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[[Image:HosokawaToro.JPG|right|thumb|300px|A stone lantern marking the grave of Hosokawa Tadaoki and his wife [[Hosokawa Gracia]], at [[Koto-in|Kôtô-in]], a subtemple of [[Daitoku-ji]], in Kyoto.]]
* ''Born: [[1564]]''
* ''Born: [[1564]]''
* ''Died: [[1645]]''
* ''Died: [[1645]]''
* ''Japanese'': 細川忠興 ''(Hosokawa Tadaoki)''
[[Hosokawa Fujitaka|Hosokawa Fujitaka's]] eldest son, Tadaoki fought his first battle at the age of 15 in the service of [[Oda Nobunaga]]. Along with his father he was given the province of [[Tango province|Tango]] in [[1580]], soon afterwards married the daughter of [[Akechi Mitsuhide]], noted [[Oda clan|Oda]] general and a friend of Fujitaka. In [[1582]] [[Akechi clan|Akechi]] rebelled and after Nobunaga was killed, he turned to the [[Hosokawa clan|Hosokawa]] for help. Tadaoki replied by preparing to send his wife back to the Akechi and both he and Fujitaka refused to provide their erstwhile comrade with any assistance. After Hideyoshi defeated Mitsuhide, he convinced Tadaoki to take his wife back.
[[Hosokawa Fujitaka|Hosokawa Fujitaka's]] eldest son, Tadaoki fought his first battle at the age of 15 in the service of [[Oda Nobunaga]]. Along with his father he was given the province of [[Tango province|Tango]] in [[1580]], soon afterwards married the daughter of [[Akechi Mitsuhide]], noted [[Oda clan|Oda]] general and a friend of Fujitaka. In [[1582]] [[Akechi clan|Akechi]] rebelled and after Nobunaga was killed, he turned to the [[Hosokawa clan|Hosokawa]] for help. Tadaoki replied by preparing to send his wife back to the Akechi and both he and Fujitaka refused to provide their erstwhile comrade with any assistance. After Hideyoshi defeated Mitsuhide, he convinced Tadaoki to take his wife back.