Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin

Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin Efendi (; 23 May 1849 – 4 November 1876) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I and one of his consorts, Nükhetsezâ Hanım.

Early life Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin was born on 23 May 1849 in the Old Beylerbeyi Palace. His father was Sultan Abdulmejid I, son of Sultan Mahmud II and Bezmiâlem Sultan and his mother was Nükhetsezâ Hanım. He had an older full brother, Şehzade Ahmed, and two older full sisters, Aliye Sultan and Nazime Sultan, all of whom died as newborn. After his mother's death in 1850, when he was one year old, he was adopted by another of his father's consorts, Neverser Hanim, who had no children of her own.

Personal life Burhaneddin married three times and had one son. One of his wives was Mestinaz Hanım. She was born on 20 September 1851 in Tbilisi, Georgia. They married on 4 May 1872 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. In 1874, she gave birth to Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik. Two years later she gave birth to a daughter. She died on 20 April 1909 in the Dolmabahçe Palace, and was buried in Yavuz Selim Mosque. They married in 1873. She died in 1930. Another wife was Aşkıdilber Hanım.

Later life and death Sultan Abdul Hamid II trusted Burhaneddin. During his reign, he had tightened the security ring around the Çırağan Palace, where Murad V and his family were confined. Access to the palace was so severely curtailed that visitors were practically limited to the princes, such as Burhaneddin and Mehmed Reşad.

Burhaneddin died of tuberculosis His brother, Abdul Hamid, named a battleship and one of his sons after him. He also brought up Burhaneddin's son in his care.

Issue Name Birth Death Notes By Mestinaz Hanım (married 4 May 1872; 20 September 1851 – 20 April 1909) Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik 6 November 1874 31 December 1931 born in Dolmabahçe Palace; married five times and had two sons and five daughters; died in exile in Nice, France; (Fülane) Sultan 1876 1890 born and died in Istanbul; her name is unknown

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