Tokugawa Iesato was the designated heir of the last shogun, [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], and succeeded him to become the first head of the [[Tokugawa clan]] following the fall of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. He served as president of the [[House of Peers]] from [[1903]] to 1933. | Tokugawa Iesato was the designated heir of the last shogun, [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], and succeeded him to become the first head of the [[Tokugawa clan]] following the fall of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. He served as president of the [[House of Peers]] from [[1903]] to 1933. |