Prince Konoe Tadahiro (近衛 忠熙; 4 September 1808 – 18 March 1898), was a Japanese court noble who served in the regent position kampaku from 1862 to 1863.
He was the eldest son of Konoe Motosaki. His consort was Shimazu Kyoko, an adopted daughter of Shimazu Narioki, tenth head of Satsuma Domain. With her he had a son Tadafusa. After his son's death he adopted his grandson Atsumaro as heir. He also adopted a daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, named Atsuko or Atsuhime, who was a daughter of the Shimazu Imaizumi branch. After adoption Atsuhime changed her name to Fujiwara no Fumiko, and later she became a consort of Tokugawa Iesada and took the name Tenshōin. Following the Meiji Restoration, he was granted the title of prince.
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Honors
Translated from the article in the Japanese Wikipedia
Prince (1884)
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (March 1885)
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers (26 September 1895)
Order of precedence
Senior fifth rank (26th day, second month of the 13th year of Bunka (1816))
Fourth rank (28th day, third month of the 13th year of Bunka (1816)