Matsudaira Hirotada (松 平 広 忠?, June 9, 1526 - April 3, 1549 ) is a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period (Warring Provinces, 1467 - 1568 ). The 8th head of the Matsudaira clan ( 1536 - 1549 ) and the owner of Okazaki Castle in Mikawa Province (now part of Aichi Prefecture ).
| Matsudaira Hirotada | |
|---|---|
| jap. 松 平 広 忠 | |
| Years of life | |
| Period | Sengoku |
| Date of Birth | June 9, 1526 |
| Date of death | April 3, 1549 (22 years old) |
| Posts | |
| Shogunate | Muromachi |
| Posts | daimyo of okazaki castle |
| Titles | dynagon |
| Years of rule | 1536 - 1549 |
| Family and relatives | |
| Kind | Matsudaira |
| Father | Matsudaira Kiyoyasu |
| Successor | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| Wives | |
| Legal wife | Odai no Kata |
| Children | |
| Sons | Tokugawa Ieyasu , Tokugawa Iemoto |
| Daughters | 3 daughters |
Biography
The son and successor of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu ( 1511 - 1536 ), the seventh head of the Matsudaira clan . In 1536, after the death of his father, who was killed by one of his vassals, 10-year-old Matsudaira Hirotada headed the clan Matsudaira and became the ruler of the province of Mikawa . At first, he was protected by his vassal Abe Sadaesi . He made an alliance with the powerful Imagawa clan , with which he established himself in Okazaki Castle.
Matsudaira Hirotada's alliance with the Imagawa clan led to a conflict with another warlike clan of Oda , who ruled in the province of Owari . In 1540, Oda Nobuhide invaded Mikawa province and captured the Andjou castle, which belonged to the Matsudaira clan. Oda Nobuhiro (d. 1574 ), the son of Nobuhide, was appointed governor of the castle.
In 1541, Matsudaira Hirotada married Odai-no Kata ( 1528 - 1602 ), the adopted daughter of the neighboring daimyo Mizuno Tadamas from Kariya ( 1493 - 1543 ). In 1543 they had a son, Taketiyo ( 1543 - 1616 ), the future shogun of Japan ( 1603 - 1605 ).
Matsudaira Hirotada joined Imagawa Yoshimoto for a joint fight against Oda Nobuhide . In 1542, Oda Nobuhide defeated the forces of Imagawa and Matsudaira in the first battle of Adzukizawa in Mikawa Province. In the next 1543, Matsudaira Nobutaka , uncle of Hirotada, rebelled against her nephew and joined Oda Nobuhide . Hirotada also had serious disagreements with his father-in-law Mizuno Tadamasa , in 1544 he divorced his daughter and remarried his daughter Toda Yasumitsa . From the second wife, Hirotada had a son, Iemoto ( 1548 - 1603 ) and three daughters.
In 1547, Matsudaira Hirotada, in order to consolidate the alliance with Imagawa Yoshimoto , sent his son Ieyasu as a hostage to him in Sumpu Castle ( Suruga Province ). But on the way, he was captured by the army of Oda Nobuhide and transferred to Nagoya Castle, where he spent two years. Matsudaira Hirotada later tried to recapture the castle of Andjou , but was defeated.
In 1548, Imagawa Yoshimoto and Matsudaira Hirotada were defeated by Oda Nobuhide in the second battle of Azukidzaka . In April of the following 1549, the 22-year-old Matsudaira Hirotada died.
In 1612, Tokugawa Ieyasu posthumously awarded his father the title of dinagona .
Literature
- Turnbull S. Samurai, Moscow , AST, 2008 ISBN 978-5-17-040815-3