Fushimi-no-miya

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The Fushimi House (伏見宮家) is the oldest of the shinnōke, branches of the Imperial Family which are eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne if the main line should die out. It was founded by Imperial Prince Yoshihito (栄仁親王), the son of the Northern Emperor Sukō. All of the much later ōke were branches off of the Fushimi-no-miya house, all but one of them being created by sons of Fushimi-no-miya Kuniye.

Emperor Go-Hanazono was the son of the 3rd Fushimi-no-miya.

Because the house was founded by a Northern Pretender, the first three are often not counted as legitimate Fushimi-no-miya Princes.

Past Fushimi-no-miya (all names in full begin with Fushimi-no-miya (伏見宮). The first set of dates are birth and death, the second set are terms as Fushimi-no-miya (where known). Unless stated otherwise, each Fushimi-no-miya is the son of his predecessor

1408-1416 Yoshihito (栄仁親王) (1351-1416) - son of Northern Emperor Sukō
1416-1417 Haruhito (治仁王) (1408-1417) (was only an ō)
1417-1456 Sadafusa (貞成親王) (????-????) - son of Yoshihito, father of Emperor Go-Hanazono - also known as Go-Sukō-in (後崇光院) after 1428.
1456-1474 Sadatsune (貞常親王) (1425-1474) - often counted as first Fushimi-no-miya (brother of Go-Hanazono)
1474-1532? Kunitaka (邦高親王) (1456-1532)
1532?-???? Sadaatsu (貞敦親王) (1488-1572)
????-1563? Kunisuke (邦輔親王) (1513-1563)
1563?-1568? Sadayasu (貞康親王) (1547-1568)
1568?-1621? Kuninobu (邦房親王) (1566-1621) - son of Kunisuke
1621?-???? Sadakiyo (貞清親王) (1596-1654)
????-1653? Kuninari (邦尚親王) (1613-1653)
1653?-1654? Kunimichi (邦道親王) (1641-1654) - son of Sadakiyo
1654?-1694? Sadayuki (貞致親王) (1640-1694) - son of Sadakiyo
1694?-1726? Kuninaga (邦永親王) (1676-1726)
1726?-1754? Sadatake (貞建親王) (1700-1754)
1754?-1759? Kunitada (邦忠親王) (1731-1759)
1760?-1772? Sadamochi (貞行親王) (1760-1772) - son of Emperor Momozono; hence ninth cousin 4 times removed of Kunitada
1772?-1802? Kuniyori (邦頼親王) (1733-1802) - son of Sadatake (#15)
1802?-1841 Sadayoshi (貞敬親王) (1754-1841)
1841-18?? Kuniie (邦家親王) - (1802-1872)
18??-1862 Sadanori (貞教親王) (??-1862)
1862?-1923 Sadanaru (貞愛親王) - (1858-1923)
1923-1946 Hiroyasu (博恭王) - (1875-1946), chief of Naval General Staff, Japanese Imperial Navy, 2 Feb. 1932 to 9 Apr. 1941
1946- Fushimi Hiroaki (伏見博明) - (1937-present) Current head of the former Fushimi-no-miya; grandson of Hiroyasu