Yuriko, Princess Mikasa

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Yuriko
崇仁親王妃百合子
Princess Mikasa
Princess Mikasa 2012-1-2.jpg
Princess Yuriko during the New Year Greeting on 2 January 2012
Born(1923-06-04)4 June 1923
Tokyo City, Japan
Died15 November 2024(2024-11-15) (aged 101)
Tokyo, Japan
Spouse
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
(m. 1941; his death 2016)
IssuePrincess Yasuko of Mikasa
Prince Tomohito of Mikasa
Yoshihito, Prince Katsura
Princess Masako of Mikasa
Norihito, Prince Takamado
Full name
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HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherMasanari Takagi
MotherKuniko Takagi
ReligionShinto

On 29 March 1941, Yuriko's engagement to her second cousin once removed, Prince Mikasa, was announced. The engagement ceremony was held on 3 October 1941, and the wedding ceremony took place on 22 October 1941. Prince and Princess Mikasa were married for 75 years, until Prince Mikasa's death in October 2016.

In March 2024, Yuriko was hospitalized for a stroke. In a few months later in August, she was hospitalized again for pneumonia.[2][3]

Yuriko died on 15 November 2024 at a hospital in Tokyo from multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia at the age of 101.[4]

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References

  1. "Activities of Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Mikasa and their family". The Imperial Household Agency. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. "入院中の百合子さま、軽い肺炎との診断受けられる ご症状は回復 101歳、皇室で最高齢". Sankei Shimbun (in 日本語). 26 August 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  3. "Japan's 101-yr-old Princess in intensive care for mild pneumonia". Mainichi Shimbun. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  4. "三笠宮妃百合子さま逝去 101歳 上皇さまの叔母:朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in 日本語). 15 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.

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