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The Shimazu, who may have been descended from the [[Koremune clan]], were founded by [[Shimazu Tadahisa]] (d.[[1227]]), who was appointed as military commander of southern [[Kyushu]] by [[Minamoto Yoritomo]] in [[1187]]. The Shimazu were splintered into two contending factions following the death of [[Shimazu Sadahisa]] ([[1265]]-[[1351]]) and remained fractured into the [[Sengoku Period]]. Building on the efforts of his father [[Shimazu Takahisa]], [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]] managed to take much of Kyushu by [[1587]] but was forced back by [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. Though they supported [[Ishida Mitsunari]] in [[1600]], the Shimazu remained a powerful house until the end of the [[Edo Period]]. It was once believed that Shimazu Tadahisa was an illegitimate child of [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]], a story that has largely been abandoned since the end of the Edo Period.

The Shimazu, who may have been descended from the [[Koremune clan]], were founded by [[Shimazu Tadahisa]] (d.[[1227]]), who was appointed as military commander of southern [[Kyushu]] by [[Minamoto Yoritomo]] in [[1187]]. The Shimazu were splintered into two contending factions following the death of [[Shimazu Sadahisa]] ([[1265]]-[[1351]]) and remained fractured into the [[Sengoku Period]]. Building on the efforts of his father [[Shimazu Takahisa]], [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]] managed to take much of Kyushu by [[1587]] but was forced back by [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. Though they supported [[Ishida Mitsunari]] in [[1600]], the Shimazu remained a powerful house until the end of the [[Edo Period]]. It was once believed that Shimazu Tadahisa was an illegitimate child of [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]], a story that has largely been abandoned since the end of the Edo Period.

==Selected Members of the Shimazu clan==

==Prominent Members of the Shimazu clan==

*[[Shimazu Tadahisa]] (1179-1227), 1st family head of the Shimazu

*[[Shimazu Tadahisa]] (1179-1227), 1st family head of the Shimazu

**[[Shimazu Tadasue]], Tadahisa's half-brother by a different father, & progenitor of the Wakasa Shimazu

**[[Shimazu Tadasue]], Tadahisa's half-brother by a different father, & progenitor of the Wakasa Shimazu

************************[[Toki-hime]], daughter of Narioki, wife of [[Yamauchi Toyoteru]], lord of [[Tosa han]]

************************[[Toki-hime]], daughter of Narioki, wife of [[Yamauchi Toyoteru]], lord of [[Tosa han]]

************************[[Shimazu Hisamitsu]] (Shimazu Tamazato family), son of Narioki

************************[[Shimazu Hisamitsu]] (Shimazu Tamazato family), son of Narioki

*************************[[Shimazu Tadayoshi]] (1840-1897), son of Hisamitsu, 29th family head, 12th Edo pd daimyô of Satsuma

*************************[[Shimazu Tadayoshi]] (1840-1897), son of Hisamitsu, adopted son of Nariakira, 29th family head, 12th Edo pd daimyô of Satsuma

************************[[Shimazu Nariakira]] (1809-1858), son of Narioki, 28th family head, 11th Edo pd daimyô of Satsuma

************************[[Shimazu Nariakira]] (1809-1858), son of Narioki, 28th family head, 11th Edo pd daimyô of Satsuma

*************************[[Sada-hime]], daughter of Nariakira, wife of [[Konoe Tadafusa]]

*************************[[Sada-hime]], daughter of Nariakira, wife of [[Konoe Tadafusa]]

*************************[[Teru-hime]],

*************************[[Teru-hime]], daughter of Nariakira, wife of Shimazu Tadayoshi

==References==

==References==

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