Ertuğrul Osman

Ertuğrul Osman
Ertuğrul Osman
His Imperial Highness The Prince (Şehzade) of Ottoman Empire
	Ottoman Dynasty
Father	Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin
Mother	Aliye Melek Nazlıyar Hanım

Şehzade Ertuğrul Osman Efendi (

surname as required by the Turkish Republic (18 August 1912 – 23 September 2009), was a Prince of the Ottoman Empire and the 43rd Head of the Imperial House of Osman

from 1994 until his death.

Until the abolition of the monarchy on 1 November 1922, Osman was addressed as

His Imperial Highness Şehzade Ertuğrul Osman Efendi Hazretleri, Imperial Prince of the Ottoman Empire.^[1] He is known in Turkey as "the Last Ottoman".^[2]

Biography

Şehzade Ertuğrul Osman was born on 18 August 1912 in

Ottoman Army. Ertuğrul Osman's mother was Burhaneddin's second consort, Aliye Melek Nazlıyar Hanım (Adapazarı, 13 October 1892 – Ankara, 31 August 1976), daughter of Huseyin Bey. They married at Nişantaşı, Nişantaşı Palace, Pera (today Beyoğlu) on 7 June 1909 and divorced in 1919. Osman's paternal grandparents were Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Mezidemestan Kadın

.

In 1924, while studying in Vienna, Austria, he received news that all members of the Sultan's family were to be exiled.^[2] He lived in the United States from 1933 and later resided in New York City. He was educated in mining engineering. He worked as consultant for a Canadian company Wells Overseas which often sent him to South America.^[4]

Osman lived modestly in Manhattan after 1945, residing in a two-bedroom apartment above a restaurant.^[2]^[5] He returned to Turkey in 1992, having been invited by the country's government.^[2] At that time, he observed, "Democracy works well in Turkey."^[6] He became the 43rd Head of the Imperial House of Osman in 1994.

Osman was granted a Turkish passport and citizenship in 2004.

Osman spoke Turkish, English, German and French fluently and understood Italian and Spanish.

He died aged 97 on 23 September 2009.

President of the Republic of Turkey both sent condolences to the Imperial family. The Prime Minister also later visited Osman's widow at a former Imperial Palace to express his condolences.^{[citation needed}

]

Marriages

He was married twice, first in

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from a deep-rooted Ottoman family. He was married to Zeynep until his death at 97 years of age.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ertuğrul Osman

8.

Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin

10. Kaymat Bey Mikanba

5. Mezidemestan Kadın

1. Şehzade Ertuğrul Osman

6. Hüseyin Bey

3. Aliye Melek Nazlıyar Hanım

References

^ The style remained available to him thereafter as international protocol dictates that former Monarchs and members of non-abdicated royal families still retain the use of their style and title for the duration of their lifetime, but both die with them. For example, Greece's deposed king is still technically His Majesty King Constantine II of the Hellenes, as a personal title, not a constitutional office, since the abolition of the monarchy by the Hellenic Republic in 1974.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "'Last Ottoman' dies in Istanbul". BBC. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
^ "Ertugrul Osman". The Telegraph. 27 September 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
^ The Globe and Mail: September 2009: Turkish Prince was an heir without an empire
^ ^a ^b ^c Bernstein, Fred A. (26 March 2006). "Not Quite a Castle, but It's Home". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bilefsky, Dan. "Weary of Modern Fictions, Turks Glory in Splendor of Ottoman Past," New York Times. 5 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Head of the former Ottoman dynasty dies". Associated Press. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
^ ^a ^b
Obituaries from the Zaman newspaper:
- Unattributed (25 September 2009). "Osmanoğlu, the eldest Ottoman dynasty member, passes away". Today's Zaman. p. 6. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
- Demirci, Mehmet; Özdemir, Yavuz (24 September 2009). "Osmanlı hanedanının en kıdemli üyesi hayatını kaybetti".
  Zaman Gazetesi (in Turkish). p. 32. Archived from the original
  on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2009.

^ Watson, Ivan; Comert, Yesim (26 September 2009). "Turks mourn relative of Ottoman sultan". CNN. Retrieved 26 September 2009.

External links

Ottoman Club
Ertugrul Osman – Daily Telegraph obituary

Ertuğrul Osman House of Osman Born: 18 August 1912 Died: 23 September 2009
Preceded by Mehmed Orhan	Head of the Osmanoğlu family 12 March 1994 – 23 September 2009	Succeeded by Bayezid Osman

[1] The style remained available to him thereafter as international protocol dictates that former Monarchs and members of non-abdicated royal families still retain the use of their style and title for the duration of their lifetime, but both die with them. For example, Greece's deposed king is still technically His Majesty King Constantine II of the Hellenes, as a personal title, not a constitutional office, since the abolition of the monarchy by the Hellenic Republic in 1974.

