Tokugawa Tadateru

• Born: 1583
• Died: 1605
• Other names: 松平忠輝 (Matsudaira Tadateru)
• Japanese: 徳川忠輝 (Tokugawa Tadateru)

Tadateru’s mother was Ocha no Tsubone. Despite being an infant, he was married to the daughter of Date Masamune in 1599. He was later adopted by Matsudaira Yasutada and received a 180,000 koku fief in Shinano (Sakura). In 1610 he received the fief of Takada in Echigo, worth 620,000 koku. Following a scandal during the Siege of Osaka Castle, to which Tadateru had come only tardily, he was accused of plotting against Hidetada and lost his lands. He eventually settled in Suo province, where he lived in obscurity to an advanced age, the last of Ieyasu’s sons to pass away.

References

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