Saionji no Kishi
Saionji no Kishi (西園寺 禧子, 1303 – 19 November 1333) was an Empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan.
She was the 3rd daughter of Saionji Sanekane (西園寺実兼). She married with then Crown Prince Takaharu (later Emperor Go-Daigo) in 1313. Prince Takaharu acceded to the throne as Emperor Go-Daigo in the 2nd lunar month, 1318 and Kishi was made a lady-in-waiting in the 4th lunar month the same year. She was made Empress consort in the 8th lunar month, 1319. Emperor Go-Daigo was captured and exiled to the Oki Islands by the Ashikaga shogunate in the 3rd lunar month, 1332 and Kishi became a Buddhist nun in the 8th month the same year. Emperor Go-Daigo escaped from the Oki Islands and returned to Kyoto in the 6th lunar month, 1333. After that, Kishi resumed the title of Empress consort and was made Empress Dowager soon afterwards. She died at the age of 31 on the 10th lunar month 12th, 1333.
Issue:
- princess (1314–?), died young
- Imperial Princess Kanshi (懽子内親王) (Senseimon-in, 宣政門院) (1315–1362), Saiō at Ise Shrine; later, married to Emperor Kōgon
Notes
| Japanese royalty | ||
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| Preceded by Princess Shōshi (1286–1348) |
Empress consort of Japan 1319–1333 |
Succeeded by Princess Junshi |
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