Princess Inoe
Empress 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:
- Imperial Prince Osabe, the Crown Prince
- Princess Sakahito[3]
After the deaths of her mother and Osabe in 775, Sakahito married her elder half-brother Yamabe.
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 聖武天皇 (45)
- ↑ Goethem, Ellen Van (2008). Nagaoka: Japan's forgotten capital. Brill Publishers via Google Books
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Preceded by Empress Kōmyō |
Empress consort of Japan 770–772 |
Succeeded by Fujiwara no Otomuro |
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