Rumeysa Sultan
Rümeysa Sultan (, birth name Nadia Frankos, other names Dil-e Friz) was a consort to Ottoman Prince Şehzade Mustafa. She was the mother of Şehzade Mehmed.
Biography
She was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her mother was a French dressmaker and her father was a Bosnian painter. Her real name was Nadia Frankos. When Nadia was 12 she came in harem. With her beauty and intelligence she manage to attract the attention and became haseki (favourite concubine) of Şehzade Mustafa. In 1547, she gave birth to her first son Şehzade Mehmed. After Mustafa’s death in 1553, Rümeysa with Mahidevran Sultan and Mustafa's children moved to Bursa. At the age of six her son, Şehzade Mehmed got strangled. After her son's death she moved to Izmir and settled there. In Izmir Rümeysa was called Kadınefendi and was highly respected. She died in Izmir.
In Popular Culture
In the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Rümeysa Sultan is played by a Turkish actress Elif Atakan.
See also
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman family tree
- Ottoman dynasty
- Line of succession to the Ottoman throne
- Ottoman Emperors family tree (simplified)
- List of the mothers of the Ottoman Sultans
- List of consorts of the Ottoman Sultans
Further reading
- Peirce, Leslie P., The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508677-5 (paperback).
- Yavuz Bahadıroğlu, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications), 15th Ed., 2009, ISBN 978-975-269-299-2 (Hardcover).