Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi
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His Imperial Highness Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi (伏見宮貞愛親王 Fushimi-no-miya Hiroyoshi-ō ?) (8 December 1898 – 1 October 1937) was the 22nd head of the Fushimi-no-miya shinnōke (branch of the Imperial Family), and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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[edit] Early life
His Imperial Highness Prince Hiroyoshi was the eldest son and heir apparent of Admiral of the Fleet Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu and his wife, the former Tokugawa Tsuneko. He graduated from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1920.
[edit] Marriage & family
On 23 December 1919, he married Ichiko Tokiko (born 1903), the third daughter of Prince Ichijo Saneteru, by whom he had four children:
- HIH Princess Fushimi Mitsuko (b. 28 July 1929)
- HIH Prince Fushimi Hiroaki (b. 26 January 1932)
- HIH Princess Fushimi Yoshiko (14 February 1933 – 25 October 1937)
- HIH Princess Fushimi Ayako (b. 11 February 1934)
[edit] Military career
In 1932, the Prince was promoted to lieutenant commander and received command of the destroyer Kamikaze. On 23 August 1937, he received severe wounds in the Battle of Shanghai between Japanese and Chinese Nationalist forces during the opening stages of the Japanese invasion of China. He died of complications from his wounds on 1 October 1937 and is thus considered by some to be the first member of the Imperial family to perish in combat in World War II.
[edit] Gallery
 HIH Princess Fushimi Tokiko, consort |
