991 Deaths - Theophanu, Emperor En'y?, Bardas Skleros, Piligrim, Otto I, Marquess of Montferrat, Gillacommain Mac Niall, Byrhtnoth (Paperback)

Chapters: Theophanu, Emperor En'y?, Bardas Skleros, Piligrim, Otto I, Marquess of Montferrat, Gillacommain Mac Niall, Byrhtnoth, Yaqub Ibn Killis, C Ceanain Mac Tadhg, Tribuno Memmo, Gausfred I, ?nakatomi No Yoshinobu, Taira No Kanemori, Nakatsukasa. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Emperor En'y En'y-tenn, March 2, 959 February 12, 991) was the 64th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. En'y's reign spanned the years from 969 through 984. Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina) was Morihira-shinn. Morihira-shinn was the fifth son of Emperor Murakami by the empress consort Anshi, the daughter of Fujiwara no Morosuke, therefore the brother of Emperor Reizei. In 967, Morihira-shinn was appointed as the crown prince, bypassing his elder brother by the same mother, since his brother had no support from the Fujiwara clan. En'y had five Empresses or Imperial consorts and one Imperial son. In his reign there were a severe struggle between the Fujiwara clan over who would be appointed kampaku. Emperor En'y followed his mother's advice and favored Fujiwara no Kanemichi, his maternal uncle. He had only one son, later the emperor Emperor Ichij by Senshi, a daughter of his uncle Fujiwara no Kaneie, who was another brother of his mother. He made the daughter of Kanemichi the empress consort, though she bore no children. Senshi and his father Kaneie were angry at this elevation of their rival and were absent from the court for a long time, staying at the mansion of Kaneie with the child. Imperial processions to the Hachiman and Hirano Shrines were first made during the reign of Emperor En'y. 'Kugy () is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Empero...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=202224