Princess Inoe

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Princess Inoe (717–775) was an Empress consort of Japan. She was a wife of Emperor Kōnin.[1] She was deposed in 772, because it was said she cursed her husband.

Family

Inoe’s father was Emperor Shōmu, who reigned from March 3, 724 until August 19, 749.[2] Her mother was Agatainukai no Hirotoji (県犬養広刀自), daughter of Agatainukai no Morokoshi and her siblings were Prince Asaka and Princess Fuwa.

Inoe’s children were:

After the deaths of her mother and Osabe in 775, Sakahito married her elder half-brother Yamabe.

Notes

  1. ↑ Brown and Ishida. Gukanshō, pp. 276–277; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 147–148; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 81–85., p. 81, at Google Books
  2. ↑ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 聖武天皇 (45)
  3. ↑ Goethem, Ellen Van (2008). Nagaoka: Japan's forgotten capital. Brill Publishers via Google Books

Sources

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    Japanese royalty
    Preceded by
    Empress Kōmyō    		 Empress consort of Japan
    770–772     		Succeeded by
    Fujiwara no Otomuro
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