Şehzade Ömer Hilmi
Born	2 March 1886 Dolmabahçe Palace,Constantinople,Ottoman Empire (present dayIstanbul,Turkey)
Died	6 April 1935(1935-04-06) (aged 49) Alexandria,Egypt
Burial	KhediveTewfik Pasha Mausoleum, Cairo
Spouse	Faika Hanım ​ ​ (m. 1907; div. 1907)​ Nesimter Hanım ​ ​ (div. 1915)​ Hatice Firdevs Gülnev Hanım ​ ​ (m. 1910; died 1919)​ Başter Hanım[1] ​ ​ (m. 1914)​ Mediha Hanım ​ (m. 1921)​
Issue	Emine Mukbile Sultan Şehzade Mahmud Namık
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Mehmed V
Mother	Mihrengiz Kadın
Religion	Sunni Islam
Military career
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Branch	Ottoman Army
Service years	1916–1922 (active service)
Rank	See list

Şehzade Ömer Hilmi Efendi (Ottoman Turkish:شہزادہ عمر حلمى; 2 March 1886 – 6 April 1935)^[2] was an Ottoman prince, the third son of SultanMehmed V, and his consortMihrengiz Kadın.^[3] His great-granddaughter,Ayşe Gülnev Osmanoğlu, is currently an author of historical novels on the history of the Ottoman dynasty.

Şehzade Ömer Hilmi was born in the apartment of the crown prince,Dolmabahçe Palace,^[4] on 2 March 1886. His father wasMehmed V, son ofAbdulmejid I andGülcemal Kadın,^[4] and his mother wasMihrengiz Kadın.^[5][6]

Between 1911 and 1912, Ömer Hilmi attended the Imperial War College with his eldest brotherŞehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin. In 1916, during theFirst World War he served as HonoraryColonel ofInfantry in the ImperialOttoman Army.^[7][8]

On 2 September 1909, Ömer Hilmi travelled toBursa with his father, Sultan Mehmed Reşad, and brothers, Şehzade Ziyaeddin andŞehzade Mahmud Necmeddin.^[9] On 13 June 1910, he and his brothers receivedŞehzade Yusuf Izzeddin at theSirkeci railway station, when he came from his first visit to Europe.^[10] On 5 June 1911, he and other princes received Izzeddin at the station after he came back from his second visit to Europe.^[11] Between 5 and 26 June 1911, he travelled toRumelia with his father and brothers.^[12][13]

On 15 October 1917, he met with the German emperorWilhelm II, when the latter visitedIstanbul in 1917.^[14] On 9 May 1918, he also met with the EmperorCharles I of Austria, when the latter visited Istanbul in 1918,^[15] with his wife EmpressZita of Bourbon-Parma.^[16]

He was known to openly support the nationalists, and was against his father's policies.^[17]

Ömer Hilmi's first wife was Faika Hanım. She was the daughter of Mehmed Bey and Ayşe Hanım. She belonged to an influential noble clan, the Hunç, who were founding members of the village, and for this reason, the village was also known as Hunça Hable. She had two elder sisters, Naciye Hanım, andHayriye Melek Hanım, who is considered Turkey's first female author ofCircassian origin.^[18][19] She was of medium height, slim woman with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a cute face.^[20] She was the most beautiful among her sisters.^[21] The two married on 10 November 1907.^[22] Faika could not get along with Ömer Hilmi,^[21] and he divorced her two times but united again. However, then hülle (interim marriage necessary before a divorced can remarry) was required since he divorced her three times. She did not accept hülle because there were not any men in palace, and so she was dismissed from the palace of Prince Mehmed Reşad.^[23] After her divorce on 20 December 1907,^[22][24] she got her paycheck regularly, but later she could not out of fear of being informed on.^[21] She and her sisters were banished to Bursa by SultanAbdul Hamid II, where they lived until the proclamation of theSecond Constitutional Era in 1908. They left Bursa right after the declaration of the constitution.^[25]

His second wife was Nesimter Hanım. The two divorced in January 1915.^[1]

His third wife was Hatice Firdevs Gülnev Hanım. She was born on 21 February 1890.^[26] Her father was aTurkishofficer fromAyvalık,^[27] and her mother was Ayşe Hanım.^[28][29] They married on 3 October 1910. She gave birth to two children,Emine Mukbile Sultan, born in 1911, followed byŞehzade Mahmud Namık, born in 1913. She died on 31 December 1919, aged twenty nine.^[26]

His fourth wife was Başter Hanım, married on 16 June 1914.^[1]

His fifth wife was Mediha Hanım, married on 12 July 1921.^[1]

Ömer Hilmi had been allocated apartments in the Dolmabahçe Palace.^[30] In 1910,^[31] he came into possession of the villa inBağlarbaşı,^[30] built by the Egyptian KhediveIsma'il Pasha in the hills aboveÜsküdar, Istanbul, on the Asian side of theBosphorus.^[31] He also owned another villa inNişantaşı.^[30]

He was described as an attractive and vigorous man, and the one who shied away from conversation.^[32]

At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Ömer Hilmi,^[5] his mother,^[33] and his two children, settled firstly inBeirut,Lebanon, then inNice,France,^[34] and finally settling inAlexandria,Egypt. He died in Alexandria on 6 April 1935, aged forty nine, and was buried there. His remains were later interred in the mausoleum of KhediveTewfik Pasha inCairo, Egypt.^[5] His mother outlived him by three years, dying in 1938.^[35]

• Order of the House of Osman^[36]
• Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class;^[36] Jeweled^[37]
• Order of the Medjidie, Jeweled^[36]
• Hicaz Demiryolu Medal in gold^[36]
• Liakat War Medal in Gold^[37]
• Imtiyaz War Medal in Silver^[37]

Honorary military ranks and army appointments

• 1916: Colonel of the Infantry, Ottoman Army
• Aide-de-Camp to the Sultan

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• Heirs of Europe, Turkey. Retrieved 2019-06-09.

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