Mehmed Orhan
Mehmed Orhan (Ottoman Turkish: محمد اور خان 11 July 1909 – 12 March 1994[1]) was the 42nd head of the Ottoman dynasty from 1983 to 1994. He succeeded as head of the Ottoman dynasty on 9 December 1983, following the death of Ali Vâsib. If reigning, he would have been styled as Sultan Orhan II.
| Mehmed Orhan | |
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| Head of the House of Osman | |
| Term | 9 December 1983 – 12 March 1994 |
| Predecessor | Ali Vâsib |
| Successor | Ertuğrul Osman |
| Born | 11 July 1909 Naime Sultan Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 12 March 1994 (aged 84) Nice, France |
| Spouse | Nafiye Yeghen Marguerite Irma Fournier |
| Issue | Fatma Necla Sultan Mehmed Selim Orhan(adopted stepson) |
| House | Imperial House of Osman |
| Father | Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir |
| Mother | Mihriban Hanım |
Life
He was born at Serencebey Palace or at Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor or according to Hamide Ayşe Sultan in Naime Sultan Palace. He was the son of Prince Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, Captain of the Ottoman Army, by his third wife Mihriban Hanım and grandson of Abdul Hamid II and his fourth wife Bidar Kadın.
Mehmed Orhan worked as shipbuilder and picture seller at an art gallery in Sao Paulo Brazil, taxi driver in Beirut and Damascus, French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon, a cemetery attendant in the United States of America and an Advisor of King Zog I of Albania.
In a 1990 feature in Life magazine, he said his legacy is "both sacred and laughable," and said, "To be Ottoman is to know how to breathe with time."[2] He has also appeared in the book Kings without Kingdom.
He died in Nice and was buried there.
Marriages and issue
Mehmed Orhan first married Nafiye Yeghen (Cairo, 1913 – ?) in January 1933, annulled in 1947. In 1944, he married morganatically a young pregnant American/French Actress, Marguerite Irma Fournier, in Paris. He had a daughter by his first wife and either a son or a stepson and adopted son by his second wife:
- Fatma Necla Sultan (Cairo, 14 September 1933 – Zurich, 2010), married twice and had two sons.
- Mehmed Selim Orhan (Parias, 3 October 1943), his stepson and adopted son of a morganatic marriage, unmarried and without issue
- Marcos Alberto Alcalai- born in Brazil in 1962 Mehemed Orhan's only biological child born of a relationship with a divorced woman, legitimized in Turkey in 1992 was not deprived of the title of HIH Şehzade
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See also
- Line of succession to the former Ottoman throne
External Links
- The History Files: The Ottoman Empire
- Oldest Ottoman to come home at last
Mehmed Orhan House of Osman Born: July 11 1909 Died: March 12 1994 | ||
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| Preceded by Ali Vâsib |
— TITULAR — Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 9 December 1983 – 12 March 1994 Reason for succession failure: Empire abolished in 1922 |
Succeeded by Ertuğrul Osman |
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See also Ottoman Dynasty | ||