Hayranidil Kadınefendi

Hayrân-ı Dil Kadın Efendi (2 November 1846 – 26 November 1898) was Kadinefendi of the Ottoman Empire and the fourth wife of Abdülaziz.

Portrait of her son Abdülmecid II in Topkapı Sarayı Museum.

Biography

Standard of her son Abdülmecid II.

She was born on 2 November 1846 in Kars. On 21 September 1866 she was married to Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz. The marriage took place at Dolmabahçe Palace. She was the mother of Nazime Sultan and Abdülmecid II, the last Caliph of the Muslim world. 26 November 1898, she died in Ortaköy, Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire.

Titles and styles

• 21 September 1866 - 1875: Devletlu İsmetlu Hayranidil Üçüncü Kadınefendi Hazretleri (Her Highness The Third Imperial Lady Consort Hayranidil)
• 1875 - 30 May 1876: Devletlu İsmetlu Hayranidil İkinci Kadınefendi Hazretleri (Her Highness The Second Imperial Lady Consort Hayranidil)

See also

• Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman dynasty
• Ottoman family tree
• Line of succession to the Ottoman throne
• Ottoman Emperors family tree (simplified)
• List of consorts of the Ottoman Sultans

Further reading

• Peirce, Leslie P., The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508677-5 (paperback).
• Yavuz Bahadıroğlu, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications), 15th Ed., 2009, ISBN 978-975-269-299-2 (Hardcover).