Münire Sultan (daughter of Abdulmejid I)

Münire Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: منیرہ سلطان; "brightness" or "brilliant"; 9 December 1844 – 29 June 1862) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and one of his consorts Verdicenan Kadın.

Münire Sultan
Born(1844-12-09)9 December 1844
Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died29 June 1862(1862-06-29) (aged 17)
Findiklı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse
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​
(m. 1857; died 1860)​
    Ibrahim Pasha
    ​
    (m. 1861)​
    IssueSecod marriage
    Sultanzade Alaeddin Bey
    DynastyOttoman (by birth)
    Muhammad Ali (by marriage)
    FatherAbdulmejid I
    MotherVerdicenan Kadın
    ReligionSunni Islam

    Early life

    Münire Sultan was born on 9 December 1844 at the Topkapı Palace. Her father was Sultan Abdulmejid I, and her mother was Verdicenan Kadın,[1] the daughter of Prince Kaytuk Giorgi Achba and Princess Yelizaveta Hanım.[2] She was the eldest child of her mother. She had a brother of Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin, three years younger than her, and an adoptive sister, Mediha Sultan.[3]

    First marriage

    Engagement

    In March 1854, a messenger from Istanbul announced the betrothal of Münire Sultan to Prince Ibrahim Ilhami Pasha, son of Abbas I of Egypt and his wife Mahivech Hanim. Large public celebrations were proclaimed and the viceroy was reported to be highly pleased with the news.[4][5] Ibrahim Pasha sent her a solitaire ring, solitaire earrings and a briolette as her betrothal gifts. There were also all sorts of perfumes covered with transparent lids and bowls of musk and mastic. There were crystal carafes containing syrup and porcelain vases from Saxony holding all sorts of preserves, and finally there were both eastern and western candies on plates of Chinese porcelain.[6] Her mother, Verdicenan Kadın gave some of these perfumes and morsels of food to other princesses, and also distributed them equally to the people in her entourage.[7][8] The engagement took place in the Şemsipaşa Palace.[9]

    Wedding

    The marriage took place on 17 May 1857 in at the Baltalimanı sahilhane, Istanbul. The wedding of her half-sister Cemile Sultan was also celebrated on the same day. The cost of the ceremony was bitterly criticized, because the Ottoman army had just suffered heavy defeats in Montenegro and Crete was in revolt.[10] The marriage was consummated on 31 July 1857.[11] The couple were given a palace located at Findiklı as their residence.[12]

    Second marriage

    Münire was widowed at Prince Ibrahim İlhamy's death in 1860 when his boat capsized while crossing the Bosphorus, near Bebek Palace. On 2 January 1861, she married secondly a namesake of her first husband, Damat Ferik Ibrahim Pasha,[1] son of Serasker Rıza Pasha.[13][14] The couple had a son named Sultanzade Alaeddin Bey, born on 16 December 1861.[3]

    Death

    Münire Sultan died at the age of seventeen at her palace located at Findiklı on 29 June 1862, and was buried in the mausoleum of Nakşidil Sultan, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul.[1]

    Issue
    NameBirthDeathNotes
    By Damat Ibrahim Pasha (married 2 January 1861; 1828 – 1880)
    Sultanzade Alaeddin Bey[3] 16 December 1861[3] c. 1915[3] Unmarried and without issue[3]

    Ancestry

    See also
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    References
    1. Uluçay 2011, p. 225.
    2. Tuna, Mahinur (2007). İlk Türk kadın ressam: Mihri Rasim (Müşfik) Açba : 1886 İstanbul-1954 New-York. As Yayın. p. 23. ISBN 978-9-750-17250-2.
    3. Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. pp. 8.
    4. Toledano, Ehud R. (February 13, 2013). State and Society in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Egypt. Cambridge University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-521-53453-6.
    5. Warner, Jayne L. (2001). Cultural Horizons: A festschrift in honor of Talat S. Halman, Volume 1. Syracuse University Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-815-68132-8.
    6. Isin, Mary (January 8, 2013). Sherbet and Spice: The Complete Story of Turkish Sweets and Desserts. I.B.Tauris. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-848-85898-5.
    7. Lewis, Reina; Micklewright, Nancy (July 1, 2006). Gender, Modernity and Liberty: Middle Eastern and Western Women's Writings: A Critical Sourcebook. I.B.Tauris. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-860-64956-1.
    8. McWilliams, Mark (July 1, 2012). Celebration: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2011. Oxford Symposium. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-903-01889-7.
    9. Pakalın, Mehmet Zeki (1954). Osmanli tarih deyimleri ve terimleri sözlüğü, Volume 3. Millî Eğitim Basımevi. p. 349.
    10. Badem, Candan (2010). "The" Ottoman Crimean War: (1853 - 1856). BRILL. pp. 320 n. 96. ISBN 978-9-004-18205-9.
    11. Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. p. 623. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
    12. Mülayim, Selçuk; Akşit, İlhan (2005). Turkish Art and Architecture in Anatolia & Mimar Sinan. Akşit. p. 195. ISBN 978-9-757-03922-8.
    13. Paşa, Ahmed Cevdet (1960). Tezâkir. Vol. 2. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. p. 144.
    14. Saz, Leyla; Demir, Sedat (2016). Haremde Yaşam: Saray ve Harem Hatıraları. Hatıra. Dün Bugün Yarın Yayınları. p. 159. ISBN 978-605-61331-1-4.

    Sources
    • Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
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