Date Harumune

Date Harumune
伊達 晴宗
Head of Date clan
In office
1548–1578
Preceded byDate Tanemune
Succeeded byDate Terumune
Personal details
Born
Jiro

1519
DiedJanuary 12, 1578
SpouseKubohime
RelationsDate Masamune (grandson)
ChildrenOnamihime
Date Terumune
Rusu Masakage
Ishikawa Akimitsu
Kokubu Morishige
Parents
Military service
Allegiance Date clan
RankDaimyo
CommandsYonezawa castle
Battles/warsTenbun War

Date Harumune (伊達 晴宗, 1519 – January 12, 1578) was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period.[1] Harumune was the fifteenth head of the Date Clan. He was the father of the sixteenth head, Date Terumune, and the grandfather of the famous seventeenth head of the Date Clan and founder of the Sendai Clan as well as Sendai City in Miyagi Prefecture, Date Masamune.