Osman Fuad Royalty

Osman Fuad (Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, February 24, 1895 – 19 May 1973), was the 39th Head of the Imperial House of Osman from 1954 to 1973.General of Ottoman Cavalry, Commander in Chief at Tripoli, Libya. Sometime Major à la suite of the Hussar Regt. Prussian Gardes du corps. Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman, the Nişan-ı-Ali-Imtiyaz, the Nişan-ı-Osmaniye, and the Nişan-ı-Mecidiye special class in brilliants, GC of the Orders of the Red Eagle of Prussia, and Leopold of Austria (1917), Knt. of the Order of the Iron Cross 2nd class of Prussia. Succeeded on the death of his elder half-brother, Ahmed Nihad Efendi, as Head of the Imperial House of Osman, 1954. Had he been the reigning Sultan he would have been Sultan Osman IV.

Personal facts

Birth date	February 24, 1895
Birth place	Ottoman Empire , Çırağan Palace , Istanbul
Date of death	May 19, 1973
Place of death	Nice , France
Parents	Mehmed Selaheddin Jalefer Han%C4%B1mefendi
Title	H.I.H. Prince Osman Fuad