Marriage and Family
On December 13, 1889, Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi married Shimazu Chikako (19 October 1879 - 9 September 1956), the seventh daughter of Prince Shimazu Tadayoshi, the last daimyō of Satsuma Domain. The marriage represented an alliance between the imperial family and the Satsuma clan.
- Prince Kuni Asaakira (久邇宮朝融王?, February 2, 1901 – December 3, 1959)
- Marquis Kuni Kunihisa (久邇邦久?, March 20, 1902 – March 5, 1935)
- Kuni Nagako (香淳皇后/良子女王?, March 6, 1903 – June 16, 2000): married Emperor Showa in 1924.
- Princess Kuni Nobuko (信子女王?, March 30, 1904 – November 8, 1945)
- Princess Kuni Satoko (智子女王?, b. September 1, 1906 – November 15, 1989)
- Count Higashifushimi Kunihide (東伏見慈洽?, b. May 10, 1910)
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