Fehime Sultan

Fehime Sultan
Fehime Sultan circa 1912
Born 2 August 1875
Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died 15 September 1929(1929-09-15) (aged 54)
Nice, France
Burial Damascus, Syria
Spouse Damat Ali Galip Pasha
Damat Mahmut Behçet Bey
Dynasty Ottoman
Father Murad V
Mother Meyliservet Kadın
Religion Islam

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

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 a in Morganatic marriage to Mahmut Behçet Bey (b. 1880 at Istanbul; died ?), in the Ortaköy Palace on 5 June 1910. This marriage was not recognized by her uncle, Sultan Mehmed V, but later in 1918 her other uncle Mehmed VI recognized it. Her second husband Captain Mahmut Behçet Bey had two children from his former marriage, a son and a daughter, who was adopted by Fehime Sultan after Marriage with Mahmut Bey.

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 15 September 1929 of tuberculosis and was buried in Damascus, Syria.

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

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