Münire Sultan (daughter of Şehzade Kemaleddin)

Münire Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: منیره سلطان‎; 5 April 1880 – 7 October 1939) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin, the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I.

Münire Sultan
Born(1880-04-05)5 April 1880
Dolmabahçe Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died7 October 1939(1939-10-07) (aged 59)
Nice, France
Burial
Nice, France
Spouse
Mehmed Salih Pasha
​
(
m. 1907;
executed 
1913)
IssueSultanzade Ahmed Kemaleddin Bey
DynastyOttoman
FatherŞehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin
MotherFatma Sezadil Hanım
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Münire Sultan was born on 5 April 1880 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. Her father was Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin, and her mother was Fatma Sezadil Hanım.[1] She was the second child born to her father and mother. She had a sister Atiyeullah Sultan, two years elder then her, who died as a child. She was the granddaughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Verdicenan Kadın.[2]

Marriage

In 1907, Abdul Hamid arranged her marriage[3] to Mehmed Salih Pasha, son of Grand Vizier Hayreddin Pasha the Tunisian, who was one of Sultan Abdulmejid's grand viziers. The marriage took place on 10 January 1907 in the Yıldız Palace.[4] The two together had a son, Sultanzade Ahmed Kemaleddin Bey, born on 18 June 1908 in the Nişantaşı Palace.[2] Salih Pasha was accused of being in the assassination of the grand vizier General Mahmud Şevket Pasha and was condemned to death in 1913. Sultan Mehmed V signed the death sentence without any objection, and so Salih Pasha was hanged.[1][5]

Exile and death

At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Münire Sultan and her son settled in Nice, France. Here the two had very few financial means. And she was not around much, as she was still mourning the death of her husband.[5] She died on 7 October 1939 at aged fifty nine.[1][2]

Issue

Münire and Mehmed Salih had one son:

  • Sultanzade Ahmed Kemaleddin Bey (Nişantaşı Palace, 18 June 1908 - Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1987), married without issue;

Ancestry
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References
  1. Brookes 2010, p. 284.
  2. Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. pp. 8.
  3. Brookes 2010, p. 159.
  4. Haskan, Mehmet Nermi (2008). Eyüp Sultan tarihi, Volume 2. Eyüp Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları. p. 518. ISBN 978-9-756-08704-6.
  5. Bardakçı, Murat (2017). Neslishah: The Last Ottoman Princess. Oxford University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-9-774-16837-6.

Source
  • The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
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