Lütfiye Sultan

Lütfiye Sultan (; 20 April 1910 – 11 June 1997) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin, son of Mehmed V.

Early life

Lütfiye Sultan was born on 20 April 1910 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. Her father was Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin, and her mother was Perizad Hanım. She was the sixth child, and fifth daughter born to her father and the second child of her mother. She had one full-sister, Hayriye Sultan two years older than her. She was the granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed V and Kamures Kadın.

In 1915, she began her education with her sister. Their teacher was Safiye Ünüvar, who taught them the Quran. According to Ünüvar, she was a beautiful blond haired girl like her sister and mother. Later, during the last years of her grandfather's reign, her parents, her sister and teacher settled in her father's villa in Haydarpasha.

At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Lütfiye and her family settled first in Beirut and later in Alexandria, Egypt. Lütfiye was frequently seen driving around Maadi in her latest model American coupé. Born in Alexandria, Egypt; Died unmarried and without issue; Perizad Hanımsultan 11 January 1936 living Married with Cömert Baykent and had issue, a son; Cem Baykent (b. 25 September 1961, Istanbul) who married Nilgün Berna and had a daughter Alara Yasemin Beykent (b. 12 February 1995, Istanbul)

Ancestry