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Tokugawa Hidetada

1579 - 1632

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Tokugawa Hidetada (徳川 秀忠, May 2, 1579 – March 14, 1632) was the second shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tokugawa Hidetada has received more than 706,891 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Tokugawa Hidetada is the 2,865th most popular politician (up from 3,192nd in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Japan (up from 149th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Japanese Politician.

Tokugawa Hidetada is most famous for being the son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty. He served as the fourth shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty and was also an important general in the Battle of Sekigahara.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tokugawa Hidetada ranks 2,865 out of 19,576Before him are Askar Akayev, James II of Scotland, Filippo Maria Visconti, Yazdegerd II, Odaenathus, and Lewis Strauss. After him are Andrzej Duda, Robert II of Scotland, Constantin Fehrenbach, Lê Duẩn, Francisco I. Madero, and Vytautas Landsbergis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Tokugawa Hidetada ranks 3Before him are Tirso de Molina, and Martin de Porres. After him are Frans Snyders, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Carlo Saraceni, Jens Munk, John Fletcher, Juan Pablo Bonet, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Johannes Meursius. Among people deceased in 1632, Tokugawa Hidetada ranks 6Before him are Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Sigismund III Vasa, Frederick V of the Palatinate, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, and Giambattista Basile. After him are Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, Jost Bürgi, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Infante Carlos of Spain, and Francis II, Duke of Lorraine.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tokugawa Hidetada ranks 137 out of 6,245Before him are Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Kōnosuke Matsushita (1894), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797), and Shunroku Hata (1879). After him are Kakuichi Mimura (1931), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Tameo Ide (1908), Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Kuniaki Koiso (1880), and Makoto Kobayashi (1944).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Tokugawa Hidetada ranks 44Before him are Eisaku Satō (1901), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Yamato Takeru (72), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), and Emperor Go-Daigo (1288). After him are Kuniaki Koiso (1880), Emperor Sujin (-147), Emperor Kanmu (737), Emperor Kōrei (-341), Issey Miyake (1938), and Nobusuke Kishi (1896).