Emperor Takakura - Genealogy

Genealogy

Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina) was Norihito-shinnō (憲仁親王). He was also known as Nobuhito-shinnō.

Takakura was the fourth son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa, and thus uncle to his predecessor, Emperor Rokujō. His mother was Empress Dowager Taira no Shigeko, the younger sister of Taira no Tokiko, the wife of Taira no Kiyomori. His empress consort was Taira no Tokuko (later Empress Dowager Kenrei), the daughter of Taira no Kiyomori, and thus his first cousin (as his mother and Tokuko's mothers were sisters).

• Empress consort: Taira no Tokuko (平徳子) – later Kenrei-mon In
  • Imperial Prince Tokihito (言仁親王) – later Emperor Antoku
• Shichijō-in (七条院), Bōmon Shokushi (坊門殖子, 藤原殖子)
  • Second son: Imperial Prince Morisada (守貞親王) – later Go-Takakura In (後高倉院)
    • Third son of Prince Morisada: Imperial Prince Toyohito (茂仁親王) – later Emperor Go-Horikawa
  • Fourth son: Imperial Prince Takahira (尊成親王) – later Emperor Go-Toba
• Lady of Rokujō (六条局), Konoe Michiko/Tsūshi (近衛通子)
• Court Lady Azechi? (按察典侍), Horikawa Toyoko? (堀河豊子)
  • Third daughter: Imperial Princess Kiyoko (潔子内親王) – Saigū of Ise
• Court Lady Shōshō (少将内侍), Taira no Noriko (平範子)
  • Third son: Imperial Prince Koreaki (惟明親王) (1172–1121), later Imperial Prince and Monk Shōen (聖円入道親王)
• Lady of Sochi (帥局), daughter of Fujiwara no Kimishige (藤原公重) – former nanny of Takakura
  • First daughter: Imperial Princess Isako (功子内親王) – Saigū of Ise
• Lady of Kogō (小督局), daughter of Fujiwara no Shigenori (藤原成範)
  • Second daughter: Imperial Princess Hanshi/Noriko (範子内親王), Empress Dowager Bō (坊門院)