Nükhetsezâ Hanımefendi (wife of Abdülmecid I)
| Nükhetseza Hanım نکت سزا خانم | |||||||||
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| Empress consort of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| Tenure | 1845 – 15 May 1850 | ||||||||
| Born |
Hatice Baras c. 1830 Abkhazia, Russian Empire | ||||||||
| Died |
15 May 1850 (aged 19–20) Beşiktaş Palace, Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| Burial | Cedid Havatin Türbe, New Mosque, Istanbul | ||||||||
| Spouse | Abdülmecid I | ||||||||
| Issue |
Şehzade Ahmed Nazime Sultan Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin | ||||||||
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| House |
House of Baras (by birth) House of Osman (by marriage) | ||||||||
| Father | Hatuğ Bey Baras | ||||||||
| Mother | Ferhunde Hanım | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
Nükhetseza Hanım (Ottoman Turkish: نکت سزا خانم; c. 1830 – 15 May 1850) was the Empress consort of Sultan Abdülmecid I of the Ottoman Empire.
Life
Empress Nükhetseza Hanım was born in 1830 in Abkhazia. Born as Hatice Baras, she was the daughter of Baras Hatuğ Bey, an Abkhazian noble, and his wife Ferhunde Hanım, a Georgian.[1][2] When she was eight, her family emigrated from Caucasus to Istanbul, where she was delivered at the court of the Ottoman Sultan. Empress mother Bezmiâlem Sultan took Hatice in her care.[2] She was renamed Nükhetseza and was given a thoroughly Turkish and Muslim education in the harem department of Topkapı Palace. Receiving her education in the palace, she was interested in playing piano and oud.[2]
Nükhetseza grew into an into a young lady in the Topkapı Palace, and when she entered her fourteenth year she was noticed by Sultan Abdülmecid I.[2] Abdülmecid proposed her and Nükhetseza consented to the will of their parents in the marriage proposal of the Sultan. In 1845 Nükhetseza married Abdülmecid, and she was given the title of Baş İkbâl.[2] She is the great-grandmother of Prince Bayezid Osman Efendi, who is the present and 44th Head of the Imperial House of Osman.[2][3][4]
Tuberculosis took its victims in the palace as elsewhere in the nineteenth century and Nükhetseza was one of them. She died at the Beşiktaş Palace on 15 May 1850 and was buried in the Mausoleum of the imperial ladies at the Yeni Mosque, Istanbul.[2]
Children
Nükhetsezâ and Abdülmecid had at least three children:
- Her Majesty The Imperial Princess Aliye Sultan (20 October 1842 – 10 July 1845, buried in Yeni Mosque, Istanbul);
- His Majesty The Imperial Prince Şehzade Ahmed Efendi (5 June 1846 – 6 June 1846, buried in Yeni Mosque, Istanbul);
- His Majesty The Imperial Prince Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin Efendi (Old Beylerbeyi Palace, Istanbul, 23 May 1849 - Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, 4 November 1876, buried in Yavuz Selim Mosque), married and had issue.
References
- ↑ Günay Günaydın (2006). Haremin son gülleri. Mevsimsiz Yayınları. ISBN 978-9944-987-03-5.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Harun Açba (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839–1924. Profil. ISBN 978-975-996-109-1.
- ↑ The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
- ↑ M. Çağatay Uluçay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. pp. 248–49. ISBN 978-975-437-840-5.