About Konoe Tadafusa
Lived 1838 – 1873 (aged 34). Konoe Tadafusa was a Japanese samurai.
, son of regent Tadahiro with his wife Shimazu Kyoko, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold any regent position kampaku or sesshō. His consort was Shimazu Mitsuko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, eleventh head of Satsuma Domain. The couple had a daughter, Konoe Hiroko, who later married Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of Tokugawa family and bore him Tokugawa Iemasa, the seventeenth head of the Tokugawa clan. He adopted a son of Konoe Tadahiro as their son Atsumaro. He predeceased his father at the age of 36. His son Hidemaru was adopted by Tsugaru Tsuguakira, the last daimyō of the Hirosaki Domain.
Konoe held several positions within the Shinto hierarchy, including head priest of the Ise Jingū shrine.
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Who was Konoe Tadafusa?
kugyō (1838–1873)
When was Konoe Tadafusa born?
Konoe Tadafusa was born on 24 September 1838.
When did Konoe Tadafusa die?
Konoe Tadafusa died on 16 July 1873.
What was Konoe Tadafusa's occupation?
Konoe Tadafusa was a samurai.
What nationality was Konoe Tadafusa?
Konoe Tadafusa was Japanese.
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