Matsudaira Iemoto Explained

(1548 – September 19, 1603)^[1] was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through early Edo period. He is believed to have been the illegitimate son of Matsudaira Hirotada of Okazaki, and therefore the half-brother of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was also known as Matsudaira Saburo Goro Iemoto.

Family

• Father: Matsudaira Hirotada
• Half-siblings:
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • Naito Nobunari
  • Matsudaira Tadamasa (1544-1591)
  • Shooko Eike
  • Matsudaira Chikayoshi
• Natural Siblings:
  • Ichibahime (d.1593) married Arakawa Yoshihiro
  • Yadahime married Matsudaira Yasutada

Notes and References

1. Kazuma Saiki and Yoshihiko Iwasawa, eds., "Tokugawa Genealogy, Vol. 1," Continuation of the Documents of the Manuscript, July 1970, p. 35.