Tokugawa Ietsugu [SEP] mother
Ietsugu was born in 1709 in Edo, being the eldest son of "shōgun" Tokugawa Ienobu and concubine, Gekkōin. At that time, his father was "shōgun", and was being advised by his long-time Confucian advisor, Arai Hakuseki, who held considerable influence in the "shōgun"s court at Edo. At the time Ietsugu was born, his father, Ienobu, was 48. His childhood name was Nabematsu (鍋松). Arai had traced the Tokugawa family's bloodline back to the Minamoto family, the
. Before he could implement changes, "shōgun" Ietsugu died in early 1716. He was only seven years old, and died without an heir, rule thus shogunate selected the next "shōgun" from one of the cadet lines.
Family.
- Father: Tokugawa Mitsusada
- Mother: Oyuri no Kata later (1655–1726)
- Half siblings:
- Tokugawa Tsunanori (1665–1705) 4th "daimyō" of Kishū and married Tsuruhime, daughter of 5th "shōgun" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
- Jirokichi
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