Tokugawa Ietsugu (徳川 家継, 1709–1716) was the seventh shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, from 1713 to 1716, taking office at the age of three. He was the son of his predecessor Tokugawa Ienobu, and was the last of the main Tokugawa bloodline. He died only four years later, and his successor was chosen from the Kishu (Kii) branch of the Tokugawa family.
TokugawaIetsugu; 徳川 家継 (August 8, 1709-June 19, 1716) was the seventh shogun of the Tokugawa Dynasty, who ruled from 1713 until his death in 1716.
He was the son of Tokugawa Ienobu, thus making him the grandson of Tokugawa Tsunashige, daimyo of Kofu, great-grandson of Tokugawa Iemitsu, great-great grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada, and finally the great-great-great grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
TokugawaIetsugu was born in 1709 in Edo, being the eldest son of ShogunTokugawa Ienobu and a concubine.
The Tokugawa period, unlike the shogunates before it, was based on the strict class hierarchy originally established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
The TokugawaShogunate came to an official end in 1868, with the resignation of the 15th TokugawaShogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu and the "restoration" ('Taisei Hōkan') of imperial rule.
Tokugawa's descendants further ensured the loyalty by maintaining a dogmatic insistence on loyalty to the Shogun.
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