Nobleman

Kuroda Yoshitaka

Japanese daimyo

1546 - 1604

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His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kuroda Yoshitaka is the 623rd most popular nobleman, the 717th most popular biography from Japan and the 6th most popular Japanese Nobleman.

Kuroda Yoshitaka is most famous for his role as a daimyō and key military commander under Toyotomi Hideyoshi during Japan's late Sengoku period unification wars. Surprisingly, he converted to Christianity, adopting the name Dom Justo Takayama, which led to his eventual exile to the Philippines. His lasting legacy includes founding the Kuroda clan's domain in Fukuoka, where his descendants played a significant role in early Edo period governance.

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Among Noblemen

Among noblemen, Kuroda Yoshitaka ranks 623 out of 1,415. Before him are Rupert I, Elector Palatine, Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg, Christina Gyllenstierna, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Marie Victoire de Noailles, and Konrad von Thüringen. After him are James II, Count of La Marche, Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Barcelona, and Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1546, Kuroda Yoshitaka ranks 10. Before him are Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Bartholomeus Spranger, Veronica Franco, Takeda Katsuyori, Heo Jun, and Charlotte of Bourbon. After him are Johann Fischart, and Thomas Digges. Among people deceased in 1604, Kuroda Yoshitaka ranks 6. Before him are Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Catherine de Bourbon, Fausto Sozzini, Claudio Merulo, and Ercole, Lord of Monaco. After him are Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Christine of Hesse, Juan Fernández, Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Hamida Banu Begum.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kuroda Yoshitaka ranks 717 out of NaN. Before him are Hōnen (1133), Taro Kagawa (1922), Shusaku Hirasawa (1949), Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (1920), Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), and Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962). After him are Takashi Murakami (1962), Mikio Naruse (1905), Ikuo Takahara (1957), Ii Naosuke (1815), Aritatsu Ogi (1942), and Shō Shin (1465).

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Among Noblemen In Japan

Among noblemen born in Japan, Kuroda Yoshitaka ranks 6. Before him are Akihito (1933), Naruhito (1960), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Yodo-dono (1569), and Toyotomi Hidetsugu (1568). After him are Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), Sayako Kuroda (1969), Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), and Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu (1911).

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