Münire Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: منیره سلطان; 5 April 1880 – 7 October 1939) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin, the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I.
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Early life
Münire Sultan was born on 5 April 1880 in the Dolmabahçe Palace by Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin and Fatima Sezadil Hanım. She was named in honor of her paternal aunt, Münire Sultan, her father's full sister. She was the second child born to her father and mother. She had a sister, Atiyetullah Sultan, two years elder then her, who died as a child. She was the granddaughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Verdicenan Kadın.
Marriage
In 1907, Abdul Hamid arranged her marriage to Mehmed Salih Pasha, son of Grand Vizier Hayreddin Pasha the Tunisian, by his fourth wife, Kamer Hanım. Salih Pasha was one of Sultan Abdulmejid's grand viziers. The marriage took place on 10 January 1907 in the Yıldız Palace. The two together had a son, Sultanzade Ahmed Kemaleddin Bey, born on 18 June 1908 in the Nişantaşı Palace. Salih Pasha was accused of involvement in the assassination of the grand vizier General Mahmud Shevket Pasha and was condemned to death in 1913. Münire and her mother Sezadil solicited Sultan Mehmed V to not sign the death sentence, but the sultan approved the sentence without any objection, and so Salih Pasha was hanged on 11 June 1913.
Exile and death
Upon the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Münire Sultan and her son settled firstly in Tunisia where they lived for four years and later settled in Nice, France. Here the two had very few financial means. And she was not around much, as she was still mourning the death of her husband. She died on 7 October 1939, aged 59, and was buried there.
Honours
Order of the House of Osman
Order of the Medjidie, Jeweled
Order of Charity, 1st Class
Hicaz Demiryolu Medal in Gold