Mehmed Orhan
Şehzade Mehmed Orhan | |
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Şehzade Ertuğrul Osman | |
Born | Naime Sultan Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | 12 October 1909
Died | 12 March 1994 Nice, France | (aged 84)
Burial | 14 March 1994 East Side Cemetery, Nice, France |
Spouse | Nafia Hanım
(m. 1932; div. 1933)Marguerite Fournier
(m. 1940; div. 1945)Francesca Franchetti
(unknown) |
Ottoman | |
Father | Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir |
Mother | Mihriban Hanım |
Şehzade Mehmed Orhan Efendi (
Early life
Şehzade Mehmed Orhan was born on 12 October 1909 in Üsküdar.[3] According to his aunt Ayşe Sultan, he was born in Naime Sultan's palace.[4] His father was Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, son of Abdul Hamid II and Bidar Kadın, and his mother was Mihriban Hanım,[4] and ethnic Abkhazian.[5] After his parents divorced in 1913, he and his mother went to live in with his uncle.[6] He was then enrolled in Galatasaray High School.[6] and Robert College[7]
Life in exile
At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Mehmed Orhan settled in Budapest, Hungary. He then went to live with his uncle in Beirut, Lebanon, and then to his aunt Naime Sultan in Nice, France. From here he moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina where he lived for two and a half years.[6][2]
Mehmed Orhan worked as
From 1983, following the death of Ali Vâsib, he served as the head of the imperial house from his home in Nice, France.[9] In a 1990 feature in Life magazine, he said his legacy is "both sacred and laughable," and said, "To be Ottoman is to know how to breathe with time."[10]
Personal life
Mehmed Orhan's first wife was Nafia Hanım. She was the third daughter of Ali Reza
His second wife was Marguerite Fournier, a French woman. They married in 1940 in Paris. They were parents of a son, Şehzade Mehmed Selim, born in 1943. The two divorced in 1945.[13] His third wife was Francesca Franchetti, who was the daughter of an Italian baron. They were married for seven years. The two together had a daughter named Ayten Sultan,[13] born in the 1940s.[14]
Death
Mehmed Orhan died at the age of eighty-four on 12 March 1994 in Nice, France.[6][15] He was buried two days later on 14 March in the East Side Cemetery in Nice.[15] In 2010, Nice Municipality removed the bones from his grave and placed them into the ossuaire number 3 in the same cemetery, citing the fact that the license to use the burial place was not paid for years and the family couldn't be reached.[16]
Issue
Mehemd Orhan avait un fils biologique, un fils adoptif et deux filles:
- Fatma Necla Sultan[17] Germann (born Cairo, 14 September 1933 – Zürich, 2010) – with Nafia Hanim,[16] married and had two sons:
- Şehzade Mehmed Selim[17] Osmanoğlu (born Paris, 3 October 1943) – with Marguerite Fournier, married and had one daughter:[13]
- Claris Sultan Osmanoğlu (born 1971);[14]
- Ayten Sultan[17] Osmanoğlu (born 1940s) – with Francesca Franchetti.[14]
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See also
- Line of succession to the former Ottoman throne
References
- ^ Kessler, P L (24 April 1915). "Kingdoms of Anatolia". Ottoman Empire. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Mehmet Orhan Osmanoğlu Kimdir? Bir Sürgün Öyküsü". NetNedir (in Turkish). 25 August 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Bardakçı 2008, p. 13.
- ^ ISBN 978-6-050-81202-2.
- ^ Kırpık, Cevdet (2011). Şehzade Evliliklerinde Değişim Changes in the Marriage of Ottoman Princes. p. 171.
- ^ a b c d Ekinci, Ekrem. "PADİŞAH OLACAKTI, MEZARI BİLE YOK: ŞEHZÂDE ORHAN EFENDİ". Ekrem Buğra Ekinci (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Şehzade Mehmed Orhan Efendi'nin Murat Bardakçı'yla Röportajı (1993), retrieved 16 March 2022
- ^ Pope, Hugh (21 July 1992). "Oldest Ottoman to come home at last". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
- ^ "Kings in the Wings." Life. March 1990: 45.
- ^ ISBN 978-9-750-80878-4.
- ^ Bardakçı 2008, p. 21.
- ^ a b c Bardakçı 2008, p. 23.
- ^ ISBN 978-975-10-2616-3.
- ^ a b "Osmanlı şehzadesine büyük saygısızlık". Sabah (in Turkish). 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ a b PAZAN, İbrahim (18 December 2014). "HANEDAN NEREDE ÖLDÜ NEREYE GÖMÜLDÜ?". ibrahimpazan.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ a b c Eğrikar, Özge; EĞRİKAR/İSTANBUL, Özge (21 May 2019). "Sultan 2. Abdülhamid'in miras davasında ilk tanık". hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 February 2021.
Sources
- Bardakçı, Murat (2008). Son Osmanlılar: Osmanlı Hanedanı'nın Sürgün ve Miras Öyküsü. İnkılâp. ISBN 978-9-751-02616-3.