Princess Iitoyo

Princess Iitoyo
飯豊青皇女
Great Queen of Yamato (possibly)
Kitahanauchi Otsuka Kofun where she is believed to be buried.
Empress of Japan (possibly)
Reign484
PredecessorEmperor Seinei (traditional)
SuccessorEmperor Kenzō (traditional)
BornIitoyo-hime
440
Died484
Burial
Kitahanauchi Otsuka Kofun
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Princess Iitoyo (Iitoyo-hime) (飯豊青皇女)

Chinese-style shigō:
Empress Iitoyo (Iitoyo-tennō) (飯豊天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Oshinumi-no-iitoyo-no-ao

Posthumous name, according to other tradition
Empress Tsunuzashi
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Richū
MotherKuro-hime (黒媛)

Iitoyo (飯豊青皇女, 440–484) was a Japanese imperial princess and empress regnant. She was, according to traditional legend, ruler for a short period between Emperor Seinei and Emperor Kenzō. She is referred to as "Empress [Regnant] Iitoyo" (飯豊天皇 Iitoyo-tennō) in the Fusō Ryakuki and the Honchō Kōin Jōun-roku, a 12th-century and a 15th-century collection of historical texts, respectively.