hanedan-ı Ali Osman Order even though it was usually reserved to members of the Dynasty. Peyveste had a personal mansion in which she lived until Abdülhamid II's dethronement, when she followed him to Thessaloniki. When they returned to Istanbul, she settled down in Şişli with Sâz-kâr Başhanımefendi, her favourite among her husband's consort. Their rooms were on the same floor and every day they took coffee together and reminisced about the past. As Şehzade Abdürrahim lived close by, he used to visit often. In 1924, Peyveste Hanım left Turkey with her son and settled down in Paris, where he had bought a nice flat in Boulevard Murat. She died in 1943 and was buried in the Muslim cemetery of Bobigny.

Fatma Pesend 3. Hanımefendi (1876-1924): her real name Fatma Kadriye, she was a member of the aristocratic Açba family. Her mother was a Tatar Princess. Fatma Pesend was highly educated: she spoke Italian and French, she was a great pianist and painter, she enjoyed horseback riding and she loved reading. She met Abdülhamid II during a visit to the Palace and they got married in 1896, when her name was changed into Pesend. Her only child, Hatice Sultan, was born in 1897 but died at seven months of smallpox. In his grief, Abdülhamid had the first paediatric hospital of the empire built; Fatma Pesend was left in charge of its administration. She was one of the favourite consorts of the sultan and was known for her kindness and tolerance. She used to visit the Şişli Etfal Hospital every week, paying particularly good attention to the treatment of orphans. Once she took off the necklace she was wearing and gifted it to a poor woman. She was one of the consorts that followed Abdülhamid II in exile in Thessaloniki but when they returned to Istanbul she wasn't allowed to live in Beylerbeyi Palace with him and instead moved in with her father. When Abdülhamid II died, she braided her hair, cut it off and threw it into the sea. She died in 1924 and was buried next to her mother in the Karacaahmet Cemetery.

Behîce “Maan” 4. Hanımefendi (1882-1969): her real name Behiye, she was Sazkar Hanımefendi's cousin. She was brought to the Palace to be a potential bride for Şehzade Burhaneddin but Abdülhamid II was so enthralled by her beauty that he married her himself on 10 May 1900 even though Behiye didn't want to. A year later she gave birth to the twins Nûreddîn and Bedreddîn, but Bedreddîn died at the age of two. She was blonde with blue eyes. She was also very arrogant and proud. After Abdülhamid II's dethronement, she stayed in Istanbul with her son until 1924, when they moved in Naples, Italy, in an apartment in Via Generale Orsini. She fell on hard times in Naples because she had no money and what she was sent from Turkey was being embezzled by her servant. A relative who visited her in Italy was appalled by the conditions she lived in: her hair was unkempt, her nails had grown extremely long and she had not washed herself in weeks. Thankfully, Behice Hanım was brought back to Istanbul by the Maan family but she was so ill that she died only months later, on 22 October 1969. She was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

Sâliha Nâciye Kadınefendi (1882/7-1923): her real name Zeliha, she changed her name into Saliha Naciye when she entered palace service. She was noticed by Abdülhamid II three years after arriving in Yıldız Palace and married him in 1904. She gave birth to Şehzade Mehmed Abid Efendi a year later and to Samiye Sultan in 1908. Upon the birth of Samiye Sultan, she was granted the unusual title of V Kadınefendi. She was known for her kindness and it is said that she attracted the sultan with her modesty. After Abdülhamid II's deposition, she followed him first to Thessaloniki and then to Beylebeyi Palace in Istanbul, where she refused to leave his side. After Abdülhamid II's death, she settled in a mansion in Erenköy, where she passed away in 1923. She was buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II.

Children

Ulviye Sultan (1868-1875): Abdülhamid II's eldest daughter, she died at the age of 7 while she played with matches. Her mother was playing the piano and the servants were having dinner so Ulviye was left unsupervised. Her dress caught fire and Nâzikedâ Başkadın tried to take it off her and burnt her hands while trying to open the metallic belt the child was wearing. Ulviye Sultan died burning alive, nothing could be done for her. Her death was a tremendous shock for her mother, from which she never recovered.

