was the lord of Okazaki Castle in Mikawa province, Japan during the Sengoku Period of the 16th century. He is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Biography Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (seventh head of the Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō.
After his father's assassination in 1535, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Oda clan.
In 1540, Oda Nobuhide attacked and took Anjō castle, which was held by the Matsudaira family. Hirotada was assisted by Mizuno Tadamasa. After Anjō castle was taken, Oda Nobuhide's son, Oda Nobuhiro, was installed as the lord of the castle.
In 1541, Hirotada married Mizuno Tadamasa's daughter, Okichi. A son, was born to them a year later, Matsudaira Takechiyo later known as Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Hirotada joined Imagawa Yoshimoto to fight Oda Nobuhide at the First Battle of Azukizaka in 1542, and were defeated.
In 1543, his uncle, Matsudaira Nobutaka, rebelled and joined Oda Nobuhide. Hirotada had a serious disagreement with his father-in-law, Mizuno Tadamasa. Later in 1544, he divorced Tadamasa daughter, Okichi. He then married the daughter of Toda Yasumitsu, Makihime.
Death In 1549, when his son Matsudaira Takechiyo (later known as Tokugawa Ieyasu) was six years old, Hirotada was murdered by his own vassals, who had been bribed by the Oda clan.
He was posthumously conferred the rank of Dainagon by his son Ieyasu in 1612.
Family Parents Status image Name posthumous Name Birth Death Parents Father Matsudaira Kiyoyasu Zentokuin-dono nenshoudohodaikoji September 28, 1511 December 29, 1535 Matsudaira Nobutada (1490-September 8, 1531), Okochi Mitsunari's daughter Mother Haruhime Matsudaira Masayasu (d.1525) of Ōkusa-Matsudaira clan
Wives and concubines Status Image Name posthumous Name Birth Death Parents Children First Wife (divorce 1544) Odai no Kata Denzū-in 1528 October 13, 1602 Mizuno TadamasaOtomi-no-Kata Matsudaira Motonobu Second Wife Makihime Toda Yasumitsu (d.1547) Ichibahime (d.1593) married to Arakawa Yoshihiro later to Tsutsui Sadatsugu of Iga-Ueno Domain Concubine Ohisa-no-kata Matsudaira Norimasa of Ogyu-Matsudaira clan Matsudaira Tadamasa (1544-1591)Esai Concubine Hirahara Clan Yadahime married Matsudaira Yasutada (1546–1618) of Nagasawa-Matsudaira clan Concubine Omiyu-no-Kata Matsudaira Iemoto Concubine Naito Clan Naito Nobunari of Nagahama Domain
Children Image Name posthumous Name Birth Death Mother Spouse Children Matsudaira Motonobu Hogo Onkokuin January 31, 1543 June 1, 1616 Odai-no-Kata First: Lady TsukiyamaSecond: Asahi no kata By First: Tokugawa NobuyasuKamehime married Okudaira Nobumasa of Kano DomainBy Concubines: First: Tokuhime married Hojo Ujinao later Ikeda Terumasa of Himeji DomainYuki Hideyasu of Fukui DomainTokugawa HidetadaMatsudaira Tadayoshi of Fukui DomainFuri-hime (1580-1617) married to Gamō Hideyuki of Aizu Domain later Asano Nagaakira of Hiroshima DomainTakeda Nobuyoshi of Mito DomainMatsudaira Tadateru of Takada DomainMatsudaira Matsuchiyo of Fukaya DomainTokugawa Yoshinao of Owari DomainTokugawa Yorinobu of Kishu DomainTokugawa Yorifusa of Mito DomainSenchiyo (1595-1600)Matsuhime (1595-1598)Ichi-hime (1607-1610) Matsudaira Tadamasa 1544 1591 Ohisa-no-Kata Matsudaira Nagakiyo Esai Ohisa-no-Kata Yadahime Hirahara clan's daughter Matsudaira Yasutada (1546–1618) of Nagasawa-Matsudaira clan Matsudaira Yasunao (1569–1593) of Fukaya Domain Matsudaira Iemoto Shogenin 1548 September 19, 1603 Omiyu-no-Kata Naito Nobunari of Nagahama Domain Denzun-in-dono Yōtakesōkendaikoji June 13, 1545 August 20, 1612 Naito clan's daughter Awao Nagakatsu's daughter Naito Nobumasa (1568–1626) of Nagahama DomainNaito Nobuhiro (1592–1649)Daughter married Sanjo clan's manDaughter married Ide MasanobuDaughter married Endō ToshiharuDaughter married Niwa Sadaaki later Momiyama Sadamasa Ichibahime June 1, 1593 Makihime First: Arakawa YoshihiroSecond: Tsutsui Sadatsugu of Iga-Ueno Domain Arakawa HirotsunaArakawa Ienoridaughter married Matsudaira Kanemitsu Matsudaira Chikayoshi
Ancestry
References