Neşerek Haseki Kadınefendi (1848 – 11 June 1876) was the fifth wife of the 32nd Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz

Abdülâziz

Abdülaziz I or Abd Al-Aziz, His Imperial Majesty was the 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned between 25 June 1861 and 30 May 1876...

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She was born in Tiflis (now Tbilisi

Tbilisi

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), Georgia

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. In 1868 when she was about 20 years old, she was married to Abdülaziz

Abdülâziz

Abdülaziz I or Abd Al-Aziz, His Imperial Majesty was the 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned between 25 June 1861 and 30 May 1876...

 at Dolmabahçe Palace

Dolmabahçe Palace

Dolmabahçe Palace located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coastline of the Bosphorus strait, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1922, apart from a 22-year interval in which Yıldız Palace was used.- History :Dolmabahçe Palace...

. Between 1872 and 1874 she bore her husband three children. On 30 May 1876, Abdülaziz was deposed by his ministers and died days later, on 4 June 1876, either by assassination

Assassination

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 or suicide

Suicide

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. Neşerek died seven days after her husband, on 11 June in Ortaköy

Ortaköy

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Children

She born Abdülaziz one son and two daughters:

• His Imperial Highness Prince Shehzade Muhammed Shefket Efendi (5 June 1872 – 22 October 1899)
• Her Imperial Highness Princess Esma Sultana (21 March 1873 – 7 May 1899)
• Her Imperial Highness Princess Emine Sultana (24 August 1874 – 29 January 1920)