Gülcemal Sultan

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Gül-Cemâl Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: گل‌جمال سلطان) (or Gül-Cemâl Kadınefendi) (née Sofia) (ca. 1826 – 16 November 1851 or 29 December 1895) was an Albanian[citation needed] wife of Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I and the mother of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire.

Biography

The son of Gül-Cemâl Kadınefendi, Mehmed V (Reşâd).

She died (16 November 1851 or 29 December 1895) in Ortaköy, Constantinople/Istanbul[1] However, she was never Valide Sultan to her son, because she died before Mehmed Reşad's accession to the Ottoman throne.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Finkel, Caroline, Osman's Dream, (Basic Books, 2005), 57; "Istanbul was only adopted as the city's official name in 1930..".
  2. ↑ "Sultan V. Mehmed Reşad Han". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Retrieved 2009-02-06. 
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