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"Tokugawa," like [[Taira clan|Taira]], [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara]], [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]], and [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]], was an aristocratic clan name, bestowed by the Emperor. This set the Tokugawa apart from those who bore merely a samurai surname, such as Matsudaira,<ref>Only certain branches of Ieyasu's family - the ''Gosanke'' and junior branches mentioned above - were permitted to use the name Tokugawa; lesser branches continued to use the name Matsudaira.</ref> and who were thus ''[[jigenin]]'', outsiders to the Court aristocracy.
"Tokugawa," like [[Taira clan|Taira]], [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara]], [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]], and [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]], was an aristocratic clan name, bestowed by the Emperor. This set the Tokugawa apart from those who bore merely a samurai surname, such as Matsudaira,<ref>Only certain branches of Ieyasu's family - the ''Gosanke'' and junior branches mentioned above - were permitted to use the name Tokugawa; lesser branches continued to use the name Matsudaira.</ref> and who were thus ''[[jigenin]]'', outsiders to the Court aristocracy.
==Tokugawa Lineage==
*[[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] - first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate<ref>Lineage in part from "[http://www.tokugawa.ne.jp/about_tokugawa.htm Tokugawa-ke ni tsuite]," Tokugawa Memorial Foundation.</ref>
**[[Tokugawa Nobuyasu]] - eldest son of Ieyasu, founder of [[Matsudaira clan (Echizen)]]
**[[Yuki Hideyasu|Yûki Hideyasu]] - second son of Ieyasu
**[[Tokugawa Hidetada]] - third son of Ieyasu; second Tokugawa shogun
***[[Oeyo]] - wife of Hidetada, daughter of [[Asai Nagamasa]] and [[Oichi]]
***[[Hoshina Masayuki]] - third son of Hidetada by a concubine; lord of [[Aizu han]]
***[[Tofukumon-in|Tôfukumon-in]] - daughter of Hidetada & Oeyo; empress consort to [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]]
***[[Senhime]] - daughter of Hidetada & Oeyo; wife of [[Toyotomi Hideyori]]
***[[Tokugawa Tadanaga]] - son of Hidetada & Oeyo, lord of [[Kofu han|Kôfu]]
***[[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] - son of Hidetada & Oeyo, third Tokugawa shogun
****[[Tokugawa Ietsuna]] - son of Iemitsu, fourth Tokugawa shogun
****[[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] - son of Iemitsu, fifth Tokugawa shogun
****[[Tokugawa Tsunashige]] - son of Iemitsu
*****[[Tokugawa Ienobu]] - son of Tsunashige, sixth Tokugawa shogun
******[[Tokugawa Ietsugu]] - son of Ienobu, seventh Tokugawa shogun
**[[Tokugawa Tadayoshi]] - fourth son of Ieyasu
**[[Tokugawa Yoshinao]] - seventh son of Ieyasu, founder of [[Owari Tokugawa clan]]
***[[Tokugawa Mitsutomo]] - son of Yoshinao
**[[Tokugawa Yorinobu]] - eighth son of Ieyasu, founder of [[Kishu Tokugawa clan|Kishû Tokugawa clan]]
***[[Tokugawa Mitsusada]] - son of Yorinobu
****[[Tokugawa Yoshimune]] - son of Mitsusada, eighth Tokugawa shogun
*****[[Tokugawa Ieshige]] - son of Yoshimune, ninth Tokugawa shogun
******[[Tokugawa Ieharu]] - son of Ieshige, tenth Tokugawa shogun
******[[Tokugawa Shigeyoshi]] - son of Ieshige, founder of [[Shimizu Tokugawa clan]]
*****[[Tokugawa Munetake]] - son of Yoshimune, founder of [[Tayasu Tokugawa clan]]
*****[[Tokugawa Munetada]] - son of Yoshimune, founder of [[Hitotsubashi Tokugawa clan]]
******[[Tokugawa Harusada]] - son of Munetada
*******[[Tokugawa Ienari]] - son of Harusada, eleventh Tokugawa shogun
********[[Kodai-in|Kôdai-in]] - wife of Ienari
********[[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]] - son of Ienari, twelfth Tokugawa shogun
*********[[Tokugawa Iesada]] - son of Ieyoshi, thirteenth Tokugawa shogun
**********[[Atsu-hime]] - wife of Iesada
********[[Tokugawa Nariyuki]] - son of Ienari
*********[[Tokugawa Iemochi]] - son of Nariyuki, fourteenth Tokugawa shogun
**********[[Kazu-no-Miya]] - wife of Iemochi, daughter of [[Emperor Ninko|Emperor Ninkô]]
**[[Tokugawa Yorifusa]] - ninth son of Ieyasu, founder of [[Mito Tokugawa clan]]
***[[Matsudaira Yorishige]] - son of Yorifusa
***[[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]] - son of Yorifusa
****[[Tokugawa Nariaki]] - descendant of Yorifusa, lord of Mito
*****[[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] - son of Nariaki, fifteenth and final Tokugawa shogun
******[[Tokugawa Iesato]] - son of Yoshinobu
==Generals of the Tokugawa clan during the Sengoku Period==
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