Matsudaira Hirotada

In this Japanese name, the surname is Matsudaira.

Matsudaira Hirotada 松平 広忠
Head of Matsudaira clan
In office 1535–1549
Preceded by	Matsudaira Kiyoyasu
Succeeded by	Tokugawa Ieyasu
Personal details
Born	9 June 1526
Died	3 April 1549(1549-04-03) (aged 22) Okazaki, Aichi
Spouse(s)	Odai no Kata Makihime
Children	Tokugawa Ieyasu
Parents	Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (father) Haruhime (mother)
Military service
Allegiance	Imagawa clan
Unit	Matsudaira clan
Commands	Okazaki Castle
Battles/wars	Siege of Anjō Castle (1540) Battle of Azukizaka (1542) Battle of Azukizaka (1548)

Matsudaira Hirotada (松平 広忠, June 9, 1526 – April 3, 1549) was the lord of Okazaki Castle in Mikawa province, Japan during the Sengoku Period of the 16th century. He is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate.[1]

Biography

Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (seventh head of the Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō.

After his father's assassination in 1535, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Oda clan.

In 1540, Oda Nobuhide attacked and took Anjō castle, which was held by the Matsudaira family. Hirotada was assisted by Mizuno Tadamasa. After Anjō castle was taken, Oda Nobuhide's son, Oda Nobuhiro, was installed as the lord of the castle.

In 1541, Hirotada married Mizuno Tadamasa's daughter, Okichi. A son, was born to them a year later, Matsudaira Takechiyo later known as Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Hirotada joined Imagawa Yoshimoto to fight Oda Nobuhide at the First Battle of Azukizaka in 1542, and were defeated.

In 1543, his uncle, Matsudaira Nobutaka, rebelled and joined Oda Nobuhide. Hirotada had a serious disagreement with his father-in-law, Mizuno Tadamasa. Later in 1544, he divorced Tadamasa daughter, Okichi. He then married the daughter of Toda Yasumitsu, Makihime.

Death

In 1549, when his son Matsudaira Takechiyo (later known as Tokugawa Ieyasu) was six years old, Hirotada was murdered by his own vassals, who had been bribed by the Oda clan.

Grave of Matsudaira Hirotada at Daiju-ji in Okazaki, Aichi.

He was posthumously conferred the rank of Dainagon by his son Ieyasu in 1612.

Family

Parents

Status	image	Name	posthumous Name	Birth	Death	Parents
Father		Matsudaira Kiyoyasu	Zentokuin-dono nenshoudohodaikoji	September 28, 1511	December 29, 1535	Matsudaira Nobutada (1490-September 8, 1531), Okochi Mitsunari's daughter
Mother		Haruhime				Matsudaira Masayasu (d.1525) of Ōkusa-Matsudaira clan

Wives and concubines

Status	Image	Name	posthumous Name	Birth	Death	Parents	Children
First Wife (divorce 1544)		Odai no Kata	Denzū-in	1528	October 13, 1602	Mizuno Tadamasa Otomi-no-Kata	Matsudaira Motonobu
Second Wife		Makihime				Toda Yasumitsu (d.1547)	Ichibahime (d.1593) married to Arakawa Yoshihiro later to Tsutsui Sadatsugu of Iga-Ueno Domain
Concubine		Ohisa-no-kata				Matsudaira Norimasa of Ogyu-Matsudaira clan	Matsudaira Tadamasa (1544-1591) Esai
Concubine						Hirahara Clan	Yadahime married Matsudaira Yasutada (1546–1618) of Nagasawa-Matsudaira clan
Concubine		Omiyu-no-Kata					Matsudaira Iemoto
Concubine						Naito Clan	Naito Nobunari of Nagahama Domain

Children

Image	Name	posthumous Name	Birth	Death	Mother	Spouse	Children
	Matsudaira Motonobu	Hogo Onkokuin	January 31, 1543	June 1, 1616	Odai-no-Kata	First: Lady Tsukiyama Second: Asahi no kata	By First: Tokugawa Nobuyasu Kamehime married Okudaira Nobumasa of Kano Domain By Concubines: First: Tokuhime married Hojo Ujinao later Ikeda Terumasa of Himeji Domain Yuki Hideyasu of Fukui Domain Tokugawa Hidetada Matsudaira Tadayoshi of Fukui Domain Furi-hime (1580-1617) married to Gamō Hideyuki of Aizu Domain later Asano Nagaakira of Hiroshima Domain Takeda Nobuyoshi of Mito Domain Matsudaira Tadateru of Takada Domain Matsudaira Matsuchiyo of Fukaya Domain Tokugawa Yoshinao of Owari Domain Tokugawa Yorinobu of Kishu Domain Tokugawa Yorifusa of Mito Domain Senchiyo (1595-1600) Matsuhime (1595-1598) Ichi-hime (1607-1610)
	Matsudaira Tadamasa		1544	1591	Ohisa-no-Kata		Matsudaira Nagakiyo
	Esai				Ohisa-no-Kata
	Yadahime				Hirahara clan's daughter	Matsudaira Yasutada (1546–1618) of Nagasawa-Matsudaira clan	Matsudaira Yasunao (1569–1593) of Fukaya Domain
	Matsudaira Iemoto	Shogenin	1548	September 19, 1603	Omiyu-no-Kata
	Naito Nobunari of Nagahama Domain	Denzun-in-dono Yōtakesōkendaikoji	June 13, 1545	August 20, 1612	Naito clan's daughter	Awao Nagakatsu's daughter	Naito Nobumasa (1568–1626) of Nagahama Domain Naito Nobuhiro (1592–1649) Daughter married Sanjo clan's man Daughter married Ide Masanobu Daughter married Endō Toshiharu Daughter married Niwa Sadaaki later Momiyama Sadamasa
	Ichibahime			June 1, 1593	Makihime	First: Arakawa Yoshihiro Second: Tsutsui Sadatsugu of Iga-Ueno Domain	Arakawa Hirotsuna Arakawa Ienori daughter married Matsudaira Kanemitsu
	Matsudaira Chikayoshi

Ancestry

[2]

Ancestors of Matsudaira Hirotada
8. Matsudaira Nagachika (1473-1544) 4.Matsudaira Nobutada (1490-1531) 9. Gekkū Jōun (d. 1527) 2. Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (1511-1535) 10. Ōkōchi Mitsushige 5. Iwakura-dono Masako Mitsunaka 1. Matsudaira Hirotada 12. Matsudaira Mitsushige (d. 1508) 6. Matsudaira Masayasu (d. 1525) 13. Saigō Yoritsugu's daughter 3. Haruhime

References

1. Turnbull, Stephen (1987). Battles of the Samurai. Arms and Armour Press. p. 34. ISBN 0853688265.
2. "Genealogy". Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 December 2017.