Dürriye Sultan ( ota, دريه سلطان; "''shining''"; 3 August 1905 15 July 1922) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of

Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin ( ota, شهزادہ محمد ضیاالدین; 26 August 1873 – 30 January 1938) was an Ottoman prince, eldest son of Sultan Mehmed V and his senior consort Kamures Kadın. Early life Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin was bor ...

, son of

Mehmed V Mehmed V Reşâd ( ota, محمد خامس, Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; tr, V. Mehmed or ; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) reigned as the 35th and penultimate Ottoman Sultan (). He was the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I. He succeeded his half-brother ...

Early life

Dürriye Sultan was born on 3 August 1905 in the

Dolmabahçe Palace Dolmabahçe Palace ( tr, Dolmabahçe Sarayı, ) located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosporus strait, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and from 1909 t ...

. Her father was

and her mother was Ünsiyar Hanım. She was the second child and daughter of her father and the eldest child of her mother. She had a sister, Rukiye Sultan, one year younger than her, and a brother Şehzade Mehmed Nazım, five years younger than her. She was the granddaughter of Sultan

and

Kamures Kadın Kamures Kadın ( ota, کامرس قادین; meaning "Bringer of pleasure"; called also Gamres, Kamres or Kamus Kadın; 5 March 1855 – 30 April 1921) was the first and chief consort of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire. Early years Kamures ...

. In 1915, she began her education with her sister and brother. Their teacher was Safiye Ünüvar, who taught them the Quran. In 1918, after the death of her grandfather, she moved to her father's villa located at Haydarpasha, where she occupied the first floor with her mother and sister. After a while her teacher Safiye Ünüvar also came to her apartment to live with her.

Marriage

Dürriye married Sultanzade Mehmed Cahid Osman Bey, son of

Naime Sultan Fatma Naime Sultan ( ota, فاطمه نعيمه سلطان, "''who one abstain''" and "''tranquil''"; 5 September 1876 – 1945) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Bidar Kadın. Early life Naime Sultan was born ...

, a daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, and Mehmed Kemaleddin Pasha. The marriage took place on 26 March 1920 at the

Yıldız Palace Yıldız Palace ( tr, Yıldız Sarayı, ) is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in Istanbul, Turkey, built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was used as a residence by the sultan and his court in the late 19th ...

, and was performed by Şeyhülislam Haydarîzâde İbrahim Efendi. Her dowry was 1001 purses of gold. After the marriage she moved to Naime Sultan's Palace located at the seashore. Curiously, a marriage between her father and Mehmed Cahid's mother had been considered in the past. In the prenuptial agreement she was given the right to divorce her husband. The two divorced on 6 November 1921 with Şeyhülislam Nuri Efendi's assistance. After the two divorced, her husband married her maternal aunt Laverans Hanım, with whom he had one son, Bülent Osman Bey.

Death

Dürriye Sultan died of tuberculosis on 15 July 1922, at the age of sixteen, and was buried in Haydarpasha, Istanbul. In the same year, the Ayrılık Fountain was repaired in her memory.

Honours

* Order of the House of Osman

Ancestry

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Durriye Sultan 20th-century Ottoman princesses Royalty from Istanbul 1905 births 1922 deaths