Şehzâde Mehmed Selîm Efendi (11.1.1870 - 5.5.1937): son of Bedrifelek Başkadınefendi, he was Abdülhamîd II's eldest son. He famously did not get along with his father. He had two consorts: Deryâl (İryâle) Başhanımefendi (1870-1904) and Nîlûfer Eflâkyâr Başhanımefendi (1887-1930s). He had three children: Şehzâde Mehmed Efendi (1887-1890), Emine Nemika Sultan (1888-1969) and Şehzâde Mehmed Abdülkerîm Efendi (1906 - 1935)

Zekiye Sultan (1872-1950): here 

Fatma Naime Sultan (5.9.1876-1944/45): the eldest child of her mother Bidar, Naime was one of her father's favourite children, who used to call her "my accession daughter" because she had been born close to his accession to the throne. Abbas II Hilmi, the last Khedive of Egypt, asked for her hand but Abdülhamid did not approve of the match and turned him down. Naime Sultan married Mehmed Kemaleddin Paşa, Gazi Osman Paşa's second born son and brother of Zekiye Sultan's husband Alì Nureddin Paşa, in Ortaköy Palace on 17 March 1898. They had two children together: Sultânzâde Dâmad Mehmed Câhid Beyefendi (1899-1977) and Âdile Hanım-Sultan (1900-1979); both had very advantageous marriages. Abdülhamid II annulled the marriage in 1904 when it was discovered that Kemaleddin Paşa had been carrying out an affair with another princess, Hatice Sultan. Naime Sultan therefore re-married on 11 July 1907, this time to İşkodralızâde Mahmûd Celâleddîn Paşa, but had no children with him. After 1924, they left the Empire for France, Italy and lastly Albania, where Celâleddîn Paşa had family lands. After his death and the advent of communist rule in Albania, Naime Sultan lost her income and died in poverty either in 1944 or 1945. She was buried in Tirana. 

Şehzâde Mehmed Abdülkadir Efendi (1878 - 1944): son of Bidar Kadınefendi, he was the first son to be born during the sultanate of Abdülhamid II. He played the piano and the violin. He had three consorts: Mihribân Hanımefendi, Hadîce Mâcide Hanımefendi and Fatma Meziyyet Hanım. His third marriage was not recognised by Mehmed V because he had got married without the sultan's permission. He had six children: Mehmed Orhan Efendi (12.10.1909 - 13.3.1994), later head of the Ottoman family; Necîb Ertuğrul Efendi (27.3.1914 - 7.2.1994), a doctor; Alâeddîn Efendi (2.1.1917 - Sofya, 21.11.1999); Bîdâr Sultan (1924-1924), clearly named after her paternal grandmother; Osman Efendi (1925 - 1934?); Safvet Nesl-i Şah Sultan (25.12.1925).

Şehzâde Ahmed Nûrî Efendi (12.2.1878 - 7.8.1944): son of Bedrifelek Başkadınefendi, he was only 27 days younger than his brother Abdülkadir. He married Fahriye Hanımefendi but had no children with her. He died in Nice, France but was buried in the Sultan Selim Mosque in Damascus.

Naile Sultan (9.2.1885-25.10.1957): daughter of Dilpesend Kadınefendi, she learned to play the piano, the harp and the violoncello from Lombardi Bey. In 1901 she was engaged to Gazi Osman Paşa's third son, Cemaleddin Bey, but Kemaleddin Paşa's affair with Hatice Sultan made the wedding fall through. She therefore married Germiyânoğlu Arif Hikmet Paşa on 27 February 1905 in Kuruçeşme Palace. The marriage was childless. In 1924 they settled in Beirut, where Hikmet Paşa died in 1942. She was allowed to return to Istanbul, where she eventually died. She was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

