Bayezid Osman

Osman Bayezid Osmanoğlu
Head of the House of Osman
Term	23 September 2009 - present (&100000000000000020000002 years, &1000000000000006200000062 days)
Predecessor	Ertuğrul Osman
House	Imperial House of Osman
Father	Prince Ibrahim Tevfik
Mother	Hadice Sadiye Hanim
Born	3 October 1924 (1924-10-03) (age 87) Paris, France
Religion	Islam

Osman Bayezid Osmanoğlu^[1] (Ottoman Turkish: بایزید عثمان; born 3 October 1924)^[2] is the 44th Head of the Imperial House of Osman, which ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1281 to 1922. The monarchy was abolished in 1922, with the modern Republic of Turkey replacing it. He is the second son of Sultan Abdülmecid I's grandson Ibrahim Tevfik (Beşiktaş, Istanbul, 24 September 1874 – Cimiez, Nice, 31 December 1931) by his fourth wife Hadice Sadiye Hanim. If reigning, he would be Grand Sultan Bayezid III. He is a member of one of the younger branches of the House of Osman.

Life

He is the first member of the House of Osman to be born in exile. After his parents' separation, his father died in 1931, and his mother Hadice Sadiye (Kabitache, 1 April 1898 - 9 August 1986) remarried a US citizen. In 1941 he moved to the United States with his mother, older brother and two stepbrothers. He has served in the US Army and worked in a library in New York City, New York.[3]

Succession

On 23 September 2009 with the death of Ertuğrul Osman, who would have been Osman V if the Ottoman Empire still existed.

He has never married and has no children.

Ancestry

See also

• Line of succession to the Ottoman throne

References

1. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surname_Law_(Turkey)
2. ^ ^{a b} Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed (1980). "The Imperial Family of Turkey" (snippet view). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Volume II: Africa & the Middle East. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 243. ISBN 9780850110296. OCLC 18496936. http://books.google.com/books?id=bnsUAQAAIAAJ&q=Bayezid+1924. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 
3. ^ Buyers, Christopher. "The Imperial House of Osman: Genealogy". The Royal Ark. Archived from the original on 2006-06-15. http://web.archive.org/web/20060615093638/http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Turkey/turkey10.htm. 

External links

• Soszynski, Henry. "HIH Prince Shehzade BAYEZID OSMAN Efendi". Ancestry.com, Inc.. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/turkey/i324.html#I324. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 

Bayezid Osman House of Osman Born: 3 October 1924
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Ertuğrul Osman	— TITULAR — Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 23 September 2009 - Present Reason for succession failure: Empire abolished in 1922	Incumbent Heir: Dündar Aliosman Born: 30 December 1930 in Damascus, Syria.

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Name	Osman, Ertugrul, V
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Date of birth	3 October 1924
Place of birth	Paris, France
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