Nishio Tadakata Explained

Nishio Tadakata
西尾忠固
Birth Date:1811
Birth Place:Edo, Japan
Death Date:June 18, 1857
Death Place:Yokosuka Domain, Japan
Spouse:daughter of Matsudaira Muneakira
Occupation:daimyō
Nationality:Japanese

was a daimyō in late-Edo period Japan, who ruled Yokosuka Domain in Tōtōmi Province.

Tadakata was the fourth son of Nishio Tadayoshi, and succeeded his father as head of the Nishio clan and daimyō of Yokosuka in 1829. His wife was a daughter of Matsudaira Muneakira, daimyō of Miyazu Domain in Tango Province, but he had no children. He retired due to illness in 1843, yielding the clan leadership to his adopted son Tadasaka. Tadakata died in Yokosuka Castle on June 18, 1857, at age 47. His grave is located at the Nishio clan temple of Ryumin-ji in modern Kakegawa, Shizuoka.

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