Tokugawa Hidetada

Tokugawa Hidetada
徳川 秀忠
Shōgun
In office
2 June 1605 – 23 August 1623
MonarchsGo-Yōzei
Go-Mizunoo
Preceded byTokugawa Ieyasu
Succeeded byTokugawa Iemitsu
Personal details
Born2 May 1579
Died14 March 1632 (aged 52)
Resting placeTaitoku-in Mausoleum
Spouse(s)O-hime
Oeyo
Children
Parents
Posthumous
dharma name
Taitoku-in-den Kōren-jya Tokuyo Nyūsai Daikoji (台徳院殿興蓮社徳誉入西大居士)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Tokugawa clan
Eastern Army
Imperial Court
Tokugawa shogunate
Unit Tokugawa clan
Battles/warsSiege of Ueda
Siege of Osaka

Tokugawa Hidetada (徳川 秀忠; 2 May 1579 – 14 March 1632) was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the second shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Through his daughter Tokugawa Masako, he was also the maternal grandfather of Empress Meishō.