Şehzâde Mehmed Burhâneddîn Efendi (19.12.1885 - 15.6.1949): son of Mezîde Mestân Kadınefendi, he was a composer, a painter, a piano and a cello virtuoso. He was circumcised with his elder brothers Abdülkadir and Ahmed Nûrî in 1890. He was named after Abdülhamid II's favourite brother and for a while he was his favourite son, sitting next to him in carriages, to the point that there were talks that he would be named Crown Prince. He was offered the Kingdom of Albania in 1913 but he refused because he did not want to waive his rights to the Ottoman throne. In the summer of 1921 he was offered the throne of Iraq but Great Britain had another candidate in mind and instead enthroned Faysal, former King of Syria. He had 4 wives: Hidâyet Hanımefendi, Aliyye Melek Nazlıyâr “Yalçın” Hanımefendi, Lady Georgina Leonora Mosselmans, Marquess of Queensberry (the marriage was not recognised by the Caliph of Islam and was therefore morganatic) and lastly Elsie Deming Jackson (another morganatic marriage not recognised by the head of the Ottoman dynasty). Burhâneddîn Efendi had two sons: Mehmed Fahreddin Efendi (14.11.1911 - 13.7.1968) and Ertuğrul Osman Efendi (13/31.8.1912-23.9.2009), later head of the Ottoman dynasty. Burhâneddîn Efendi died in New York at the age of 63 but when his family asked for permission to bury him in Istanbul, the Turkish government denied it and was therefore buried in the Sultan Selim Mosque in Damascus. 

Şadiye Sultan (1886/87-20.11.1977): daughter of Emsâl-i Nûr Kadınefendi, she learned to play European music from Lombardi Bey and Turkish music from Tanburi Cemil Bey. In 1909 she was engaged to Ali Namik Bey, Grand Vizier Küçük Mehmed Saïd Paşa's son, but before the marriage could take place, Abdülhamid II was dethroned. Şadiye Sultan did not like the Grand Vizier's behaviour during the 31 March Incident and therefore broke the engagement with his son in 1910. Enver Bey asked for her hand but she refused him as he worked to depose her father. In the end she married Fahir Beyefendi in 1910, a diplomat. With him she had her only child: Sâmiye Hanım-Sultan (1918-1992). Fahir Beyefendi died in 1922 and two years later, Şadiye and her daughter were expelled from Turkey. They settled in Paris, where Şadiye married Reşâd Hâlis Beyefendi in 1931. Her second marriage produced no children. Left a widow in 1938, she first followed her daughter to the USA and then travelled extensively in Europe before going back to Istanbul 1953. She died there in 1977 and, with the permission of the government, she was buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II. 

Hamîde Ayşe Sultan (1/2.11.1887-10.8.1960): daughter of Müşfika Kadınefendi, she was born in Yıldız Palace. She received her education with her sister Şadiye in a special room in Yeniköşk which had been built to be a classroom. Their education plan was extensive: the Qur'an, history of the Empire, geography, music, French, and even painting. She learned how to play the Hamidiye March (the anthem of the Ottoman Empire) and also composed lullabies. She was engaged to Ahmed Nâmî Beyefendi in 1908 and married him 1911 in a double ceremony with her younger sister Refia Sultan. With him, she had three children: Ömer Nâmî Beyefendi (1911-17.3.1993), Aliyye Namiye Hanım-Sultan (1913-1913) and Osman Nâmî Beyefendi (13.1.1918-2010). In 1921 she met Lieutenant Colonel Mehmed Ali Bey, son of Mehmed Raûf Paşa and aide to Sultan Mehmed VI, at a feast in Dolmabahçe Palace. The two fell in love at first sight but Mehmed Ali Bey was married with children. Nevertheless, they both divorced their spouses and got married on 3 April 1921 in Nişantaşı Palace. A year later, Sultânzâde Abdülhamîd Raûf Beyefendi (1921–3.1981) was born. After 1924 she moved to Paris with her family, where they rented a small apartment near Versailles. In 1937, Mehmed Ali Bey died and, according to Ayşe Sultan, because of homesickness. In 1950, female members of the dynasty were allowed to go back to Turkey and in 1952 Ayşe Sultan went back to Istanbul and adopted Osmanoğlu as surname. She lived with her mother Müşfika Kadınefendi, now called Müşfika Kayısoy, and worked at her memoirs My father, Abdülhamid. Ayşe Osmanoğlu died at the age of 73 and was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery. 

