Princess Tokushi

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Princess Tokushi
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure1093–1107
Born1060
Died1114 (aged 53–54)
Spouse
(m. 1093; died 1107)
HouseYamato
FatherEmperor Go-Sanjō
MotherKaoruko

Princess Tokushi (篤子内親王; 1060–1114) was a princess and an Empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of her nephew, Emperor Horikawa.

Life[edit]

She was the fourth daughter of Emperor Go-Sanjō and his cousin Imperial Princess Kaoruko, and the sister of Emperor Shirakawa.

Her father died in 1073 and was succeeded by her brother Emperor Shirakawa, who abdicated favoring his son - Emperor Horikawa - in 1087. In 1093, the fourteen-year-old Emperor married his paternal aunt, Princess Tokushi.

In 1107, she ordained as a Buddhist nun.[1] She had no children.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "篤子内親王". コトバンク (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
Japanese royalty
Preceded by Empress consort of Japan
1093–1107
Succeeded by