Religion Islam Parents Athena Joy Hanımefendi' | Spouse Nicholas Sutton House Ottoman dynasty | |
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Issue Prince (Sultanzade) Maximilian Ali Beyefendi, Sutton
Prince (Sultanzade) Cosmo Tarik Beyefendi, Sutton
Prince (Sultanzade) Lysander Cengiz Beyefendi, Sutton
Princess Tatyana Aliye Hanımsultan, Sutton
Prince (Sultanzade) Ferdinand Ziya Beyefendi, Sutton Father Prince Osman Selaheddin Osmanoğlu Mother Athena Joy Hanımefendi' | ||
H.I.H. Princess Ayşe Gülnev Osmanoğlu 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. Princess Ayşe is a descendant of Sultan Mehmed Murad V, 33rd Sovereign of the House of Osman and Sultan Mehmed V, the 35th Sovereign of the House of Osman.
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Biography
Princess 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 Hanımefendi. Athena was born Athena Christoforides in London on 9 March 1944. Ayşe is the great-great-great-granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed 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: Prince Şehzade Orhan Murad Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 1972), Prince Şehzade Nihat Reshad Osmanoğlu Efendi (b. 1978 - d. 1978) and Prince Şehzade Selim Süleyman Osmanoğlu Efendi (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. Prince (Sultanzade) Maximilian Ali Beyefendi, Sutton. born in London, England 15 January 2000, Prince (Sultanzade) Cosmo Tarik Beyefendi, Sutton. born in London, England 10 September 2001, Prince (Sultanzade) Lysander Cengiz Beyefendi, Sutton. born in London, England 12 April 2003, Prince (Sultanzade) Ferdinand Ziya Beyefendi, Sutton. born in Sussex, England, 26 July 2006, Princess Tatyana Aliye Hanımsultan, Sutton. born in Sussex, England, 25 March 2005.
Ayşe lives in Sussex, England with her family and spends the summers near Bodrum, Turkey. She is a director of property investment and development companies, and writes and researches historical pieces on Ottoman history.
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