Neşerek Kadın
Consort of Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz
Neşerek Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: نشرک قادین; "joy" or "wild rose"; 1848 – 11 June 1876), born Nesrin Zevş-Barakay Hanim, was a consort of Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
Early life
Of Circassian origin, Neşerek Kadın (called also Nesrin Kadın or Nesteren Kadın) was the daughter of Gazi Ismail Bey Zevş-Barakay. She was born in Sochi in 1848. She had two brothers, Hasan Bey (1850 – 1876), and Osman Pasha (1851 – 1892). Her aunt was the wife of Ateş Mehmed Pasha. Her birth name was Nesrin Zevş-Barakay Hanim.
Marriage
Neşerek married Abdulaziz in 1868 at the Dolmabahçe Palace, and was given the title of "Fourth Kadın". She gave birth to her first child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Şevket, on 5 June 1872. Two years later, on 24 August 1874, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter, Emine Sultan. In 1875, she was elevated to the title of "Third Kadın".
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