Münire Sultan

Münire Sultan (; 5 April 1880 – 7 October 1939) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin, the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I.

Early life Münire Sultan was born on 5 April 1880 in the Dolmabahçe Palace by Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin and Fatima Sezadil Hanım. She was named in honor of her paternal aunt, Münire Sultan, her father's full sister. She was the second child born to her father and mother. She had a sister, Atiyetullah Sultan, two years elder then her, who died as a child. She was the granddaughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Verdicenan Kadın.

Marriage In 1907, Abdul Hamid arranged her marriage to Mehmed Salih Pasha, son of Grand Vizier Hayreddin Pasha the Tunisian, by his fourth wife, Kamer Hanım. Salih Pasha was one of Sultan Abdulmejid's grand viziers. The marriage took place on 10 January 1907 in the Yıldız Palace. The two together had a son, Sultanzade Ahmed Kemaleddin Bey, born on 18 June 1908 in the Nişantaşı Palace.

Exile and death Upon the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Münire Sultan and her son settled firstly in Tunisia where they lived for four years and later settled in Nice, France. Order of the Medjidie, Jeweled Born in Nişantaşı Palace; Married in June 1962 to Mihriban Hanım "Keredin" with issue; Died in Istanbul, Turkey, and buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery;

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