Shogun: Tokugawa Ieyasu

  • Jan 31, 1543

    Birth in Okazaki

    His parents are Matsudaira Hirotada (his father), and Odai-no-kata (his mother)
  • Mar 9, 1543

    His parents broke up

    His mother and father where step siblings
  • 1548

    He was abducted

    His father was allaying with Yoshimoto (another clan) and they demanded his first born as a hostage.
    On his way to the Sunpu domaine he was abducted by the enemy, Oda. He was only 5
  • 1549

    His father was murdered

    In 1549 he learned that his father had been killed by a close vassal (one of the events leading to his release by the Oda)
  • 1556

    He was finally released

    Ieyasu was released at 13 years of age
  • 1557

    Got married to Lady Tsukiyama

  • 1558

    Fought his first battle

    At 15 years old he was ordered to fight against The Oda clan in a series of battles.
  • Apr 13, 1559

    Had his first son Matsudaira Nobuyasu

  • Founded the first Shogunate

  • Died in Sumpu