Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Nagaya (長屋王 Nagaya-no-ōkimi or Nagaya-ō) (684 – 20 March 729) was a politician of the Nara period and an imperial prince of Japan, a son of Prince Takechi (grandson of Emperor Temmu).His father was Prince Takechi and his mother Princess Minabe (a daughter of Emperor Tenji and Empress Gemmei's sister). He married Princess Kibi (his cousin, a daughter of Empress Gemmei and Empress Genshō's sister).He had a great power in politics because he was a member of the Imperial family of the best birth, and there were no other competitive Imperial members in those days. A big residence was allocated to him in the very good part of Heijō-kyō.The Fujiwara clan was the most powerful competitor of Nagaya. Fujiwara no Fuhito, the leader of the house, had been the most powerful courtier in the court in those days when this country was reigned by Empress Genshō, a cousin of Nagaya's. After Fuhito's death in 720, he seized a complete power in the court. This power shift was the source of later conflicts between him and Fuhito's four sons (Muchimaro, Fusasaki, Maro and Umakai) in the reign of Emperor Shōmu.In 729, the four sons charged him with a false crime and Nagaya received the death penalty. He was forced to commit suicide. His wife, Princess Kibi, and his children were killed at the same time.. }
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- Prince_Nagaya abstract "Nagaya (長屋王 Nagaya-no-ōkimi or Nagaya-ō) (684 – 20 March 729) was a politician of the Nara period and an imperial prince of Japan, a son of Prince Takechi (grandson of Emperor Temmu).His father was Prince Takechi and his mother Princess Minabe (a daughter of Emperor Tenji and Empress Gemmei's sister). He married Princess Kibi (his cousin, a daughter of Empress Gemmei and Empress Genshō's sister).He had a great power in politics because he was a member of the Imperial family of the best birth, and there were no other competitive Imperial members in those days. A big residence was allocated to him in the very good part of Heijō-kyō.The Fujiwara clan was the most powerful competitor of Nagaya. Fujiwara no Fuhito, the leader of the house, had been the most powerful courtier in the court in those days when this country was reigned by Empress Genshō, a cousin of Nagaya's. After Fuhito's death in 720, he seized a complete power in the court. This power shift was the source of later conflicts between him and Fuhito's four sons (Muchimaro, Fusasaki, Maro and Umakai) in the reign of Emperor Shōmu.In 729, the four sons charged him with a false crime and Nagaya received the death penalty. He was forced to commit suicide. His wife, Princess Kibi, and his children were killed at the same time.".