Matsudaira Hirotada was the lord of Okazaki Castle in Mikawa province, Japan during the Sengoku Period of the 16th century.
10 Facts About Matsudaira Hirotada
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Matsudaira Hirotada is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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Matsudaira Hirotada was known in his childhood as Senshomaru, Senchiyo, and Jirozaburo.
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Matsudaira Hirotada allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle.
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Matsudaira Hirotada joined Imagawa Yoshimoto to fight Oda Nobuhide at the First Battle of Azukizaka in 1542, and were defeated.
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In 1543, his uncle, Matsudaira Hirotada Nobutaka, rebelled and joined Oda Nobuhide.
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Matsudaira Hirotada had a serious disagreement with his father-in-law, Mizuno Tadamasa.
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Matsudaira Hirotada then married the daughter of Toda Yasumitsu, Makihime.
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In 1549, when his son Matsudaira Takechiyo was six years old, Hirotada was murdered by his own vassals, who had been bribed by the Oda clan.
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Matsudaira Hirotada was posthumously conferred the rank of Dainagon by his son Ieyasu in 1612.