Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin Efendi (; 23 June 1878 – 27 June 1913) was an Ottoman prince, second son of Sultan

Mehmed V Mehmed V Reşâd (; or ; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) was the penultimate List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1918. Mehmed V reigned as a Constitutional monarchy, constitutional monarch. He had ...

and his second consort Dürriaden Kadın.

Early life

Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin was born on 23 June 1878 in the apartment of the crown prince,

Dolmabahçe Palace Dolmabahçe Palace ( ) is a 19th-century imperial palace located in Istanbul, Turkey, along the European shore of the Bosporus, which served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and from 1909 to 1922. Histor ...

. His father was

, son of

Abdulmejid I ʻAbd al-Majīd (ALA-LC romanization of , ), also spelled as Abd ul Majid, Abd ul-Majid, Abd ol Majid, Abd ol-Majid, and Abdolmajid, is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Maj ...

and

Gülcemal Kadın Gülcemal Kadın (; 1826 – 29 November 1851) was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I, and the mother of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire. Early life Of Bosnian origin, Gülcemal Kadın was born around 1826 at Sarajevo. She had one sister, ...

, and his mother was Dürriaden Kadın. He was circumcised with Şehzade Abdülkadir,

Abdülhamid II Abdulhamid II or Abdul Hamid II (; ; 21 September 184210 February 1918) was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1876 to 1909, and the last sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state. He oversaw a period of decline wit ...

’s son.

Public life

On 2 September 1909, Necmeddin travelled to Bursa with his father, Sultan Mehmed V, and brothers,

Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin Efendi (; 26 August 1873 – 30 January 1938) was an Ottoman prince, firstborn of Sultan Mehmed V, born by his first consort Kamures Kadın. Early life Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin was born on 26 August 1873 in his fathe ...

and

Şehzade Ömer Hilmi Şehzade Ömer Hilmi Efendi (; 2 March 1886 – 6 April 1935) was an Ottoman prince, the third son of Sultan Mehmed V, and his consort Mihrengiz Kadın. His great-granddaughter, Ayşe Gülnev Osmanoğlu, is currently an author of historical n ...

. On 13 June 1910, he and his brothers received

Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin Efendi (; ; 11 October 1857 – 1 February 1916) was an Ottoman prince, the eldest son of Sultan Abdülaziz and his first consort Dürrinev Kadın. Early life and education Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin was born on 29 Septe ...

at the Sirkeci railway station, when he came from a his first visit to Europe. On 5 June 1911, he and other princes received Izzeddin at the station after he came back from his second visit to Europe. Between 5 and 26 June 1911, Necmeddin travelled to Rumelia with his father and brothers.

Personal life

After his father's accession to the throne, Necmeddin was given apartments in the Dolmabahçe Palace, and

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. in 1910, he came into possession of a villa in Kuruçeşme. Here he sponsored a fountain in his mother's name after her death in 1909. Necmeddin liked music. He was described a person who engaged in conversation, and whose innate intelligence one grasped immediately. He was quite appealing of face, but suffered physical hindrances. He was born with kyphosis, morbidly obese, and his is left ear lay flat against his head. His ill health was of great concern to his mother.

Death

Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin died of diseases related to the stomach and heart on 27 June 1913, and was buried in the tomb of his father located in Eyüp. His palace in Kuruçeşme passed to his stepmother

Kamures Kadın Kamures Kadın (; 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 Kadın was born on 5 Mar ...

after his death.

Honours

* Order of the House of Osman * Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class * Order of the Medjidie, Jeweled * Hicaz Demiryolu Medal in Gold

Ancestry

References

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