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| Born | (1885-12-19)19 December 1885 Yıldız Palace,Constantinople,Ottoman Empire (nowIstanbul,Turkey) | ||||
| Died | 15 June 1949(1949-06-15) (aged 63) New York City,New York,U.S | ||||
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| Dynasty | Ottoman | ||||
| Father | Abdul Hamid II | ||||
| Mother | Mezidemestan Kadın | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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| Allegiance |  Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Branch | Ottoman Navy | ||||
| Years of service | 1890–1922 (active service) | ||||
| Rank | See list | ||||
Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin Efendi (Ottoman Turkish:شهزاده محمد برهان الدين; 19 December 1885 – 15 June 1949) was anOttoman prince, son of SultanAbdul Hamid II andMezidemestan Kadın.
Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin was born on 19 December 1885 in theYıldız Palace.[1][2][3] His father was SultanAbdul Hamid II and his mother wasMezidemestan Kadın, daughter of Kaymat Mikanba.[4] He was only the child of his mother.[5][2] Abdul Hamid named him in the memory of his deceased half-brother,Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin.[6] Burhaneddin's circumcision took place in 1891, together with his half-brothers,Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, andŞehzade Ahmed Nuri.[7]
In June 1890,[8] aged four, Burhaneddin was enlisted in the navy by his father. He was assigned the Ottoman ironcladOrhaniye. In salutations processions, he andŞehzade Ibrahim Tevfik saluted in navy uniforms in front of naval regiment.[5] On 18 June 1893, aged seven, he was given the rank of lieutenant commander.[5] The same year, he composed the naval anthem.[6][9] On 6 February 1916, during theWorld War I, he was given the rank of lieutenant commander. On 29 July 1918, he was promoted to the rank of captain.[10]
In 1903 during the visit of KaiserWilhelm II's sonsWilhelm, German Crown Prince andPrince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, Abdul Hamid appointed Burhaneddin and minister of foreign affairs Tevfik Pasha to welcome the princes. Burhaneddin welcomed the princes and Tevfik performed the duty of translations during the visit.[11] In October 1915, he visited Vienna, and stayed there in Bristol Hotel until the end of 1921.[10]
Besides formal education, Burhaneddin was taught music and arts. He played violoncello. For a while he was the favorite son of Abdülhamid II, so much so that was thought the Sultan could circumvent the law and make him crown prince.[12] He had been allocated a villa on the grounds of the Yıldız Palace.[13] He also owned a mansion in Yeniköy.[14]
His first wife was Emine Nurbanu Hidayet Hanım.[15] She was born in 1891.[16] Her father was Prince Mehmed Refik Bey Achba, and her mother was Princess Mahşeref Hanım Emkhaa. A member of the princely Abkhaz family of theAchba, she was related to Esma Cavidan Hanim, consort ofŞehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, toLeyla Gülefşan Hanim, lady of the court,Saliha Verdicenan Kadın, consort of SultanAbdülmejid I, father of Abdülhamid II, and toPesend Hanim, consort of Abdülhamid II himself.[15] They married on 15 July 1907 in the Yıldız Palace.[16] Soon after the marriage she suffered an abortion.[16] On 26 November 1911, she gave birth to her only child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Fahreddin in the Nişantaşı Palace.[3][6] Later divorced, Hidayet died in 1946 in Sivas.[16]
His second wife was Aliye Melek Nazlıyar Hanım. Of Circassian origin, she was born on 13 October 1892 in Istanbul. They married on 7 June 1909 in the Nişantaşı Palace. She was the mother ofErtuğrul Osman born on 18 August 1912, and who served as the Head of House of Osman from 1994 until his death in 2009. They divorced in 1919, after which Nazlıyar marriedMehmet Cavit Bey, a finance minister of the Unionists. He was the father of Poet Yalçın. He was executed in 1926, due to his involvement in theİzmir Assassination, which was a failed assassination attempt againstMustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of Turkey.[6][17] Nazlıyar died on 31 August 1976 inAnkara, Turkey.[3]
His third wife was Georgina Leonora Mosselmans, a Dutch lady. She was born on 23 August 1900 inBergen op Zoom,Netherlands. They married on 29 April 1925 inParis,France. The marriage was not recognized by CaliphAbdülmejid II and was annulled the same year. Georgina died in 1969.[3] His fourth and last wife was Elsie Deming Jackson, a wealthy American widow.[6] She was born on 6 September 1879 in New York, and was six years his senior. They married on 3 July 1933 in New York. The marriage was not recognized by Caliph Abdülmejid II. Elsie died at the age of seventy two on 12 May 1952 in New York.[3]
On 27 April 1909, Abdul Hamid was deposed, and sent into exile inThessaloniki.[18] After Thessaloniki fell to Greece in 1912, Abdul Hamid also returned to Istanbul, and settled in theBeylerbeyi Palace, where he died in 1918.[19] After Abdul Hamid's deposition, he formed close relations from the Unionists that could protect him from the enemy. In 1913, he was offered the Albanian throne, which he repudiated. In 1921, he was also offered the throne of Iraq, but the British opposed this decision. Burhaneddin and his family then settled in Switzerland.[6]
At the exile of imperial family in March 1924, Burhaneddin and his family were already abroad. They settled in Nice and then in Paris. In 1930, Burhaneddin moved to New York. There, as the member of a large oil company, he received salary of $2000 per month. Unlike his siblings, he didn't suffer financial difficulties and poverty. In New York, he lived on theFifth Avenue, New York's richest neighbourhood.[6]
Mehmed Burhaneddin died on 15 June 1949, due to heart attack at the age of sixty three, in New York. His body was brought to Istanbul, but the government didn't allow him and his family to enter, after which his body was taken to Syria, where he was buried in the cemetery of theSulaymaniyya Takiyya,Damascus.[6][10][3][2]
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| Reference style | His Imperial Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Imperial Highness |
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| By Hidayet Hanım (married 1908 – divorced; 1891 – 1946) | |||
| Şehzade Mehmed Fahreddin | 26 November 1911 | 13 July 1968 | born in Nişantaşı Palace; married in Paris on 31 August 1933 toGreek Catherine Papadopoulos (Paris, 20 May 1914 –Athens, 15 June 1945), without issue; died in exile in New York City, and buried there |
| By Nazlıyar Hanım (married 7 June 1909 – divorced 1919; 13 October 1892 – 31 August 1976) | |||
| Şehzade Ertuğrul Osman | 18 August 1912 | 23 September 2009 | born in Nişantaşı Palace; married twice without issue; died in Istanbul, Turkey. 43rd Head of Imperial House of Osman. |
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