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* ''Born: [[1566]]''

* ''Born: [[1566]]''

* ''Died: [[1658]]''

* ''Died: [[1658]]''

* ''Titles: Izu no kami'' 伊豆守

* ''Titles: Izu no kami'' (伊豆守)

* ''Childhood Name: Gensabarô'' 原三郎

* ''Childhood Name: Gensabarô'' (原三郎)

* Japanese: 真田信之 ''(Sanada Nobuyuki)'' <ref>Nobuyuki used 信之 on his official seal and often for his signature, and the accounts use that.  However two documents of 1608, are signed 信幸.  This "yuki" 幸 is the same as that of his father Masayuki 昌幸.</ref>

* Japanese: 真田信之 ''(Sanada Nobuyuki)'' <ref>Nobuyuki used 信之 on his official seal and often for his signature, and the accounts use that.  However two documents of 1608, are signed 信幸.  This "yuki" 幸 is the same as that of his father Masayuki 昌幸.</ref>

Sanada Nobuyuki of the  [[Sanada clan]] of [[Shinano province]] was the eldest son of of [[Sanada Masayuki]] and his wife  (Kanshô-in　寒松院); he was the older brother of Sanada Nobushige ( [[Sanada Yukimura|Yukimura]]).

Sanada Nobuyuki of the  [[Sanada clan]] of [[Shinano province]] was the eldest son of of [[Sanada Masayuki]] and his wife  (Kanshô-in　寒松院); he was the older brother of Sanada Nobushige ( [[Sanada Yukimura|Yukimura]]).

Nobuyuki went back to Numata, and then was ordered to join Ieyasu's son [[Tokugawa Hidetada|Hidetada]], who left Utsunomiya on 8/24, as he "moved to Chiisagata." (A similar letter to another general said more directly "to chastise Sanada of Shinshû (Shinano).") Though Hidetada had the much larger army, he did not succeed in the attack against Ueda, and after several days went on west, but he (and Nobuyuki) arrived to late to participate in the battle of Sekigahara.

Nobuyuki went back to Numata, and then was ordered to join Ieyasu's son [[Tokugawa Hidetada|Hidetada]], who left Utsunomiya on 8/24, as he "moved to Chiisagata." (A similar letter to another general said more directly "to chastise Sanada of Shinshû (Shinano).") Though Hidetada had the much larger army, he did not succeed in the attack against Ueda, and after several days went on west, but he (and Nobuyuki) arrived to late to participate in the battle of Sekigahara.

Having won the battle of Sekigahara, Ieyasu could do as he pleased.  Nobuyuki was able to intercede on behalf of his father and brother, so their lives were spared, but they were exiled  to Kudoyama 九度山 in Mt. Koya in [[Kii province]].  They left Ueda castle the end of 1600. Ieyasu had the fortifications of the castle completely destroyed, and it was handed over to Nobuyuki about the middle of 1601.

Having won the battle of Sekigahara, Ieyasu could do as he pleased.  Nobuyuki was able to intercede on behalf of his father and brother, so their lives were spared, but they were exiled  to Kudoyama (九度山) in Mt. Koya in [[Kii province]].  They left Ueda castle the end of 1600. Ieyasu had the fortifications of the castle completely destroyed, and it was handed over to Nobuyuki about the middle of 1601.

Nobuyuki built a mansion in the san-no-maru, east of the main previously fortified section of the castle, and went back and forth between Ueda and Numata.  He worked on the devolopment of Ueda as a station on the [[Hokkokudo highway|Hokkokudô Highway]] which linked the Kantô Plain (Edo) with [[Echigo province]].

Nobuyuki built a mansion in the san-no-maru, east of the main previously fortified section of the castle, and went back and forth between Ueda and Numata.  He worked on the devolopment of Ueda as a station on the [[Hokkokudo highway|Hokkokudô Highway]] which linked the Kantô Plain (Edo) with [[Echigo province]].

Nobuyuki kept in touch with his father and brother in Kudoyama, and when his father died in 1611 he consulted with [[Honda Masanobu]] about going into mourning publically.  Honda wrote back that as his father had died as an exile, he should get permission from the bakufu before going into mourning.

Nobuyuki kept in touch with his father and brother in Kudoyama, and when his father died in 1611 he consulted with [[Honda Masanobu]] about going into mourning publically.  Honda wrote back that as his father had died as an exile, he should get permission from the bakufu before going into mourning.

Nobuyuki was summoned to join the campaign against [[Osaka castle]]; he sent his two sons to represent the clan. (His brother Nobushige [Yukimura] was prominent on the Osaka side.)

Nobuyuki was summoned to join the campaign against [[Osaka castle]]; he sent his two sons to represent the clan. (His brother Nobushige [[Sanada Yukimura|Yukimura]] was prominent on the Osaka side.)

From about 1616 Nobuyuki concentrated on Ueda Castle, leaving his elder son Nobuyoshi 信吉 in charge of Numata castle.  In 1622 he was transferred from Ueda (65,000 [[koku]]) to Matsuhiro 松代, in Shinano, formerly also called [[Kaizu]] 海津 (100,000 koku), though he kept Numata Castle.  This was the first change of location for the clan, most of the members of which had been in Chiisagata for untold generations, though many clans had experienced such moves earlier.  Many of the samurai stayed in Ueda or came back to Ueda as commoners.  Nobuyuki lived till the age of 92 and never retired.  His elder son having already died, he was succeeded by his son [[Sanada Nobumasa|Nobumasa]] 信政.

From about 1616 Nobuyuki concentrated on Ueda Castle, leaving his elder son Nobuyoshi (信吉) in charge of Numata castle.  In 1622 he was transferred from Ueda (65,000 [[koku]]) to Matsuhiro 松代, in Shinano, formerly also called [[Kaizu]] (海津) (100,000 koku), though he kept Numata Castle.  This was the first change of location for the clan, most of the members of which had been in Chiisagata for untold generations, though many clans had experienced such moves earlier.  Many of the samurai stayed in Ueda or came back to Ueda as commoners.  Nobuyuki lived till the age of 92 and never retired.  His elder son having already died, he was succeeded by his son [[Sanada Nobumasa|Nobumasa]] (信政).

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