Mehmed Ertuğrul Efendi
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HIH Prince Şehzade Mehmed Ertuğrul Efendi (September 5, 1912 Çengelköy Palace, Çengelköy
, Bosphorus - July 2, 1944 Cairo
) was the last crown prince
of the Ottoman Empire
. He was born to Mehmed VI
and his third wife HH Sadiye Mevedett Kadın Efendi. When his father left the empire after the sultanate had been abolished in November 1922, the crown prince left, too.
Çengelköy
Çengelköy is a neighborhood in the Üsküdar district on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus, in Istanbul, Turkey, between the neighborhoods of Beylerbeyi and Kuleli. It is mainly a residential district...
, Bosphorus - July 2, 1944 Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
) was the last crown prince
Crown Prince
A crown prince or crown princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The wife of a crown prince is also titled crown princess....
of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
. He was born to Mehmed VI
Mehmed VI
Mehmet VI was the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1918 to 1922...
and his third wife HH Sadiye Mevedett Kadın Efendi. When his father left the empire after the sultanate had been abolished in November 1922, the crown prince left, too.