Fehime Sultan

Fehime Sultan

Fehime Sultan circa 1912
Born 2 August 1875
Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died 15 September 1929
Nice, France
Burial Yavuz Selim Mosque
Spouse Damat Ali Galip Pasha
Damat Mahmut Behçet Pasha
Issue adopted daughter Nemzâde Hanım
House House of Osman
Father Murad V
Mother Meyliservet Kadınefendi
Religion Islam

Fehime Sultan (2 August 1875 – 15 September 1929) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Murad V and his wife Meyliservet Kadınefendi, an ethnic Circassian.

Biography

Fehime Sultan was born as the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Murad V (1840–1904) and his fourth wife the Circassian, Meyliservet Kadın Efendi. Receiving her education in the palace, like her father, Fehime was interested in the arts. Amongst circles her nickname was Kelebek Sultan (Butterfly Princess), because of her outlandish art and expensive clothing styles. She works as a Spy for Mustafa Kemal Pasha.

Fehime Sultan married firstly Damad Ali Galip Pasha, in the Yıldız Palace, Istanbul, on 12 September 1901 but they were divorced on 4 November 1908 at Ortaköy. She was later married to Damat Mahmut Bey (b.1880 at Istanbul died ?), the son of Behçet Bey in the Ortaköy Palace on 5 June 1910. This marriage was not recognized by her uncle the Sultan Mehmed V, but later recognized by her other uncle Mehmed VI in 1918. Her second husband had two children, from his former wife. His maid was Ayşe Sıdıka.

Adopted daughter

Fehime Sultan adopted a baby girl, named her Nemzâde (b.1911 at Hasköy, Istanbul), she was adopted after birth by Fehime Sultan, and styled her as a Hanımsultan. It is said she was the daughter of her second Husband Mahmut Behçet Bey. In 1924 the entire Ottoman dynasty was exiled, and Fehime Sultan appealed to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to allow Nemzade to stay in Turkey, because she was not her biological daughter. He gave permission. Nemzade could never overcome the separation from her beloved stepmother, and lived a very secluded life. She died in poverty in 2000 at Babaeski.

Exile

After the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate by the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey in 1924 (the monarchy had already been abolished two years earlier), Fehime went into exile in Nice, France. Separated from her husband and child, Fehime Sultan died on September 15, 1929 of tuberculosis and was buried in Syria, Damascus.

A dress attributed to her is preserved in the Topkapı Palace.[1]

References

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