Refia Sultan (13/15.6.1891-1938/1945): daughter of Sâzkâr Başhanımefendi, she was born in Yıldız Palace. She married Ali Fuâd Beyefendi in 1912, the son of Müşir Ahmed Eyüb Paşa, and had two daughters with him: Rabî’a Hanım-Sultan (13.7.1911 - 19.6.1988) and Ayşe Hamide Hanım-Sultân (1918 - 1936) 

Şehzâde Abdürrahîm Hayrî Efendi (15.8.1894 - 1.1.1952): son of Hadîce Râbia Peyveste Hanımefendi, he was an extraordinary musician, being able to play several instruments among which the piano, the cello and the mandolin. He received 2 votes at the Grand Assembly of Turkey but in the end it was Abdülmecîd Efendi who was elected Caliph. He married Princess Emîne Hanımefendi of Egypt and had a daughter with her: Mihr-i Mâh Selçuk Sultan (15.6.1920 - 1982). Abdürrahîm Hayrî Efendi died on the night of New Year's Eve after ingesting too many sleeping pills. He was buried in Pairs. 

Hadîce Sultan (10.7.1897 - 14.2.1898): daughter of Fatma Pesend Hanımefendi, she died of smallpox and was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery. 

Aliyye Sultan: died a couple of days after her birth, around 1900. 

Cemile Sultan: died a couple of days after her birth, around 1900. 

Şehzâde Ahmed Nûreddîn Efendi (22.6.1901 - 1944): son of Behîce Hanımefendi and twin brother of Mehmed Bedreddîn Efendi, he was a very good pianist. He was studied in Germany until the end of 1918, when he settled in Paris. He wrote some memoirs and sent them to his sister Ayşe. He never married and died in Paris, where he was buried.

Şehzâde Mehmed Bedreddîn Efendi (22.6.1901-13.10.1903): son of Behîce Hanımefendi and twin brother of Ahmed Nûreddîn Efendi, he died of meningitis and was buried in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery. 

Şehzâde Mehmed Âbid Efendi (17.5.1905 - 8.12.1973): son of Sâliha Nâciye Kadınefendi, after 1924 he first asked to go to Egypt but was denied entry, therefore he lived for a while with his brother Mehmed Selim in Beirut. In 1935, he arrived in France, where he attended the Sorbonne and graduated in Political Sciences. The Japanese emperor considered him a candidate for the throne of Turkistan; Zog I of Albania also thought of making him Crown Prince, as at the moment he had no issue. Mehmed Abid Efendi was Albania's ambassador to Paris until 1939, when Zog I was overthrown by Fascist Italy. He married an Albanian princess, Seniyye Hanımefendi (born Sanije Zogu) but had no issue. After divorcing in 1951 he settled in Beirut, where he died. He was buried in the Sultan Selim Mosque in Damascus. 

Sâmiye Sultan (16.1.1908 - 24.1.1909): daughter of Sâliha Nâciye Kadınefendi, she died of pneumonia at the age of one. She was buried either in the Şehzâde Kemâleddîn Mausoleum or in the Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

sources: Harun Açba - Kadın Efendiler, Yılmaz Öztuna - II. Abdülhamid, Zamanı ve Şahsiyeti, Necdet Sakaoğlu - Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları

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On this day, 12 September, in Ottoman history:

12 September 1687 - death of Haseki Hatice Muazzez Sultan: consort of Ibrahim I and mother of the future Ahmed II, on 11th September 1687 a big fire erupted in the Old Palace, where she lived. The fire lasted five hours and many of the servants saved their lives with great difficulty. Hatice Muazzez was reportedly so frightened that the following day she promptly died. She was buried near the palace in Üsküdar.

12 September 1889 - death of Senior Ikbal Neveser Hanım: Senior Ikbal of Sultan Abdülmecid, she was born in 1841 in Abkhazia to Mısost Bey Eşba and Tulu Hanım. Her real name was Esma. In 1853 she entered palace service and, after five years of training, she became one of Abdülmecid's consorts. She was not that tall, with long curly brown hair and green eyes. She played the piano very well and loved horses. For this reason, Abdülmecid built a mansion on a hill behind Dolmabahçe Palace for her excursions on horse. After a while, Neveser Hanım moved there permanently. She had no children from the sultan. During the reign of Abdülhamid II, she had a special pavilion at Yıldız Palace, being one of his favourite step-mothers. She died there on 12 September 1889.

