Genealogy
Before Go-Momozono's accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (imina) was Hidehito (英仁?) or Hanahito
He was the firstborn son of Emperor Momozono.
Go-Momozono's Imperial family lived with him in the Dairi of the Heian Palace. This family included at least 2 sons who died in infancy and one 10-month-old daughter at the time of the emperor's early death. An adopted son would became Go-Momozono's heir:
- Court Lady: Konoe Koreko (近衛維子)
- First daughter: Imperial Princess Yoshiko (欣子内親王) – later Emperor Kōkaku's chief wife (chūgū), Yoshiko (后妃, 欣子内親王), then also known as Shin-Seiwa-In (?, 新清和院)
- Adopted son
- Imperial Prince Tomohito (兼仁親王) (Emperor Kōkaku, sixth son of Imperial Prince Kan'in-no-miya Sukehito)
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