Arife Kadriye Sultan

Arife Kadriye Sultan (; 24 March 1895 – 5 April 1933) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik and Fevziye Hanım.

Biography Arife Kadriye Sultan was born on 24 March 1895 in the Yıldız Palace. Her father was Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik, son of Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin and Mestinaz Hanım, and grandson of Ottoman Sultan Abdülmejid I, and her mother was Fevziye Hanım, an Abkhazian. She was the oldest child of her father and the only child of her mother. Her mother died when she was three years old. Following her recovery, she and her husband and daughters were exiled to Austria, and then to Nice, France. Arife was a pianist, and during the exile, she played the piano to make money for her family. Her husband also used to sell matches on the streets. Before her death, Arife requested Rosa to marry her husband that after her death, so her children won't be deprived of a mother's love. Respecting her last wish, Rosa married Mehmed Raşid. The family then settled in Switzerland.

Issue By her marriage, Arife Kadriye had two daughters: Melike Hanımsultan (Istanbul, 6 February 1923 - 2007). She married Alfred "Freddy" Giraudy (1914-1998). They had a son: Pierre Erol Giraudy-Osman (b. 14 December 1949). He married twice: On 3 January 1980 to Marie Christine Mehouas. They had a son and a daughter: Julien Cem Giraudy (b. 11 November 1980, Paris) Magali Melike Giraudy (b. 10 October 1981, France) On 23 October 1999 to Martine Robert Emire Hanımsultan (Nice, 7 December 1927 - Nice, 23 May 2004). On 17 January 1957 in Nice she married Joseph-René Chauvel. They had two sons and a daughter: Jean-Mare Vely Chauvel (b. 16 October 1957, Nice). On 21 September 1983 in Nice he married Aline Kowalski. They had two daughters: Delphine Marie Claire Roxane Chauvel (b. 2 April 1984, Nice) Coralie Estelle Emire Chauvel (b. 2 May 1988, Nice) Annick Kadriye Chauvel (b. 4 May 1959, Nice). She married Jean Pierre Ghiringhelli on 28 November 1987. They had two sons: Roland Ghiringhelli (b. 6 May 1988, Nice) Gaetan Ghiringhelli (b. 13 November 1990, Nice) Franck Erol Chauvel (b. 21 November 1961, Nice). He had a son: Anthony Daniel Giovanni Chauvel (b. 1 March 1998, Nice)

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