Tokugawa Iesada

Tokugawa Iesada
Shōgun
In office
1853–1858
MonarchKōmei
Preceded byTokugawa Ieyoshi
Succeeded byTokugawa Iemochi
Personal details
Born(1824-05-06)6 May 1824
Edo, Tokugawa shogunate
(now Tokyo, Japan)
Died14 August 1858(1858-08-14) (aged 34)
Tokugawa shogunate
Spouse(s)Princess Takatsukasa Atsuko
Princess Ichijō Hideko
Princess Atsu
Parent(s)Tokugawa Ieyoshi
Honjuin
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Tokugawa Iesada (徳川 家定, May 6, 1824 – August 14, 1858) was the 13th shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He held office for five years from 1853 to 1858. He was physically weak and was therefore considered by later historians to have been unfit to be shōgun.[1] His reign marks the beginning of the Bakumatsu period.