Kotohito, Kan'in (閑院宮載仁親王)
- Date of birth:
- November 10th, 1865 (Kyoto, Japan)
- Date of death:
- May 21st, 1945 (Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan)
- Buried on:
- Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery
- Nationality:
- Japanese
Biography
Promotions:
November 1890: Lieutenant
November 1892: Captain
November 1894: Major
November 3, 1899: Colonel
November 3, 1901: Major General
November 3, 1904: Lieutenant General
November 27, 1912: General
December 12, 1919: Marshal
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Daikun'i kikkashō - Grand Cordon
- Awarded on:
- August 18th, 1887
Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Rank:
- Sho-sa (Major)
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1895
- Rank:
- Chu-sa (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- November 20th, 1895
Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
- Rank:
- Chu-sa (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- November 2nd, 1898
Osmanlı Devlet Nişanı 1st class
- Rank:
- Tai-sa (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- May 29th, 1900
Grootlint in de Leopoldsorde / Grand cordon de l'Ordre de Léopold
- Rank:
- Tai-sa (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- May 28th, 1900
With swords
Ordine Supremo della Santissima Annunziata
- Rank:
- Tai-sa (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- May 20th, 1900
Großkreuz zum Königlich Ungarischer Orden des Heiligen Stephan
- Rank:
- Tai-sa (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- June 7th, 1900
Roter Adlerorden Grosskreuz
- Rank:
- Tai-sa (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- June 23rd, 1900
Shuanglong Baoxing - 1st class, 2nd grade
- Rank:
- Sho-sho (Major General)
- Awarded on:
- January 27th, 1904
- Rank:
- Chu-sho (Lieutenant-General)
- Awarded on:
- November 18th, 1905
With swords
- Period:
- Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
- Rank:
- Chu-sho (Lieutenant-General)
- Awarded on:
- April 1st, 1906
- Period:
- Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
- Rank:
- Chu-sho (Lieutenant-General)
- Awarded on:
- April 1st, 1906
- Rank:
- Chu-sho (Lieutenant-General)
- Awarded on:
- June 22nd, 1906
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Gen-sui (Field Marshall)
- Awarded on:
- December 12th, 1919
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Gen-sui (Field Marshall)
- Awarded on:
- November 1st, 1920
- Rank:
- Gen-sui (Field Marshall)
- Awarded on:
- September 24th, 1921
Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Gen-sui (Field Marshall)
- Awarded on:
- 1921
- Rank:
- Gen-sui (Field Marshall)
- Awarded on:
- December 5th, 1930
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Gen-sui (Field Marshall)
- Awarded on:
- August 15th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Gen-sui (Field Marshall)
- Awarded on:
- April 4th, 1942
Sources
- Photo 1: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
- - Biography (in Japans)
- "Government Bulletin" No. 3737 "Ordination and Resignation" December 11, 1895.
- Extra "Government Bulletin" "Ordination and Resignation" December 30, 1906.
- "Government Bulletin" No. 1187 "Ordination and Resignation" July 15, 1916.
- "Government Bulletin" No. 2612 "Ordination and Resignation" April 19, 1921.
- "Government Bulletin" No. 1499, "Ordination and Resignation," December 28, 1931, p.742.
- "Government Bulletin" No. 4438, Appendix "Resignation II" October 23, 1941.
- "Government Bulletin" No. 4570, "Ceremony of the Order of the Court Records," April 7, 1942, p.213.
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