# Matsudaira Hirotada

Matsudaira Hirotada (松平 広忠, June 9, 1526 – April 3, 1549) was the lord of Okazaki Castle in Mikawa province, Japan during the Sengoku Period of the 16th century. He is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate.

## Biography

Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (seventh head of the Mikawa Matsudaira clan). He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō.
After his father's assassination in 1535, Hirotada was placed under the protection of a loyal retainer, Abe Sadayoshi. He allied with the Imagawa, and with their help was installed at Okazaki castle. The alliance with them brought him into conflict with the Oda clan.
In 1540, Oda Nobuhide attacked and took Anjō castle, which was held by the Matsudaira family. Hirotada was assisted by Mizuno Tadamasa. After Anjō castle was taken, Oda Nobuhide's son, Oda Nobuhiro, was installed as the lord of the castle.
In 1541, Hirotada married Mizuno Tadamasa's daughter, Okichi. A son, was born to them a year later, Matsudaira Takechiyo later known as Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Hirotada joined Imagawa Yoshimoto to fight Oda Nobuhide at the First Battle of Azukizaka in 1542, and were defeated.
In 1543, his uncle, Matsudaira Nobutaka, rebelled and joined Oda Nobuhide. Hirotada had a serious disagreement with his father-in-law, Mizuno Tadamasa. Later in 1544, he divorced Tadamasa daughter, Okichi. He then married the daughter of Toda Yasumitsu, Makihime.

## Death

In 1549, when his son Matsudaira Takechiyo (later known as Tokugawa Ieyasu) was six years old, Hirotada was murdered by his own vassals, who had been bribed by the Oda clan.
He was posthumously conferred the rank of Dainagon by his son Ieyasu in 1612.

## Family
### Parents

| Status | image | Name | posthumous Name | Birth | Death | Parents |
| Father | | Matsudaira Kiyoyasu | Zentokuin-dono nenshoudohodaikoji | September 28, 1511 | December 29, 1535 | Matsudaira Nobutada (1490-September 8, 1531), Okochi Mitsunari's daughter |
| Mother | | Haruhime | | | | Matsudaira Masayasu (d.1525) of Ōkusa-Matsudaira clan |

### Wives and concubines

| Status | Name | posthumous Name | Birth | Death | Parents | Children |
| First Wife (divorce 1544) | Odai no Kata | Denzū-in | 1528 | October 13, 1602 | Mizuno Tadamasa Otomi-no-Kata | Matsudaira Motonobu |
| Second Wife | Makihime | | | | Toda Yasumitsu (d.1547) | Ichibahime (d.1593) married to Arakawa Yoshihiro later to Tsutsui Sadatsugu of Iga-Ueno Domain |
| Concubine | Ohisa-no-kata | | | | Matsudaira Norimasa of Ogyu-Matsudaira clan | Matsudaira Tadamasa (1544-1591) Esai |
| Concubine | | | | | Hirahara Clan | Yadahime married Matsudaira Yasutada (1546–1618) of Nagasawa-Matsudaira clan |
| Concubine | Omiyu-no-Kata | | | | | Matsudaira Iemoto |
| Concubine | | | | | Naito Clan | Naito Nobunari of Nagahama Domain |

### Children

| Name | posthumous Name | Birth | Death | Mother | Spouse | Children |
| Matsudaira Motonobu | Hogo Onkokuin | January 31, 1543 | June 1, 1616 | Odai-no-Kata | First: Lady Tsukiyama Second: Asahi no kata | By First: Tokugawa Nobuyasu Kamehime married Okudaira Nobumasa of Kano Domain By Concubines: First: Tokuhime married Hojo Ujinao later Ikeda Terumasa of Himeji Domain Yuki Hideyasu of Fukui Domain Tokugawa Hidetada Matsudaira Tadayoshi of Fukui Domain Furi-hime (1580-1617) married to Gamō Hideyuki of Aizu Domain later Asano Nagaakira of Hiroshima Domain Takeda Nobuyoshi of Mito Domain Matsudaira Tadateru of Takada Domain Matsudaira Matsuchiyo of Fukaya Domain Tokugawa Yoshinao of Owari Domain Tokugawa Yorinobu of Kishu Domain Tokugawa Yorifusa of Mito Domain Senchiyo (1595-1600) Matsuhime (1595-1598) Ichi-hime (1607-1610) |
| Matsudaira Tadamasa | | 1544 | 1591 | Ohisa-no-Kata | | Matsudaira Nagakiyo |
| Esai | | | | Ohisa-no-Kata | | |
| Yadahime | | | | Hirahara clan's daughter | Matsudaira Yasutada (1546–1618) of Nagasawa-Matsudaira clan | Matsudaira Yasunao (1569–1593) of Fukaya Domain |
| Matsudaira Iemoto | Shogenin | 1548 | September 19, 1603 | Omiyu-no-Kata | | |
| Naito Nobunari of Nagahama Domain | Denzun-in-dono Yōtakesōkendaikoji | June 13, 1545 | August 20, 1612 | Naito clan's daughter | Awao Nagakatsu's daughter | Naito Nobumasa (1568–1626) of Nagahama Domain Naito Nobuhiro (1592–1649) Daughter married Sanjo clan's man Daughter married Ide Masanobu Daughter married Endō Toshiharu Daughter married Niwa Sadaaki later Momiyama Sadamasa |
| Ichibahime | | | June 1, 1593 | Makihime | First: Arakawa Yoshihiro Second: Tsutsui Sadatsugu of Iga-Ueno Domain | Arakawa Hirotsuna Arakawa Ienori daughter married Matsudaira Kanemitsu |
| Matsudaira Chikayoshi | | | | | | |

## Ancestry

Ancestors of Matsudaira Hirotada :