12 September 1892 - birth of Fatma Ulviye Sultan: eldest daughter of Mehmed VI Vahideddin and Senior Imperial Consort Emine Nazikeda Kadın, she was born in Çengelköy, where her father lived during the reign of Abdülhamid II. In 1916, Crown Prince Yusuf İzzeddin Efendi committed suicide and her father Mehmed Vahideddin became Crown Prince in its stead. Ulviye Sultan was immediately betrothed to the son of the former Grand Vizier Ahmed Tevfik Paşa, Ismail Hakkı (Okday) Bey, and married to him by Şeyhülislam Hayri Efendi on 10 August 1916 in Dolmabahçe Palace. With him she had her only child: Suade Hümeyra Hanımsultan. İsmail Hakkı Bey was an old friend of Mustafa Kemal's, so in 1920 he secretly left Istanbul to join his cause. Ulviye Sultan divorced him and on 1 November 1923, she married Zülüflü İsmail Paşa's son Ali Haydar (Germiyanoğlu) Bey, but a couple of months later they were forced to leave Turkey with the rest of the Ottoman Dynasty. They lived in Menton until Vahideddin's death in 1926, then they settled in Alexandria, Egypt. They were allowed to Istanbul in 1952, where they both died. Fatma Ulviye Sultan on 25 January 1967 and was buried in the Aşiyan cemetery.

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On this day, 26 August, in Ottoman history

26 August 1814 - birth of Şehzade Mehmed: the first of three sons of Mahmud II to be called Mehmed, he would died only three months later, in November 1814.

26 August 1848 - birth of Behice Sultan: daughter of Sultan Abdülmecid and Third İkbal Nesrin Hamın, she was born in Çırağan Palace. Behice was infected with tuberculosis, the illness which would later kill both her parents, in childhood and was treated by foreign doctors for years, thus delaying her marriage. The princess, though, wanted to get married as soon as possible and pushed for a betrothal. Her uncle Abdülaziz, who succeeded her father, chose Halil Hamid Paşazade Hamid Bey for her, who was said to have been good-looking and well-dressed. Behice did not know her betrothed but her sister Refia, who was not ill and so not confined, told her in a letter that she had seen him from a window and liked him very much. Her younger sister Seniha too would send her letters, in an attempt to cheer the poor confined princess up. Finally, it was decided that Behice and Hamid Bey would get married in 1876, but their happiness was short-lived: Behice Sultan died on November 30th, only 14 days after the wedding. She was buried in the mausoleum of her great-grandmother Nakşıdil Sultan.

26 August 1873 - birth of Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin: eldest son of the future Mehmed V Reşad and his Senior Imperial Consort Kamures Başkadınefendi. He had five consorts: Perniyan Hamın, Unsiyar Hamın, Perizad Hamın, Melek Seyran Hamın and Neshemend Hamın. Through them, he fathered eight children: Behiye Sultan (1900 - 1950), Dürriye Sultan (1905 - 1922), Rukiye Sultan (1906 - 1927), Hayriye Sultan (1908 - 1943), Şehzade Mehmed Nazim (1910 - 1984), Lutfiye Sultan (1910 - 1997), Şehzade Ömer Fevzi (1912 - 1986), and Mihrimah Sultan (1920 - 2000). Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin died on 30 January 1938 in Alexandria, Egypt, and was buried in Cairo.

