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Nakatsuhime no Mikoto

Japanese empress, wife of Emperor Ōjin

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Nakatsuhime (仲姫命; Nakatsuhime-no-Mikoto) was the empress consort of Japan from 270 to 311, and then the empress dowager of Japan from 311 until an unknown date of death. Her father was Prince Hondama-waka (品陀真若王; Hondama-waka no Ō) and her mother was Princess Kanataya (金田屋姫命; Kanataya-no-hime no Mikoto), and Nakatsuhime was herself a great-granddauguter of Emperor Keikō. Emperor Nintoku, and Prince Netori.

Furthermore the emperor then took another sister of the empress as his consort. and it is the second largest tomb in that region after the , which is believed to be the tomb of her husband, Emperor Ōjin.

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Positions held
Empress of Japan
Also known as
Nakatsuhime

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Who was Nakatsuhime no Mikoto?

Japanese empress, wife of Emperor Ōjin

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Nakatsuhime no Mikoto

· Wikidata: Q11378496

· DBpedia: Nakatsuhime

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