Ömer Hilmi

Ömer Hilmi, Colonel of Infantry of the Ottoman Army Omer Hilmi,^[1] Prince (Şehzade) Ömer Hilmi Efendi^[2] was born at the Veliahd Palace (the Crown Prince’s Palace), Ortaköy, Istanbul on 2 March 1886, as the third son of Mehmed V, by his third wife Mihrengiz Kadın Efendi.^[3] He was educated privately. He received the Collar of the Hanedan-i-Ali-Osman and the Nişan-ı-Ali-Imtiyaz, GC of the Order of Leopold of Austria (1917).

Imperial Ottoman Dynasty
Country	Ottoman Empire
Founded	1299
Founder	Osman I
Dissolution	1922

Marriages

m. Hadice Firdevs Gülnev Başhanımefendi Yıldız Palace, 3 October 1910, (b. at Gence, Aegean, 21 February 1890; d. at Nişantaşı, 31 December 1919, bur. Sultan Reşad Maus, Eyüb). She died aged 29 from Spanish influenza, following an epidemic of the disease. She was recognised by her father-in-law, Sultan Mehmed V, for her dedication to charitable causes and was awarded The Imperial Order of Appreciation – First Class.

m. Bahtıter Başhanımefendi at Çamlıca Palace, Üsküdar, 16 June 1914 (div. 1921), (b. at Izmir, 12 October 1897; d. 1984).

m. Mediha Hanımefendi Nişantaşı Palace, 12 July 1921 (div. at Üsküdar, 16 September 1921), (b. at Alexandria, 4 November 1903; d. at Cairo, Egypt, 1971), eldest daughter of Celal Paşa, by his wife, Princess Zubeyda, eldest daughter of Lt. General Prince Muhammed Ali Paşa of Egypt.

Life

Prince Omer Hilmi in exile with his family, his mother, son and daughter

Ömer Hilmi Efendi lived most of his life in İstanbul in the restrictive surroundings of Dolmabahçe Palace. He was born in the apartments reserved for the Veliahd, the Crown Prince, and then moved into the main palace once his father had become the Ottoman Sultan on 27 April 1909. Together with his brother, he tried to support his father during the difficult years of the First World War. On the death of his father on 4 July 1918, just before the end of the war, he and his family left Dolmabahçe Palace and moved to a Konak at Nişantaşı during the winter months and to one in Bağlarbaşı, above Beylerbeyi, for the summer. Following the establishment of the Turkish Republic and the aboliton of the Ottoman Sultanate and the Ottoman Caliphate, the entire Imperial Ottoman family were forced into exile in March 1924. Aged 38, Ömer Hilmi Efendi, left Turkey never to return, since he died before the decree of exile was lifted. He went into exile with his mother, Mihrengiz Kadınefendi, who had been the wife of Sultan Mehmed V, and with his two young children, Mahmud Namık Efendi and Princess Emine Mükbile Sultan. Like all other members of the Imperial family, they left İstanbul from Sirkeci Train Station and first went to Budapest. They lived here for a few months, then moved to Vienna, then Paris, before settling in Nice, France. As the former Ottoman Sultan, Sultan Mehmed VI Vahideddin, had settled in San Remo, many members of the family had congregated in the South of France. After living in Switzerland for a short time, his cousin, the last Caliph of Islam Prince Abdulmecid, also moved to Nice. Ömer Hilmi Efendi spent the next 11 years of his life in Nice, struggling to adapt to life in exile, before moving to Alexandria, Egypt in January 1935 with his family. Life in exile was always very difficult since members of the Imperial Ottoman family had no financial means, and all yearned to return to their homeland. His daughter, Princess Emine Mükbile Sultan, who had married her distant cousin Prince Ali Vasib Efendi in 1931, cared for him, her grandmother and brother during all this time. Ömer Hilmi Efendi suffered from a stroke and died soon after settling in Alexandria.

He died age 49 at Alexandria, 6 April 1935 from a stroke (bur. Khedive Tawfik Maus, Cairo), having had issue, one son and one daughter:

Issue

a) Prince (Şehzade) Mahmud Namık Efendi. b. Dolmabahçe Palace, 23 December 1913 (bin Gülnev). Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman, Businessman. m. August 1939 (div. at Alexandria, 1947) Şaharazade Hanımefendi (b. at Alexandria, 1922; d. 1993), only daughter of Ismail Ratib Bey, by his wife Princess Emine Bihruz, younger daughter of Prince Ibrahim Raşid Fazıl Paşa, of Egypt. He died at Cairo, Egypt, 13 November 1963, (bur. Khedive Tawfik Maus, Cairo, transferred to Sultan Mahmud II Maus. İstanbul in 1987) having had issue, an only son:

