Soga no Kitashihime

Soga no Kitashihime (蘇我 堅塩媛) was a Japanese noblewoman and high lady, a daughter of Soga no Iname, a high-ranking official. She was a consort of Emperor Kinmei of Japan. Among her offspring were Emperor Yōmei, Empress Suiko and Princess Ōtomo.

In this Japanese name, the family name is Soga.

Issue

Soga no Kitashihime gave birth to seven sons and six girls:

• Imperial Prince Oe or Ikebe (Emperor Yōmei); born 540
• Imperial Princess Ihane-hime or Ihakumo, Ise Virgin; had to resign her charge being convicted of intrigue with her half-brother Mubaragi
• Imperial Prince Atori
• Imperial Princess Nukatabe (Empress Suiko), born 553, died 626
• Imperial Prince Maroko
• Imperial Princess Ohoyake
• Imperial Prince Iso no Kami Be (Imigako)
• Imperial Prince Yamashiro
• Imperial Princess Ohotomo or Ohomata; born about 560; married her nephew Oshisako no Hikohito no Oe, son of Bidatsu
• Imperial Prince Sakurai
• Imperial Princess Katano
• Imperial Prince Tachibana Moto no Wakugo
• Imperial Princess Toneri, born about 565; died 603; married to her nephew Tame Toyora, son of Yōmei

The exact year of her death is unclear, but in February 612 a large funeral was held and she was re-interred in Emperor Kinmei's tumulus.