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OTTOMANLADIES’ 2ND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

ottoman women who suffered miscarriages, stillbirths, became unable to have children or died in childbirth  – requested by anon

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On this day, 23 May, in Ottoman history

23 May 1825 - death of Münire Sultan: daughter of Mahmud II, she was born on 9 November 1822. The identity of her mother is unknown and the little princess died just two years later. The place where she is buried is unknown.

23 May 1826 - birth of Adile Sultan: daughter of Mahmud II and his Fourth Imperial Consort Zemigar Kadın, she is the only Ottoman Princess who composed a collection of poems. Her mother died when she was only three, then she lost her father at the age of thirteen. Her brother Abdülmecid I chose her husband: Mehmed Ali Paşa, who would later become Grand Vizier. The wedding celebrations started on June 7th 1845 in Haydarpaşa and lasted a week. Mehmed Ali Paşa died on 22 August 1898 after 23 years of marriage with Adile Sultan. Though relatively happy together, three of their four children died as infant. Only Hayriye Hanımsultan survived into adulthood. On 27 July 1868, her only daughter died and Adile Sultan sought refuge in concerts and parties to escape the grief. The Princess lived into the reign of Abdülhamid II and died on 12 January 1899, the last surviving daughter of Mahmud II. She was buried in the cemetery of Eyüp next to her daughter, her son-in-law, her other children who had died in infancy and also her grandchildren.