Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Takahito, Prince Mikasa

Japanese prince

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1915

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 27-Oct-2016

Profession: military personnel, historian, archaeologist, linguist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Takahito, Prince Mikasa (???????, Mikasa-no-miya Takahito Shinno, 2 December 1915 – 27 October 2016) was a Japanese royal, member of the Imperial House of Japan.
He was the fourth and youngest son of Emperor Taisho (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako) and was their last surviving child.
His eldest brother was Emperor Showa (Hirohito).
After serving as a junior cavalry officer in the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, the prince embarked upon a post-war career as a scholar and part-time lecturer in Middle Eastern studies and Semitic languages. With the death of his sister-in-law, Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu, on 17 December 2004, he became the oldest living member of the Imperial House of Japan.
As a centenarian, Prince Takahito was the oldest living royal, the oldest living prince in line of succession, and also the last one in it.
He died at age 100 on 27 October 2016 of cardiac arrest after being hospitalized for pneumonia.