Rumeysa Hayrıdil Aredba (born Princess Hatice Aredba; 1873 - 1927) was an
Abkhazian princess. She was a lady-in-waiting to
Nazikeda Kadın, wife of
Mehmed VI
Mehmed VI Vahideddin ( ota, محمد سادس ''Meḥmed-i sâdis'' or ''Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn''; tr, VI. Mehmed or /; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as Şahbaba () among the Osmanoğlu family, was the 36th and last Sultan of the O ...
, the last Sultan of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
. She is known for writing memoirs, which give details of the exile, and personality of Sultan Mehmed at
San Remo.
Life
Rumeysa Hanim was born as Hatice in 1873 in Abkhazia. She was a member of the Abkazian princely family, Aredba. Her father was Prince Halil Bey Aredba. She had an elder sister Amine Seten who was renamed Nazikeda, and married to
Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin
Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin ( ota, شهزادہ یوسف عزالدین; 29 September 1857 – 1 February 1916) was an Ottoman prince, the eldest son of Sultan Abdulaziz and his first wife Dürrünev Kadın.
Early life and education
Şehzade Yusuf I ...
, and a younger sister, Pakize Hanım, married to Esad Bey, a Hungarian.
In 1876, she had been brought to Istanbul as a young child, where she was entrusted to the imperial harem. She was then sent to
Cemile Sultan
Cemile Sultan ( ota, جمیله سلطان; "''beautiful, radiant''"; 17 August 1843 – 26 February 1915) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Düzdidil Hanım. She was the half sister of Sultans Murad V, Abdul Hami ...
's palace in Kandilli, where her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Rumeysa Hayrıdil Hanim. After her cousin Emine who had been renamed
Nazikeda, married Şehzade Vahideddin (future Sultan
Mehmed VI
Mehmed VI Vahideddin ( ota, محمد سادس ''Meḥmed-i sâdis'' or ''Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn''; tr, VI. Mehmed or /; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as Şahbaba () among the Osmanoğlu family, was the 36th and last Sultan of the O ...
) in 1885, she became senior
lady-in-waiting
A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom sh ...
to her.
She spent most of her life with the family of Sultan Mehmed. At the exile of the imperial family in 1924, she accompanied them to
San Remo. During the exile she wrote memoirs which give details of the exile, and personality of Sultan Mehmed, by the name of ''Sultan Vahdeddinin San Remo Günleri''. After Mehmed's death in 1926, she returned to
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
, where she died of cancer in 1927.
See also
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Leyla Achba
Leyla Gülefşan Achba (10 August 1898 – 6 November 1931) was an Abkhazian princess. She was a lady-in-waiting to Nazikeda Kadın, wife of Mehmed VI, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. She is known for writing memoirs, which give det ...
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Şahinde Hanım
Şahinde Hanım ( ota, شاہندہ خانم; born Princess Kezban Marshania; 1895 – 15 March 1924) was an Abkhazian princess. She was a lady-in-waiting to Nazikeda Kadın, wife of Mehmed VI, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Life
Şahi ...
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1870s births
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20th-century women writers from the Ottoman Empire
People from the Ottoman Empire of Abkhazian descent
Ladies-in-waiting of the Ottoman Empire
19th-century women from the Ottoman Empire
20th-century memoirists
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire