Princess Sabiha Fazile Hanımsultan of Egypt ("beautiful" or "morning" and "virtue"; 8 August 1941 – 27 September 2024), also called Fazile Ibrahim, was an Egyptian and Ottoman princess, daughter of prince Mehmed Ali Ibrahim of Egypt and princess Zehra Hanzade Sultan.
| Fazile Hanımsultan | |||||
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 Fazile Hanımsultan (left) with her mother Hanzade Sultan | |||||
| Born | 8 August 1941 Neuilly-sur-Seine, German-occupied France | ||||
| Died | 27 September 2024 (aged 83) Istanbul, Turkey | ||||
| Spouse |
Hayri Ürgüplü
(m. 1965; div. 1980)Jean-Alphonse Bernard
(m. 1983; died 2015) | ||||
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| Dynasty | Ottoman Muhammad Ali | ||||
| Father | Prince Mehmed Ali Ibrahim of Egypt | ||||
| Mother | Zehra Hanzade Sultan | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Biography
editPrincess Sabiha Fazile Hanımsultan of Egypt was born on 8 August 1941 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. She was the daughter of Prince Mehmed Ali Ibrahim of Egypt and Ottoman Princess Zehra Hanzade Sultan, daughter of Şehzade Ömer Faruk (son of Caliph Abdülmecid II) and Rukiye Sabiha Sultan (daughter of Sultan Mehmed VI). She had a younger brother, Sultanzade Ahmed Rifat Bey.[1]
She was educated at Heathfield College, Ascot.[2][3]
In September 1957 she went to Iraq to meet King Faisal II, to whom she was engaged through the mediation of her relative, Şehzade Mahmud Namik. The engagement came as a shock to her parents, as Fazile, as well as being the daughter of two exiled dynasties, was only sixteen and still in school, but they agreed anyway. However, on 14 July 1958, two weeks before the date of the wedding, Faisal was assassinated in a coup.[4][2]
On 10 April 1965, Fazile married in Paris Hayri Ürgüplü (b. 31 May 1936), son of Suat Hayri Ürgüplü.[2] The couple had two sons: Ali Suad Ürgüplü (b. 28 September 1967) and Mehmed Selim Ürgüplü (b. 31 October 1968). The couple divorced on 24 September 1980.[1]
Fazile married secondly Jean-Alphonse Bernard on 18 June 1983, with whom she lived in France. She was widowed in 2015.[1] Fazile died in Istanbul on 27 September 2024, at the age of 83.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Jamil ADRA (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 36.
- ^ a b c Bardakçı, Murat (2017). Neslishah : the last Ottoman princess. Meyzi Baran. Cairo. pp. 238, 301–302. ISBN 978-1-61797-844-9. OCLC 1264710330.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Osmanlının mahzun prensesi: Fazile İbrahim Bernard - Fikriyat Gazetesi". 10 December 2017. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "MAADI's OTTOMANS". www.egy.com. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Sultan Vahideddin'in soyundan geliyordu: Prenses Sabiha Fazile İbrahim vefat etti". Milliyet. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.