Ottoman dynasty

Rukiye Sabiha Sultan’s wedding day in 1920, left to right: Fatma Ulviye Sultan, Ayşe Hatice Hayriye Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Emine Nazikeda Kadınefendi, Rukiye Sabiha Sultan, Mehmed Ertuğrul Efendi, Şehsuvar Hanımefendi.

The Ottoman dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922. The dynasty began with Osman I, but it was not recognized until 1383 when Murad I declared himself sultan. The dynasty might have been known as Söğüt before 1383, but it was later renamed Osmanlı (Ottoman in English) in honor of Osman I.

The sultan was the sole ruler of the empire. The power often shifted to other officials, such as the Grand Vizier.

Heads of the House of Osman

Pre-Imperial Heads of the House of Osman

Name	Born-Died	Reign start	Reign end	Relationship
Süleyman Shah (Bey)	1168 - 1227	1212	1227	Son of Kaya Alp
Ertugrul (Bey)	1198 - 1281	1227	1281	Son of Suleyman Shah

Imperial heads of the House of Osman (1281-1922)

Name	Born-Died	Reign start	Reign end	Relationship
Osman I (Bey)	1258 – 1326	1281	1326	Son of Ertugrul
Orhan I (Bey)	1284 – 1359	1326	1359	Son of Osman I
Murad I (the God-like One)	1326 - 1389	Bey from 1359, Sultan from 1383	28 June 1389	Son of Orhan I
Bayezid I (the Thunderbolt)	1354 - 1403	28 June 1389	20 July 1402	Son of Murat I
Ottoman Interregnum		1402	1413
Mehmed I (Celebi)	1389 - 1421	1413	26 May 1421	Son of Bayezid I
Murad II (first reign)	1404 - 1451	26 May 1421	August 1444 (abdicated)	Son of Mehmed I
Mehmed II (the Conqueror) (first reign)	1432 - 1481	August 1444	1446	Son of Murad II
Murad II (second reign)	1404 - 1451	1446	3 February 1451	Son of Mehmed I
Mehmed II (the Conqueror) (second reign)	1432 - 1481	3 February 1451	3 May 1481	Son of Murad II
Bayezid II	1447/1448 - 1512	20 May 1481	25 April 1512 (abdicated)	Son of Mehmed II
Selim I (the Grim)	1465 - 1520	25 April 1512 (Caliph from 1517)	22 September 1520	Son of Bayezid II
Suleyman I (the Magnificent)	1494 - 1566	22 September 1520	6 September 1566	Son of Selim I
Selim II	1524 - 1574	6 September 1566	12 December 1574	Son of Suleyman I
Murad III	1546 - 1595	12 December 1574	15 January 1595	Son of Selim II
Mehmed III	1566 - 1603	15 January 1595	22 December 1603	Son of Murad III
Ahmed I	1590 - 1617	22 December 1603	22 November 1617	Son of Mehmed III
Mustafa I (first reign)	1592 - 1639	22 November 1617	26 February 1618 (deposed)	Son of Mehmed III
Osman II	1604 - 1622	26 February 1618	20 May 1622	Son of Ahmed I
Mustafa I (second reign)	1592 - 1639	20 May 1622	10 September 1623 (deposed)	Son of Mehmed III
Murad IV	1612 - 1640	10 September 1623	9 February 1640	Son of Ahmed I
Ibrahim I (the Mad)	1615 - 1648	9 February 1640	8 August 1648 (deposed)	Son of Ahmed I
Mehmed IV	1642 - 1693	8 August 1648	8 November 1687 (deposed)	Son of Ibrahim I
Suleyman II	1642 - 1691	8 November 1687	23 June 1691	Son of Ibrahim I
Ahmed II	1643 - 1695	23 June 1691	6 February 1695	Son of Ibrahim I
Mustafa II	1664 - 1703	6 February 1695	22 August 1703 (abdicated)	Son of Mehmed IV
Ahmed III	1673 - 1736	22 August 1703	1 October 1730 (abdicated)	Son of Mehmed IV
Mahmud I	1696 - 1754	2 October 1730	13 December 1754	Son of Mustafa II
Osman III	1699 - 1757	14 December 1754	30 October 1757	Son of Mustafa II
Mustafa III	1717 - 1774	30 October 1757	21 January 1774	Son of Ahmed III
Abdul Hamid I	1725 - 1789	21 January 1774	7 April 1789	Son of Ahmed III
Selim III	1761 - 1808	7 April 1789	29 May 1807 (deposed)	Son of Mustafa III
Mustafa IV	1779 - 1808	29 May 1807	28 July 1808 (deposed)	Son of Abdul Hamid I
Mahmud II	1785 - 1839	28 July 1808	1 July 1839	Son of Abdul Hamid I
Abdulmecid I	1823 - 1861	1 July 1839	25 June 1861	Son of Mahmud II
Abdülâziz	1830 - 1876	25 June 1861	30 May 1876 (deposed)	Son of Mahmud II
Murad V	1840 - 1904	30 May 1876	31 August 1876 (deposed)	Son of Abdulmecid I
Abdul Hamid II	1842 - 1918	31 August 1876	27 April 1909 (deposed)	Son of Abdulmecid I
Mehmed V (Reşad)	1844 - 1918	27 April 1909	3 July 1918	Son of Abdulmecid I
Mehmed VI (Vahideddin)	1861 - 1926	3 July 1918	1 November 1922 (deposed)	Son of Abdulmecid I

Post-Imperial Heads of the House of Osman (1922-Present)

Name	Born-Died	Reign start	Reign end
Abdulmecid II	1868 - 1944	19 November 1922	23 August 1944
Ahmed IV Nihad	1883 - 1954	23 August 1944	4 June 1954
Osman IV Fuad	1895 - 1973	4 June 1954	19 May 1973
Mehmed Abdulaziz II	1901 - 1977	19 May 1973	19 January 1977
Ali Vâsib	1903 - 1983	19 January 1977	9 December 1983
Mehmed VII Orhan	1909 - 1994	9 December 1983	12 March 1994
Ertuğrul Osman V	1912 - 2009	12 March 1994	23 September 2009

Expelled from the Imperial House

• (Şehzade) Mahmud Şevket (Efendi Hazretleri) (1903, Istanbul - 1973, France) was expelled and deprived of the title of Prince and the style of His Highness from the Imperial House of Osman by His Imperial Majesty, the last Caliph Abdülmecid II. in 1931. He d. in France 1973, having had issue:

(a) HIH Princess Hamide Nermin Nezahat Sultana [1923 - 1998] by Adile Hanimsultan, a granddaughter of Abdülhamid II.

Excluded from the line of sucssession

• Mehmed Selim Orhan, (born in Paris, 3. October 1943 - 17. May 1998, descendant of Abdul Hamid II through Mehmed VII Orhan), deprived since birth of title HIH Şehzade, because he was born before his parents married in 1944.

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• Turkey, includes all the full ruler styles with various biographical data in the Royal Ark
• Sultans, Contemporary Paintings Archived 2005-04-07 at the Wayback Machine by İsmail Acar
• Everything about Ottoman Empire Everything about the history, culture and civilization of Ottoman Empire
• MSN encarta - the Ottoman Empire Archived 2009-11-01 at WebCite (see Sultanate)
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