Emperor Konoe

Konoe (1139–1155), son of Emperor Toba, was named heir at birth and enthroned in 1141 at age three when Toba forced Emperor Sutoku to abdicate. His father ruled as cloistered emperor throughout, with Fujiwara no Tadamichi as regent until 1150.

In 1150 he married two Fujiwara consorts from the rival camps of Tadamichi and Yorinaga. He died in 1155 at seventeen without an heir; the ensuing succession dispute brought his brother Go-Shirakawa to the throne and set the stage for the Hōgen Rebellion.