Matsudaira Hirotada

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Matsudaira Hirotada (松平広忠; June 9, 1526 - April 3, 1549) was the lord of Okazaki Castle (岡崎城) in Mikawa province (三河国).

Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (7th head of Mikawa Matsudaira clan) and an unknown lady, probably the daughter of Aoki Kaga no Kami Norimune. He was known in his childhood as Senshōmaru, Senchiyo, and Jirōzaburō. A relatively unknown figure himself, he was nonetheless the father of the legendary Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康), founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate