Şehzade Mehmed Orhan

Şehzade Mehmed Orhan
Orhan Effendi in the military clothing of Albania
Head of the Osmanoğlu family
Term9 December 1983 – 12 March 1994
PredecessorŞehzade Ali Vasib
SuccessorŞehzade Ertuğrul Osman
Born(1909-10-12)12 October 1909
Naime Sultan Palace, Üsküdar, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died12 March 1994(1994-03-12) (aged 84)
Nice, France
Burial14 March 1994
East Side Cemetery, Nice, France
Spouse
Nafia Hanım
(m. 1932; div. 1933)
Marguerite Fournier
(m. 1940; div. 1945)
Francesca Franchetti
(m. 1946; div. 1951)
Issue
  • Fatma Necla Sultan
  • Şehzade Mehmed Selim
  • Ayten Sultan
HouseOttoman
FatherŞehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir
MotherMihriban Hanım

Şehzade Mehmed Orhan Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: محمد اور خان; also Mehmed Orhan Osmanoğlu; 12 October 1909 – 12 March 1994) was an Ottoman prince and the 42nd head of the Ottoman dynasty from 1983 to 1994. He was the advisor of King Zog I of the Albanians and succeeded as head of the Ottoman dynasty on 9 December 1983, following the death of Şehzade Ali Vâsib.