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Prince Munetaka

1242 - 1274

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Prince Munetaka (宗尊親王, Munetaka Shinnō; 15 December 1242 – 2 September 1274) was the sixth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan who reigned from 1252 to 1266. He was the first son of the Emperor Go-Saga and replaced the deposed Fujiwara no Yoritsugu as shōgun at the age of ten. He was a puppet ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents. 10 May 1252 (Kenchō 4, 1st day of the 4th month): Hōjō Tokiyori and Hōjō Shigetoki sent a representative to imperial capital Kyoto to accompany Munetaka to Kamakura where he would be installed as shogun. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Munetaka is the 9,638th most popular politician (down from 9,481st in 2019), the 801st most popular biography from Japan (down from 767th in 2019) and the 265th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Munetaka ranks 9,638 out of 19,576Before him are Mikhail Loris-Melikov, Ahmad al-Muqtadir, Burna-Buriash II, Michel Théato, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, and Foday Sankoh. After him are Mohammad Beheshti, Mangas Coloradas, Tevfik Esenç, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, Marián Čalfa, and Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1242, Prince Munetaka ranks 6Before him are Margaret of Hungary, George Pachymeres, Beatrice of Castile, Al-Mansur Ali, and Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia. After him are Helena Angelina Doukaina, and Beatrice of England. Among people deceased in 1274, Prince Munetaka ranks 8Before him are Bonaventure, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Robert de Sorbon, Henry I of Navarre, Wonjong of Goryeo, and Emperor Duzong. After him is Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Prince Munetaka ranks 801 out of 6,245Before him are Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi (1958), Masami Kurumada (1953), Ikki Kita (1883), Iwakura Tomomi (1825), and Mitsuo Kato (1953). After him are Heisuke Hironaka (1931), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), Shintaro Katsu (1931), Ariwara no Narihira (825), and Yuji Kishioku (1954).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Prince Munetaka ranks 265Before him are Yamada Nagamasa (1590), Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (1902), Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867), Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (1852), and Iwakura Tomomi (1825). After him are Ōmura Sumitada (1533), Atsuko Ikeda (1931), Donald Tsang (1944), Prince Koreyasu (1264), Ashikaga Yoshihide (1538), and Takako Shimazu (1939).