Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin

Mehmed Ziyaeddin
General H.I.H. Prince Mehmed Ziyaeddin
Portrait of Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin Efendi drawn in 19th century
Born	26 August 1873 Ortaköy Palace, Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire
Died	30 January 1938 Alexandria, Egypt
Spouse	Perniyan Hanımefendi Ünsiyar Hanımefendi Perizad Hanımefendi Melekseyran Hanımefendi Neşemend Hanımefendi
Issue	Behice Sultan Şehzade Mehmed Nazım Efendi Dürriye Sultan Rukiye Sultan Hayriye Sultan Lutfiye Sultan Şehzade Ömer Fevzi Efendi Mihrimah Sultan
House	Imperial House of Osman
Father	Sultan Mehmed V Reşad
Mother	Kamres Kadın Efendi
Religion	Islam

Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin (26 August 1873 - 30 January 1938) was an Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Mehmed V and his first wive Kamres Kadın Efendi, an ethnic Circassian. He was educated privately. He received the Collar of the Hanedan-i-Ali-Osman and the Nişan-ı-Ali-Imtiyaz, and Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle of Prussia.

Imperial Ottoman Dynasty
Country	Ottoman Empire
Founded	1299
Founder	Osman I
Dissolution	1922

Biography

Mehmed Ziyaeddin Efendi lived most of his life in İstanbul in the restrictive surroundings of Dolmabahçe Palace. He was born in the apartments of the Ortaköy Palace, and then moved into the main palace once his father had become the Ottoman Sultan on 27 April 1909. Together with his brother, he tried to support his father during the difficult years of the First World War. Following the establishment of the Turkish Republic and the aboliton of the Ottoman Sultanate and the Ottoman Caliphate, the entire Imperial Ottoman family were forced into exile in March 1924. Life in exile was always very difficult since members of the Imperial Ottoman family had no financial means, and all yearned to return to their homeland. He died at the age of sixty five at Alexandria on 30 January 1938 and was buried in Khedive Tawfik Mausoleum, Cairo.

Marriages and Issue

Mehmed Ziyaeddin married five times:

First marriage and issue

He married firstly at Constantinople, Dolmabahçe Palace, on 5 January 1898 to Perniyan Hanımefendi (İzmit, 2 January 1880 - Alexandria, Egypt, 21 July 1947), daughter of Hüseyn Bey, and had:

• Behiye Sultan

Second marriage and issue

He married secondly at Constantinople, Dolmabahçe Palace, on 16 August 1903 to Ünsiyar Hanımefendi (Bandırma, 12 March 1887 - Alexandria, Egypt, 10 September 1934), daughter of Rıza Bey, and had:

• Şehzade Mehmed Nazım Efendi
• Dürriye Sultan
• Rukiye Sultan

Third marriage and issue

He married thirdly at Constantinople, Dolmabahçe Palace, on 18 January 1907 to Perizad Hanımefendi (İzmir, 14 October 1889 - Alexandria, Egypt, 14 September 1934), and had:

• Hayriye Sultan
• Lutfiye Sultan

Fourth marriage and issue

He married fourthly at Constantinople, Yıldız Palace, on 10 November 1911 to Melekseyran Hanımefendi (Batumi, Caucasus, 23 September 1890 - Istanbul, Turkey February 1966), née Hesne daughter of Osman Bey by his wife Mevlüde Hanım, and had:

• Şehzade Ömer Fevzi Efendi

Fifth marriage and issue

He married fifthly at Constantinople, Haydarpaşa Palace, on 10 February 1923 to Neşemend Hanım Efendi (Istanbul, c. 1905 - Alexandria, Egypt, 1 February 1934), née Ayşe, daughter of Mustafa by his wife Ayşe Hanım, and had:

• Mihrimah Sultan

References

• Garnett, Lucy Mary Jane. Ottoman Wonder Tales, Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 28 February 2008, ISBN 978-0-548-84021-4

Bibliography

• Osmanoğlu, Osman Selaheddin (2003). Bir Şehzadenin Hâtırâtı. Turkey: Yapı Kredi Yayınları. ISBN 975-08-0878-9. OCLC 469568294. Retrieved 20 July 2011.

External links

• "Ottoman Family". Official website of the immediate living descendants of the Ottoman Dynasty. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
• "Genealogy of the Ottoman Family". Retrieved 19 August 2008.
• Family Tree, descendants of Sultan Mahmud II. Retrieved 2011-02-28.