Marriage & Family
On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last Shogun, with whom he had six children:
- Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi (博義王, Hiroyoshi-ō?, December 8, 1897 – October 19, 1938)
- Princess Yasuko (恭子女王, Yasuko-nyoō?, 1898 - 1919); Married Marquis Asano Nagatake
- Prince Hirotada (博忠王, Hirotada-ō?, 1902–1924); Became Prince Kachō Hirotada
- Prince Hironobu (博信王, Hironobu-ō?, 1905 - 1970); Became Marquis Kachō Hironobu: took peerage title of Marquis and succeeded to head of Kachō-no-miya household
- Princess Atsuko (敦子女王, Atsuko nyoō?, 1907 - 1936); Married Count Kiyosu Yukiyasu.
- Princess Tomoko (知子女王 Tomoko nyoō?, 1907 - 1947); married Prince Kuni Asaakira.
- Prince Hirohide (博英王, Hirohide-ō?, 1912–1943); Became Count Fushimi Hirohide: took peerage title of Count, served in IJN, KIA.
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