26 August 1884 - death of Fatma Sultan: eldest daughter of Sultan Abdülmecid and Fifth Imperial Consort Gülcemal Kadınefendi, she was Sultan Reşad and Refia Sultan's full sister. At the age of 14 she was engaged to Ali Galip Bey, who was 25. They were married on 10 August 1854 but the marriage was short-lived as Galip Bey, now Paşa, drowned at sea on 14 September 1858. She secondly married Mabeynci Mehmed Nuri Bey, though Fatma had asked for the more handsome Mabeynci Salih Paşa. They were married on 24 March 1859 and had two children together: Sultanzade Mehmed Fuad (1859-1862) and Emine Lutfiye Hanımsultan (1863-1866). Fatma Sultan was Murad V's favourite sister and she was especially happy when their uncle Abdülaziz was dethroned in his favour. Unfortunately it was not to be, and Murad V was himself dethroned for their younger brother Abdülhamid II. The new sultan deeply distrusted Damat Nuri Paşa and exiled him to Saudi Arabia, where he died. Thus, Fatma became one of the opponents to the new regime and was one of the conspirators - together with her siblings Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin, Şehzade Suleyman, Seniha Sultan, and Seniha Sultan's husband and sons - to free Murad V from Çırağan Palace and reinstate him on the throne. She again defied Abdülhamid II when she ordered the guards around Çırağan to ler her in: “Indeed! And just who is preventing me from entering? Is it that miserable blackguard? Who does he think he is, trying to keep me from visiting my brother? I want to see my brother, and until I do, I am not moving! I shall spend the night here if I must!” Afterwards, she was forced back into her villa until her death on 26 August 1884.

26 August 1971 - death of Rukiye Sabiha Sultan: third daughter of Mehmed VI and Emine Nazikeda Başkadın, she was born in Ortaköy Palace. Her mother suffered greatly after her birth and wasn’t able to have any more children. Her hand was offered to Mustafa Kemal Paşa (the future Mustafa Kemal Atatürk) but in the end the princess married her cousin Ömer Faruk Efendi, son of Caliph Abdülmecid II, in an attempt to join the two branches of the Dynasty. The celebration took place on 29 April 1920 in Yıldız Palace. She gave birth to Neslişah Hanım Sultan on 2 February 1921 in Nişantaşı Palace, Zehra Hanzade Hanım Sultan on 12 September 1923 in Dolmabahçe Palace, and Necla Hibetullah Hanım Sultan on 14 September 1927 in Nice, France. In 1938, the family moved to Egypt, where her eldest daughter married the heir of the last khedive of Egypt. In 1948 Sabiha Sultan and Ömer Faruk divorced, and the princess returned to Istanbul in 1952. She lived in the mansion in Çengelköy of her daughter Zehra Hanzade until her death on 26 August 1971. She was buried next to her sister Ulviye in Aşiyan Asri Cemetery.

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On this day, 4 April, in Ottoman history

4 April 1887 - wedding of the future Sultan Mehmed V Reşad and Mihrengiz Kadın; she gave birth to Prince Ömer Hilmi Efendi a year after the wedding. She was frail and thin, the only one among the sultan’s wives, because she was perpetually sick. 

4 April 1941 - death of Emine Nazikeda Kadın; princess Emine Marşania was born on 9 October 1866 in Tsebelda, her parents were Prince Hasan Ali Bey Marşania and Princess Fatma Horecan Hanım Aredba. In 1876 she was sent with her sisters Daryal and Naciye, and her cousins Amine, Rumeysa, Pakize, Fatma and Kamile to the household of Cemile Sultan. She educated them very well and Emine Nazikeda learnt how to play the piano. In the summer 1879 she was noticed by Şehzade Vahideddin, the future Mehmed VI, while she was playing with Cemile Sultan’s daughter Fatma Hanımsultan. They got married in June 1885 in Ortaköy Palace and for twenty years she was Mehmed VI’s only wife. She gave birth to Fenire Sultan in 1888, who died shortly after birth, to Ulviye Sultan in 1892 and to Sabiha Sultan 1894. Her third pregnancy left her unable to have more children. In 1918 her husband became sultan and she became his Senior Imperial Consort. She was loved and respected by all; she was patron of several schools and hospitals, and even invited Russian exiles to Yıldız Palace. Princess Leyla Açba described her as “a very beautiful woman with long brown hair, light brown eyes, plump and with pale skin”. She was imprisoned in Feriye Palace after Mehmed VI was exiled in 1922, and she joined hin in San Remo only in 1924 until his death in 1926. Afterwards she settled first in Menton, France, with her daughter, and then in Cairo, where she died on 4 April 1941. She was the last “empress” of the Ottoman Empire.