[bbc_obituary-2] "'Last Ottoman' dies in Istanbul". BBC. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.

[tel27sep-3] "Ertugrul Osman". The Telegraph. 27 September 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

[4] The Globe and Mail: September 2009: Turkish Prince was an heir without an empire

[nyt-5] Bernstein, Fred A. (26 March 2006). "Not Quite a Castle, but It's Home". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 May 2010.

[bilefsky-6] Bilefsky, Dan. "Weary of Modern Fictions, Turks Glory in Splendor of Ottoman Past," New York Times. 5 December 2009.

[Head_of_the_former_Ottoman_dynasty_dies-7] "Head of the former Ottoman dynasty dies". Associated Press. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.

[zaman_obituary-8] Obituaries from the Zaman newspaper:
Unattributed (25 September 2009). "Osmanoğlu, the eldest Ottoman dynasty member, passes away". Today's Zaman. p. 6. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.

Demirci, Mehmet; Özdemir, Yavuz (24 September 2009). "Osmanlı hanedanının en kıdemli üyesi hayatını kaybetti".
Zaman Gazetesi (in Turkish). p. 32. Archived from the original
on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2009.

[9] Unattributed (25 September 2009). "Osmanoğlu, the eldest Ottoman dynasty member, passes away". Today's Zaman. p. 6. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.

[10] Demirci, Mehmet; Özdemir, Yavuz (24 September 2009). "Osmanlı hanedanının en kıdemli üyesi hayatını kaybetti".
Zaman Gazetesi (in Turkish). p. 32. Archived from the original
on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2009.

[cnnfuneral-9] Watson, Ivan; Comert, Yesim (26 September 2009). "Turks mourn relative of Ottoman sultan". CNN. Retrieved 26 September 2009.

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1st generation	Alaeddin Pasha Orhan
2nd generation	Süleyman Pasha Murad I Şehzade Halil
3rd generation	Savcı Bey Yakub Çelebi Bayezid I
4th generation	Süleyman Çelebi İsa Çelebi Mehmed I Musa Çelebi Mustafa Çelebi
5th generation	Murad II Küçük Mustafa
6th generation	Mehmed II Orhan Çelebi
7th generation	Bayezid II Cem Sultan
8th generation	Şehzade Ahmet Şehzade Korkut Selim I Şehzade Abdullah Şehzade Mahmud Şehzade Murad
9th generation	Suleiman I Şehzade Murad Üveys Pasha
10th generation	Şehzade Mustafa Şehzade Mehmed Şehzade Abdullah Selim II Şehzade Bayezid Şehzade Cihangir
11th generation	Murad III
12th generation	Mehmed III Sultan Yahya
13th generation	Şehzade Mahmud Ahmed I Mustafa I
14th generation	Osman II Şehzade Mehmed Murad IV Şehzade Bayezid Şehzade Süleyman Şehzade Kasım Ibrahim
15th generation	Şehzade Ömer Mehmed IV Suleiman II Ahmed II
16th generation	Mustafa II Ahmed III
17th generation	Mahmud I Osman III Mustafa III Abdul Hamid I
18th generation	Selim III Mustafa IV Mahmud II Şehzade Selim
19th generation	Abdulmejid I Abdulaziz Mustafa Efendi
20th generation	Murad V Abdul Hamid II Mehmed V Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin Şehzade Selim Süleyman Mehmed VI Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin Abdulmejid II Şehzade Mehmed Şevket Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin
21st generation	Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin Şehzade Mehmed Selim Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin Şehzade Ahmed Nuri Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin Şehzade Ömer Hilmi Şehzade Mehmed Cemaleddin Şehzade Abdurrahim Hayri Şehzade Mehmed Abdülhalim Şehzade Ömer Faruk Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin Mehmed Abdulaziz Şehzade Mahmud Şevket Şehzade Mehmed Şerafeddin Şehzade Ahmed Tevhid Şehzade Mehmed Abid Şehzade Mehmed Nizameddin Şehzade Mehmed Ertuğrul
22nd generation	Şehzade Ahmed Nihad Şehzade Osman Fuad Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim Mehmed Orhan Ertuğrul Osman Şehzade Mahmud Namık Bayezid Osman
23rd generation	Şehzade Ali Vasib Dündar Ali Osman Harun Osman

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