Claim: Matsudaira Yasuhide was born to the high-ranking hatamoto Matsudaira Yasuzumi, a samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate, and later took the name of Daimyō.
Evidence: Matsudaira Yasuhide was born in Edo to the high-ranking hatamoto Matsudaira Yasuzumi; his childhood name was Mantarō. A hatamoto (旗本, "guardian of the banner") was a samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan.