Yoshinao’s mother was a certain [[Okane]]. He was given his late elder brother [[Tokugawa Tadayoshi|Tadayoshi's]] [[Owari province|Owari]] fief and an income of 601,000 [[koku]]. He became the head of the [[Tokugawa clan|Owari Tokugawa]], one of the three [[gosankyo|gosankyô]] houses established by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Ieyasu]] to provide heirs to the main line should the latter require one. Like his two younger brothers, [[Tokugawa Yorinobu|Yorinobu]] and [[Tokugawa Yorifusa|Yorifusa]], Yoshinao enjoyed his father’s favor.
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Yoshinao’s mother was a certain [[Okane]]. He was given his late elder brother [[Tokugawa Tadayoshi|Tadayoshi's]] [[Owari province|Owari]] fief and an income of 601,000 [[koku]]. He became the head of the [[Tokugawa clan|Owari Tokugawa]], one of the three ''[[gosanke]]'' established by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Ieyasu]] to provide heirs to the main line should the latter require one. Like his two younger brothers, [[Tokugawa Yorinobu|Yorinobu]] and [[Tokugawa Yorifusa|Yorifusa]], Yoshinao enjoyed his father’s favor.