Ashikaga Yoshihide

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Birth: 1564
Death: 1568
Distinction: 14th Ashikaga shôgun
Japanese: 足利義栄 (Ashikaga Yoshihide)

Yoshihide was a son of Ashikaga Yoshitsuna and a grandson of Ashikaga Yoshizumi. Though only an infant, he acted as a figurehead for the Miyoshi and Matsunaga following the murder of shôgun Yoshiteru in 1565. He was taken from Kyoto when Oda Nobunaga advanced on the city and died in the Miyoshi domain on Shikoku (1568)

Preceded by:
Ashikaga Yoshiteru

Reign as Shogun
1568

Succeeded by:
Ashikaga Yoshiaki

References

Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005

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