Full Name Nadia Frankos Religion Islam Role Sehzade Mustafa's wife Spouse Sehzade Mustafa | Ethnicity Bosnian Name Rumeysa Sultan Died 1555, Izmir, Turkey Parents Abdulmecid I | |
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Children Sehzade Mehmed, Sehzade Orhan, Mihrisah Sultan Cousins Abdulmecid II, Yusuf Izzettin Efendi, Esma Sultan Similar Şehzade Mustafa, Raziye Sultan, Şehzade Mehmed | ||
Sehzade Mustafa & Rumeysa Sultan || Hypnotizing
Rumeysa Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: روميسہ سلطان, birth name Nadia Frankos, other names Dil-e Friz) was a consort to Ottoman Sehzade Mustafa. She was the mother of Sehzade Mehmed.
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Biography
She was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her mother was a French dressmaker and her father was a Bosnian painter. Her real name was Nadia Frankos. When Nadia was 12 she came in harem. With her beauty and intelligence she managed to attract the attention and became haseki (favourite concubine) of Sehzade Mustafa. In 1547, she gave birth to her first son Sehzade Mehmed. After Mustafa’s death in 1553, Rumeysa with Mahidevran Sultan and Mustafa's children moved to Bursa. At the age of six her son, Sehzade Mehmed got strangled. After her son's death she moved to Izmir and settled there. In Izmir Rumeysa was called Kadinefendi and was highly respected. She died in Izmir.
In Popular Culture
In the TV series Muhtesem Yuzyil, Rumeysa Sultan is played by a Turkish actress Elif Atakan.
