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Tokugawa Munetada

1721 – 1765

Japanese samurai

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About Tokugawa Munetada

Lived 1721 – 1765 (aged 43). Tokugawa Munetada was a Japanese samurai.

was a Japanese samurai of the mid-Edo period who was the founder of the Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family, one of the Gosankyō, the three lesser branches of the Tokugawa family. He was the fourth son of Tokugawa Yoshimune, the eighth shōgun with his concubine, Oume no Kata. He is the grandfather of Tokugawa Ienari the eleventh shōgun, His child-hood name was "Kogorō" (小五郎) and when Oume died at 1721, he was raised by his grandmother Joenin until her death 1726 and later he was raised by Okume no Kata, Yoshimune's concubine.

Family Father: Tokugawa Yoshimune Mother: Oume no Kata later Shinshin'in (1700–1721) Adopted Mother: Okume no Kata later Kakuju-in (1697-1777) Wife, Children, Concubines: Wife: Ichijo Akiko later Fushin'in Matsudaira Shigemasa Concubine: ??? Sennosuke Kanejirō Concubine: Oyuka no Kata Matsudaira Shigetomi Yasuhime (1747-1769) married Shimazu Shigehide Tokugawa Harusada (1751-1827) Kuroda Haruyuki (1753-1781) Kenzaburo

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Who was Tokugawa Munetada?

Japanese samurai (1721-1765)

When was Tokugawa Munetada born?

Tokugawa Munetada was born on 7 September 1721.

When did Tokugawa Munetada die?

Tokugawa Munetada died on 13 January 1765.

What was Tokugawa Munetada's occupation?

Tokugawa Munetada was a samurai.

What nationality was Tokugawa Munetada?

Tokugawa Munetada was Japanese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Tokugawa Munetada

· Wikidata: Q3530490

· DBpedia: Tokugawa Munetada

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