Prince (Şehzade) Ömer Abdülmecid Osmanoğlu b. at Alexandria, 4 June 1941, educ. Stowe school, Buckinghamshire, England, and degree in Business Administration from London Univ. not m. Beulah Hanımefendi (b. 8 April 1943), née Banbury. He has issue, an only son:

Prince (Şehzade) Mahmud Namık Osmanoğlu b. in London, 27 April 1975, educ. MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons The New School for Design, New York City, USA. He is a co-founder and director of an online health channel, he lives in England.

b) Princess Emine Mükbile Sultan. b. Dolmabahçe Palace, 17 September 1911 (bint Gülnev). Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman and the Nişan-ı-Şefkat 1st class. m. at Nice, France, 24 April 1931, Prince (Şehzade) Ali Vasıb Efendi, 41st Head of the Imperial House of Osman (b. at Çırağan Palace, 13 October 1903; d. at Alexandria, 9 December 1983), only son of Prince (Şehzade) Ahmed Nihad Efendi, 38th Head of the Imperial House of Osman, by his first wife, Safiru Başhanımefendi. She died at Istanbul, 21 May 1995. (bur. Sultan Reşad Maus, Eyüb), having had issue, an only son:

Prince (Şehzade) Osman Selaheddin Osmanoğlu Efendi. b. at Alexandria, Egypt 7 July 1940. educ. Victoria College, Alexandria, then London to become a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants m. in London, 27 August 1966 (div.), Athena Joy Hanımefendi. (b. at London, 9 March 1944), née, Christoforides. He has issue, three sons and one daughter:

Prince (Şehzade) Orhan Murad Osmanoğlu Efendi. b. at Henley-on-Thames, England, 26 December 1972, educ. Degree in Busıness Studies at Kingston Univ., London, has had a career in the IT industry and now works for a Property Holding Company. m. 17 February 2000, Patricia Emine Hanımefendi née, Iotti. He has issue, two sons: i) Prince (Şehzade) Turan Cem Efendi. b. at High Wycombe, England, 7 January 2004, ii) Prince (Şehzade) Tamer Nihad Efendi. b. at High Wycombe, England, 15 April 2006.

Prince (Şehzade) Selim Süleyman Osmanoğlu Efendi. b. at High Wycombe, England, 15 December 1979. educ. Degree in Business Studies at Kingston Univ., London and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Insurance, a Chartered Insurance Broker and a Member of the Institute of Risk Management. m. at İstanbul, 22 June 2003, Alev Hanımefendi, née, Öcal. educ. Boğaziçi University, İstanbul. He has issue, one son: i) Prince (Şehzade) Batu Bayezid Efendi. b. at Sidcup, England, 23 April 2008

Princess Ayşe Gülnev Osmanoğlu Sultan. b. at Henley-on-Thames, England, 17 January 1971, educ. History and Politics at Exeter Univ. and a Masters degree in Ottoman History at S.O.A.S. London. m. 27 August 1994, Damad Nicholas Nelson Sutton (b. 18 August 1969), educ. Exeter Univ. and Chartered Accountant, Dir. Property Holding Company. She has issue, four sons and one daughter: i) Prince (Sultanzade) Maximilian Ali Beyefendi, Sutton. b. at London, 15 January 2000. ii) Prince (Sultanzade) Cosmo Tarik Beyefendi, Sutton. b. at London, 10 September 2001. iii) Prince (Sultanzade) Lysander Cengiz Beyefendi, Sutton. b. at London, 12 April 2003. iv) Prince (Sultanzade) Ferdinand Ziya Beyefendi, Sutton. b. at Sussex, England, 26 July 2006. v) Princess Tatyana Aliye Hanımsultan, Sutton. b. at Sussex, England, 25 March 2005.

Family Tree

Showing the line of descent from the founder of the Ottoman dynasty to present day through Sultan Mehmed V Reşad's youngest son Prince Ömer Hilmi Efendi

References

Bibliography

• Osmanoğlu, Osman Selaheddin (2003). Bir Şehzadenin Hâtırâtı. Turkey: Yapı Kredi Yayınları. ISBN 975-08-0878-9. OCLC 469568294. Retrieved 20 July 2011. 

External links

• "Ottoman Family". Official website of the immediate living descendants of the Ottoman Dynasty. Retrieved 14 February 2010. 
• "Genealogy of the Ottoman Family". Retrieved 19 August 2008. 
• Family Tree, descendants of Sultan Mahmud II. Retrieved 2011-02-28.