Ayşe Gülnev Osmanoğlu

Ayşe Gülnev Osmanoğlu^[1][2] (born 17 January 1971) is a member of the Osmanoğlu family. They are descended from the Sultans who ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 until the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923. Ayşe is a descendant of Sultan Murad V, 33rd sovereign of the House of Osman and Sultan Mehmed V, the 35th sovereign of the House of Osman.

Biography

Ayşe was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, on 17 January 1971. She is the only daughter of Osman Selaheddin Osmanoğlu and his wife Athena Joy Hanım. Athena was born Athena Christoforides in London on 9 March 1944. Ayşe is the great-great-great-granddaughter of Sultan Murad V, 33rd sovereign of the House of Osman through her grandfather Ali Vâsib, the 41st Head of the Imperial House of Osman, and also the great-great-granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed V, the 35th sovereign of the House of Osman, through her grandmother Emine Mükbile. Her father Osman Selaheddin is the only Ottoman prince whose parents are both descendants of the Imperial Ottoman Dynasty. Ayşe has three younger brothers: Şehzade Orhan Murad Osmanoğlu (b. 1972), Şehzade Nihat Reshad Osmanoğlu (b. 1978 - d. 1978) and Şehzade Selim Süleyman Osmanoğlu (b. 1979)

Ayşe holds a degree of Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics from Exeter University and a master's degree in Ottoman History from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Ayşe married Nicholas Sutton (born 18 August 1969) on 27 August 1994; on their marriage he gained the title of Damat ("bridegroom" to the Ottoman dynasty) and the honorific His Highness. Together they have five children, four sons and one daughter:

• Sultanzade Maximilian Ali Sutton (born in London, England, on 15 January 2000)
• Sultanzade Cosmo Tarik Sutton (born in London, England, on 10 September 2001)
• Sultanzade Lysander Cengiz Sutton (born in London, England, on 12 April 2003)
• Tatyana Aliye Hanımsultan Sutton (born in Sussex, England, on 25 March 2005)
• Sultanzade Ferdinand Ziya Sutton (born in Sussex, England, on 26 July 2006)

Ayşe lives in Sussex, England, with her family and spends the summers near Bodrum, Turkey.^[3][4] She is a director of property investment and development companies, and writes and researches historical pieces^[5] on Ottoman history. She co-wrote the historical background to Memoirs of an Ottoman Prince, which is a biography of her grandfather Ali Vâsib.

Family tree

Showing the line of descent from the founder of the Ottoman dynasty to present day through the male descendants of Sultan Murad V

Bibliography

• Osmanoğlu, Osman Selaheddin (2003). Bir Şehzadenin Hâtırâtı. Turkey: Yapı Kredi Yayınları. ISBN 9750808789. OCLC 469568294. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-20. 
• Osmanoğlu, Osman Selaheddin (2017). Memoirs of an Ottoman Prince. Turkey: Timaş. ISBN 9786050812404. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-20. 

References

External links

• "Ottoman Family". Official website of the immediate living descendants of the Ottoman Dynasty. Retrieved 2010-02-14. 
• "Genealogy of the Ottoman Family". Retrieved 2008-08-19. 
• Family Tree, descendants of Sultan Mahmud II. Retrieved 2011-02-28.