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He married Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi but later joined the Asakura family and the monks of Mt. Hiei against Nobunaga. Nagamasa was defeated by Oda and Tokugawa Ieyasu at the battle of Anegawa in 1570.

In 1573, Oda laid siege to Nagamasa's castle at Odani . Unfortunately for Nagamasa, he was there at the time. He committed suicide and in exchange, Oda spared Nagamasa's family (which of course included his--Nobunaga's--own sister).

Three of Nagamasa's daughters are famous for marrying famous men. They were

• Chacha, or Yodo dono , second wife of Toyotomi Hideyosho and mother of Hideyoshi's heir Hideyori
• Hatsu, wife of the sengoku daimyo Kyogoku Takatsugu
• Oeyo, or Sugen'in, wife of the second Tokugawa shogun HidetadaTokugawa Hidetada ( , 1579 1632) was the 2nd shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate who reigned from 1605 to 1623 during the early Edo period of Japan. He was third son of the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. His father Ieyas and mother of his successor IemitsuTokugawa Iemitsu (Iyemitsu ( , 1604 1651) was the 3rd shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate who reigned from 1623 to 1651 during the early Edo period of Japan. Born as the second son of the second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada, he became a shogun in 1623 when his f

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