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Hidetada was the third son of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] through one of the latter's consorts and was known in his youth as Nagamaru. He was named the heir to the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] and he acted as a hostage to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] during the [[Odawara Campaign]] ([[1590]]). Hideyoshi both presided over his coming of age ceremony and gave him the character 'Hide' to use in his name. During the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] he was initially responsible for conducting operations in the east against the [[Uesugi clan|Uesugi]], but departed westward with 38,000 men to join his father. Along the way, he became distracted by the resistance of the [[Sanada clan|Sanada]] at [[Ueda castle]] in [[Shinano province|Shinano]]. He attempted to bring the castle down and when he failed to make any impression on the defenses, moved on. As a consequence of his decision to attack Ueda, he missed the [[Battle of Sekigahara]], a mishap for which he was harshly rebuked by his father. He was named the shôgun in [[1605]], although his father continued to rule from retirement. He played an active role in the [[Osaka castle]] sieges, although he and his father argued more then once on the course the campaign should take, with Hidetada calling for a direct assault while Ieyasu favored caution. Following the death of Ieyasu in [[1616]], Hidetada worked to strengthen the power of the Tokugawa bakufu, including arranging the marriage of his daughter to the emperor [[Go-Mizuno]]; a product of this marriage assumed the throne in [[1629]] as the empress [[Meisho|Meishô]]. Hidetada was married to [[Oeyo]], a daughter of [[Asai Nagamasa]] and [[Oda Nobunaga|Oda Nobunaga's]] sister [[Oichi]]. Hidetada retired in [[1623]] in favor of his son [[Tokugawa Iemitsu|Iemitsu]]. He was known after his death as Taitoku-in.

Hidetada was the third son of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] through one of the latter's consorts and was known in his youth as Nagamaru. He was named the heir to the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] and he acted as a hostage to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] during the [[Odawara Campaign]] ([[1590]]). Hideyoshi both presided over his coming of age ceremony and gave him the character 'Hide' to use in his name. During the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] he was initially responsible for conducting operations in the east against the [[Uesugi clan|Uesugi]], but departed westward with 38,000 men to join his father. Along the way, he became distracted by the resistance of the [[Sanada clan|Sanada]] at [[Ueda castle]] in [[Shinano province|Shinano]]. He attempted to bring the castle down and when he failed to make any impression on the defenses, moved on. As a consequence of his decision to attack Ueda, he missed the [[Battle of Sekigahara]], a mishap for which he was harshly rebuked by his father. He was named the shôgun in [[1605]], although his father continued to rule from retirement. He played an active role in the [[Osaka castle]] sieges, although he and his father argued more then once on the course the campaign should take, with Hidetada calling for a direct assault while Ieyasu favored caution. Following the death of Ieyasu in [[1616]], Hidetada worked to strengthen the power of the Tokugawa bakufu, including arranging the marriage of his daughter to the emperor [[Go-Mizuno]]; a product of this marriage assumed the throne in [[1629]] as the empress [[Meisho|Meishô]]. Hidetada was married to [[Oeyo]], a daughter of [[Asai Nagamasa]] and [[Oda Nobunaga|Oda Nobunaga's]] sister [[Oichi]]. Hidetada retired in [[1623]] in favor of his son [[Tokugawa Iemitsu|Iemitsu]]. He was known after his death as Taitoku-in.

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