Takatsukasa Hiroko (鷹司景子)

Hiroko TAKATSUKASA (January 15, 1814 - September 28, 1892) was a woman in the Edo period. She was a wife of Imperial Prince Fushiminomiya Kuniie.

She was a daughter of Masahiro TAKATSUKASA, Kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor). She had sisters including Chikako (吉子) TAKATSUKASA, a wife of Imperial Prince Kaninnomiya, Tsunako TAKATSUKASA (Shinnokamonin), a nyogo (consort) of Emperor Ninko, Yasuko TAKATSUKASA (Shinsakuheimonin), a nyogo of Emperor Ninko, and Atsuko TAKATSUKASA, the lawful wife of shogun, Iesada TOKUGAWA. Her aunt was Masako TAKATSUKASA, a wife of Fushiminomiya Imperial Prince Kuniyori who was Prince Kuniie's grandfather.

She got married to Prince Kuniie on November 21, 1835. She had children of Prince Kuniie including Imperial Prince Fushiminomiya Sadanori, Princess Noriko (the lawful wife of Mochitsugu TOKUGAWA, the last lord of the Kishu Domain) and Imperial Prince Fushiminomiya Sadanori.

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