Owari Domain
Tokugawa Gorōta was the eldest son of the 4th "daimyō" of Owari Domain, Tokugawa Yoshimichi by his official wife, Zuishō-in, the daughter of the court noble Kujō Tsukezane. Gorōta was only two years old when his father died, and he followed only two months later at the age of three. The direct line of succession for Owari Domain passed to his uncle, Tokugawa Tsugutomo. With his death paternal line of Tokugawa Yoshinao came to end.