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Matsudaira Tadateru (松平 忠輝, February 16, 1592 – August 24, 1683) was adaimyō during theEdo period ofJapan. He was the sixth son ofTokugawa Ieyasu. He was born inEdo Castle during the year of the dragon (tatsu), and as a child his name was Tatsuchiyo (辰千代). His mother wasLady Chaa (茶阿局,Chaa no Tsubone), a concubine of Ieyasu. Ieyasu sent the boy to live with a vassal, Minagawa Hiroteru,daimyō of theMinagawa Domain inShimotsuke Province.
In 1599, Ieyasu granted him a fief inMusashi Province, and increased his holdings in 1602 and 1603 with transfers first toShimōsa and then toShinano Provinces. Tadateru marriedIrohahime, the first daughter ofDate Masamune, in 1606. In 1610, Tadateru became daimyo of Takada inEchigo Province. He had interests in martial arts,tea, and foreign intercourse. It is said that he was baptized a Christian.
Ieyasu regarded Tadateru's wife Masamune as dangerous. Therefore, he was treated coldly by the shogunate. He was assigned to remain inEdo during the Winter Campaign of theSiege of Osaka (1614). He participated in the Summer Campaign (1615), but due to his insubordination during the latter stages of the campaign (perceived not only as defiance of his older brother, the thenshōgunTokugawa Hidetada, but also of their father Ieyasu), he was relieved of command and exiled toIse, thenHida, and finally Shinano Province, where he remained until his death.[1]
Tadateru was posthumously pardoned in 1984 byTokugawa Tsunenari, the head of the former shogunal house.
A 1987 television showDokuganryū Masamune starringHiroyuki Sanada dramatized the life of Matsudaira Tadateru.
Shinichi Chiba played Matsudaira Tadateru in the 1992 TV seriesTokugawa Buraichō (徳川無頼帳).
| Preceded by | Daimyō of Fukaya 1599–1602 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Daimyō of Sakura 1602–1603 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Daimyō of Kawanakajima 1603–1610 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Daimyō of Takada 1610–1616 | Succeeded by |
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