Father Sultan Abdulmecid I Mother Verdicenan Kadinefendi | Religion Islam Name Ahmed Kemaleddin | |
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Died 26 April 1905(1905-04-26) (aged 57)
Besiktas Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire Issue Prince Sehzade Atiyetullah Efendi
Munire Sultan House Imperial House of Osman | ||
Șehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin (3 December 1847 - 26 April 1905) was an Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Abdülmecid I, 31st Sovereign of the House of Osman, and his wife Empress Verdicenan Kadın. He was educated privately and became 2nd Velihad from 31 August 1876 and Lieutenant general of the Imperial Ottoman Army in 1901. He received the Collar of the Nişan-ı-Ali-Imtiyaz.
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Biography
Ahmed Kemaleddin was born on 3 December 1847 in the Old Çırağan Palace, to Abdülmecid and his wife Verdicenan, herself the daughter of Prince Kaytuk Giorgi Achba and his wife Princess Yelizaveta Hanım. He became second in line to the throne when his half brother Abdul Hamid II ascended the throne in 1876, and he believed that Murad V should be restored to the throne. It is said that in the days when Abdul Hamid was the Sultan, Prince Ahmed Kemaleddin once ran into pressing financial difficulties. He applied to the wealthy Abdul Hamid for funds and even sent over valuable objects as security for a loan. But Abdul Hamid replied, "I'm no pretty money changer! Since he wants to pawn something for money, let him try the money changes in the Caviar Building!" Prince Ahmed Kemaleddin took offence at this, and ever afterwards relations between the two were frosty. He was killed by the order of his Brother Abdulhamid II, at the Beşiktaş Palace 26 April 1905 at age fifty seven, to be honoured posthumously, after the 1908 revolution, for his liberal leanings. He was buried in the royal mausoleum of Yahya Efendi, Istanbul.
Marriage and issue
Prince Ahmed Kemaleddin married on 23 April 1876 at the Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul to Fatma Sezadil Hanım (Adapazarı, c. 1856 - 9 February 1943) and had two children: