TOKUGAWA (Shogunate)

 
PRESENT HEAD OF HOUSE:
 
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
  1. HIH Prince Tokugawa Ieyasu, 1st Shogun 1603/1605, born 1543 in Okazaki, son of HIH Prince Matsudaira Hirotada and Mizuno Odai no Kata, married (amongst others), (a) Imagawa, died 1579, married (b), 1586, sister of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and had issue. He died 1616. 
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Nobuyasu, born 1559, died 1579.
    • HIH Princess Tokugawa Kamehime, born 1560, married Prince Okudaira Nobumasa. She died 1625.
    • HIH Princess Tokugawa Tokuhime, born 1565, married 1stly, Prince Hojo Ujinao, married 2ndly, Prince Ikeda Terumasa. She died 1615.
    • HIH Prince Yuki Hideyasu, born 1574, married and had issue. He died 1607.
      • HIH Prince Matsudaira Tadanao, born 1595, died 1650.
      • HIH Prince Yuki Tadamasa, born 1597, died 1645.
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Hidetada (qv)
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Tadayoshi, born 1580, died 1608.
    • HIH Princess Tokugawa Furuhime, born 1580, married 1stly, Prince Gamo Hideyoki, married 2ndly, Prince Asano Nagaakira. She died 1617.
    • HIH Prince Takeda Nobuyoshi, born 1583, died 1603.
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Matsuchiyo, born 1594, died 1599.
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Senchiyon, born 1595, died 1600.
    • HIH Princess Tokugawa Matsuhime, born 1595, died 1598.
    • HIH Prince Matsudaira Tadateru, born 1598, died 1683.
    • HIH Prince Owari Yoshinao, born 1600, married and had issue, ancestor of the Owari, Kii and Mito Imperial Families. He died 1650.
    • HIH Prince Kii Yorinobu, born 1602, married and had issue. He died 1671.
      • HIH Prince Kii Mitsusada, born 1627, married and had issue. He died 1705.
        • HIH Prince Tokugawa Yoshimune (qv)
    • HIH Prince Mito Yorifusa, born 1603, married and had issue, ancestor of the later Mito Imperial Family. He died 1661.
      • HIH Prince Matsudaira Yorishige, born 1622, married and had issue. He died 1695.
        • HIH Prince Matsudaira Tsunaeda, born 1655, adopted by his uncle, adopted his nephew. He died sp 1718.
        • HIH Prince Matsudaira Yoritoyo, born 1680, married and had issue. He died 1735.
          • HIH Prince Matsudaira Munetaka, born 1705, adopted by his uncle, married and had issue. He died 1780.
            • HIH Prince Matsudaira Munemoto, born 1728, married and had issue. He died 1766.
              • HIH Prince Matsudaira Harumori, born 1751, married and had issue. He died 1805.
                • HIH Prince Matsudaira Harutoshi, born 1773, married and had issue. He died 1816.
                  • HIH Prince Matsudaira Nariaki, born 4th April 1800, the Daimyo of Mito who contributed to the rise of nationalism and the Meiji restoration; he was pro-emperor and favored Restoration, and was very much against foreign intrusion, favouring the stenghthening of its military to fight the foreigners; married and had issue. He died 29th September 1860. 
                    • HIH Prince Matsudaira Yoshiatsu
                    • HIH Prince Ikeda Yoshinori
                    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu (7th son) (qv)
                    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Akitake (Photo), born 1853, died 1910.
                    • HIH Princess Tokugawa Sadako (11th daughter), born 1850, married (as his 1st wife), HIH Prince Arisugawa Taruhito. She died sp 1872.
      • HIH Prince Mito Mitsukuni [Mito Komon], born 1628 in Mito, adopted his nephew, married and had issue. He died 1670 in Nishiyama. 
    • HIH Princess Tokugawa Ichihime, born 1607, died 1610.

  2. HIH Prince Tokugawa Hidetada, 2nd Shogun 1605/1623, born 1574/1579, married and had issue. He died 1632. 
    • HIH Princess Tokugawa Senhime, born 1597, married 1stly, Prince Toyotomi Hideyori, married 2ndly, Prince Honda Tadaroshi. She died 1666.
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Iemitsu (qv)
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Tadanaga, born 1606, died 1634.
    • HIH Princess Tokugawa Kazuko [Tofuku Monin], born 1607, married 1620, HIM Emperor GOMINO-O, 108th Emperor of Japan, and had issue. She died 1678. 
    • HIH Prince Hoshina Masayuki, born 1611, died 1673.

  3. HIH Prince Tokugawa Iemitsu, 3rd Shogun 1623/1651, born 1604, married and had issue. He died 1651. 
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Ietsuna (qv)
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Tsunashige, born 1644, married and had issue. he died 1678.
      • HIH Prince Tokugawa Ienobu (qv)
      • HIH Prince Ochi Kiyotake
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (qv)

  4. HIH Prince Tokugawa Ietsuna, 4th Shogun 1651/1680, born 1641, died 1680.

  5. HIH Prince Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, 5th Shogun 1680/1709, born 1646, died 1709.

  6. HIH Prince Tokugawa Ienobu, 6th Shogun 1709/1712, born 1662, married and had issue. He died 1712.
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Ietsugu (qv)

  7. HIH Prince Tokugawa Ietsugu, 7th Shogun 1712/1716, born 1709, died 1716.

  8. HIH Prince Tokugawa Yoshimune, 8th Shogun 1716/1745, born 1684, married and had issue. He died 1751.
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Ieshige (qv)
    • HIH Prince Tayasu Munetake, born 1715, married and had issue, the Tayasu Imperial Family. He died 1771. 
      • HIH Prince Shimizu Shigeyoshi, born 1745, died 1795.
      • HIH Prince Matsudaira Sadanobu, born 1759, died 1829.
    • HIH Prince Hitotsubashi Munetada, born 1721, married and had issue. He died 1765.
      • HIH Prince Tokugawa Harusada, born 1751, married and had issue. He died 1827.
        • HIH Prince Tokugawa Ienari (qv)
        • HIH Prince Hitotsubashi Narimasa, born 1779, married and had issue. He died 1848.
          • HIH Prince Hitotsubashi Yoshiyori, born 1822, married and had issue. He died 1870.
            • HIH Prince Hitotsubashi Iesato, born 1863. He died 1940.

  9. HIH Prince Tokugawa Ieshige, 9th Shogun 1745/1760, born 1712, married and had issue. He died 1761.
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Ieharu (qv)
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Shigeyoshi, ancestor of the Shimizu family.

  10. HIH Prince Tokugawa Ieharu, 10th Shogun 1760/1786, born 1737, died 1786.

  11. HIH Prince Tokugawa Ienari, 11th Shogun 1787/1837, born 1773, married and had issue. He died 1841. 
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Ieyoshi (qv) 
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Nariyori, born 1801, married and had issue. He died 1846.

  12. HIH Prince Tokugawa Ieyoshi, 12th Shogun 1837/1853, born 1793, married and had issue. He died 1853.
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Iesada (qv)

  13. HIH Prince Tokugawa Iesada, 13th Shogun 1853/1858, born 1824, died 1858.

  14. HIH Prince Tokugawa Iemochi [Kikuchiyo/Yasunori/Yoshitomi], 14th Shogun 1858/1866, born 17th July 1846 in Wakayama, his reign was marked by incompetence and mismanagement; he was known in his childhood as Kikuchiyo, and was the eldest son of the 11th generation Wakayama domain lord Tokugawa Nariyuki, in 1847, he was adopted as the heir of the 12th generation daimyo Tokugawa Narikatsu, and succeeded him in 1849, taking the name Tokugawa Yoshitomi following his coming of age in 1851; in 1858 he was named as the successor to the main Tokugawa house and then changed his name to Iemochi; he married 11th March 1862, HIH Princess Kazu-no-miya Chikako, daughter of HIM Emperor NINKO, 120th Emperor of Japan. He died sp 29th August 1866 reportedly due to beriberi.  

  15. HIH Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu ca1867HIH Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, 15th Shogun 1866/1867, Head of the Tokugawa Imperial family 1902/1913; born 28th October 1837 in Mito, Ibaraki, (born as Prince Matsudaira Keiki, adopted by Prince Hitotsubashi in 1841 at the instigation of his father), Daimyo of Hitotsubashi, educated privately in the arts, swordfighting, martial arts, politics and government; nominated in 1862 to be a member of the 5-man council of elders (advisers), the Rōjū; in 1864, he was successful in defeating the Chōshū forces in their attempt to capture the imperial gates in Hamaguri; on his succession he set about reforming the Tokugawa government and strengthening the army and navy, the latter with the help of the French; other daimyo, fearing his growing power, united against him in the Boshin war, huge losses by the Tokugawa forces forced the shogun to abdicate and return power to the Emperor; he was placed under house arrest and was stripped of all titles, land and power; he was released much later and retired to Shizuoka, where he devoted himself to oil-painting, and photography; in 1902, the Meiji Emperor allowed him to re-establish his own house as a Tokugawa branch (bekke) with the highest rank in the peerage, that of prince (kōshaku), for his loyal service to Japan; he married and had issue. He died 21st November 1913. 
    • HIH Prince Tokugawa Yoshihisa, succeeded as Head of the Tokugawa Imperial family 1913/1922; married 8th November 1908, HIH Princess Arisugawa Miyeko, born 14th February 1891, daughter of HIH Prince Arisugawa Takehito, and had issue. He died 1922.
      • HIH Princess Tokugawa Kikuko [Takamatsu no miya Kikuko shinnōhi], born 26th December 1911 in Tokyo, educated at the Gakushuin Girls' Academy, graduating in 1929, married 4th February 1930 in Tokyo, HIH Prince Takamatsu Nobuihito [Takamatsu no miya Nobuhito shinno], son of HIM Emperor TAISHO, 123rd Emperor of Japan, born 3rd January 1905 in Tokyo, died sp 3rd February 1987. She died sp 18th December 2004.
    • HIH Princess Tokugawa Tsuneko, born 23rd September 1882, married 9th January 1896, HIH Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, 23rd Prince  Fushimi-no-miya.


OTHER MEMBERS:

  • Baron Tokugawa Yoshinori, married and had issue.
    • Princess Tokugawa Sachiko, born 26th August 1916 in Tokyo, married 26th April 1935 in Tokyo, HIH Prince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa, 4th Prince Kitashirakawa-no-miya.
  • Count Tokugawa Yoshihisa, born 1918, married HIH Princess Kitashirakawa Tayeko, born 15th April 1920 in Tokyo.
 
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