Bayezid Osman Head of the House of Osman Reign 24 September 2009 - present (&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000 years, &0000000000000090.00000090 days) Predecessor Ertuğrul Osman Father Ibrahim Tevfik Mother Hadice Sadiye Born 23 July 1924 (1924-07-23) (age 85) Paris, France

Claimants to the Ottoman throne since 1922 Mehmed VI (1922) Abdülmecid II (1922–1944) Ahmed Nihad (1944–1954) Osman Fuad (1954–1973) Mehmed Abdulaziz (1973–1977) Ali Vâsib (1977–1983) Mehmed Orhan (1983–1994) Ertuğrul Osman (1994–2009) Bayezid Osman (2009–present) Dündar Aliosman (current heir) See also Ottoman dynasty

Osman Bayezid Osmanoğlu^[1] (born 23 July 1924 in Paris, France), is the 44th Head of the Imperial House of Osman, which ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1281 to 1922. The monarchy was abolished in 1923, with the modern Republic of Turkey replacing it. He is the second son of one of Sultan Abdülmecid I's younger grandson Ibrahim Tevfik (Istanbul, Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş Palace, 24 September 1874 - Nice, 31 December 1931 and buried there) by his fourth wife, marriage not recognized by the Imperial House at Istanbul, Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş Palace, on 27 March 1919. If reigning, he would be Grand Sultan Bayezid III. He is a member of one of the younger branches of the House of Osmanli.

[edit] Life

He is the first member of the House of Osman to be born in exile. After his parents' separation, his father died in 1931, and his mother Hadice Sadiye (Kabitache, 1 April 1898 - 9 August 1986) remarried a US citizen. In 1941 he moved to the United States with his mother, older brother and two stepbrothers. He has served in the US Army and worked in a library in New York City, New York.^[2]

[edit] Succession

On 24 September 2009 with the death of Ertuğrul Osman, who would have been Osman V if the Ottoman Empire still existed.

He is unmarried and has no children.

[edit] References

• Line of succession to the Ottoman throne