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 clan|Miyoshi]] and [[Matsunaga clan|Matsunaga]] following the murder of shôgun [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru|Yoshiteru]] in [[1565]]. He was taken from [[Kyoto]] when [[Oda Nobunaga]] advanced on the city and died in the Miyoshi domain on Shikoku ([[1568]]) | 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 clan|Miyoshi]] and [[Matsunaga clan|Matsunaga]] following the murder of shôgun [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru|Yoshiteru]] in [[1565]]. He was taken from [[Kyoto]] when [[Oda Nobunaga]] advanced on the city and died in the Miyoshi domain on Shikoku ([[1568]]) |