Edadil Kadın (; 1845 - 12 December 1875; meaning "The elegance of the heart") was a consort of Sultan
Abdulaziz
Abdulaziz (; ; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was overthrown in a government coup. He was a son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeded his brother Abdulmejid I in 1861.
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
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Life
She was Abkhazian and was the daughter of Prince Aredba Tandal Bey. She had at least one brother. She entered palace service at a young age, where she was especially liked by
Pertevniyal Sultan
Pertevniyal Sultan (, 1812 – 5 February 1883), was a consort of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, and valide sultan (queen mother) of their son, Sultan Abdulaziz.
Early life
The family lineage of Pertevniyal Sultan is disputed. She was most like ...
, Abdülaziz's mother and
Valide Sultan
Valide Sultan (, lit. "Sultana mother") was the title held by the mother of a ruling sultan of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans first formally used the title in the 16th century as an epithet of Hafsa Sultan (died 1534), mother of Sultan Suleima ...
. Edadil Kadın was presented to Abdulaziz after his accession to the throne by his half-sister,
Adile Sultan
Adile Sultan (; "''Justice''" or "''fairness''"; 23 May 1826 – 12 February 1899) was an Ottoman princess, a Diwan poet, and a philanthropist. She was the daughter of Sultan Mahmud II and half-sister of the Sultans Abdulmejid I and Abdulaziz.
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, as a token of reconciliation between brother and sister. She was described as beautiful, with brown hair and light blue eyes.
She married Abdulaziz in 1861 in the Dolmabahçe Palace, after his accession to the throne, and was given the title of "Second Kadın". A year after the marriage, on 14 November 1862, she gave birth to her first child, a son,
Åžehzade Mahmud Celaleddin
Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi (; 14 November 1862 – 1 September 1888) was an Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Abdulaziz and his consort Edadil Kadın.
Early life
Celaleddin was born on 14 November 1862 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. His father ...
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Four years later, on 30 November 1866, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter, Emine Sultan, who died on 23 January 1867.
Death
Edadil died on 12 December 1875
in the Dolmabahçe Palace, a year before her Abdulaziz's death, because sadness for her brither's premature death, and was buried in the mausoleum of Sultan
Mahmud II
Mahmud II (, ; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. Often described as the "Peter the Great of Turkey", Mahmud instituted extensive administrative, military, and fiscal reforms ...
, located at Divan Yolu street.
Issue
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Kadın (title)
Kadın () was the title given to the imperial consort of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire towards the beginning of the seventeenth century. The title came into official usage at the end of the century, and remained in usage until the nineteenth and ...
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Ottoman Imperial Harem
The Imperial Harem () of the Ottoman Empire was the Ottoman sultan's harem – composed of the concubines, wives, servants (both female slaves and eunuchs), female relatives and the sultan's concubines – occupying a secluded portion (serag ...
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List of consorts of the Ottoman sultans
This is a list of consorts of the Ottoman sultans, the wives and concubines of the monarchs of the Ottoman Empire who ruled over the transcontinental empire from its inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922.
Honorific and titles
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19th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans