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Toyotomi Hideyori

1593 - 1615

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Toyotomi Hideyori (豊臣 秀頼; August 28, 1593 – June 4, 1615) was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who united all of Japan toward the end of the Sengoku period. His mother, Yodo-dono, was the niece of Oda Nobunaga. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Toyotomi Hideyori is the 241st most popular military personnel (up from 345th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 145th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Toyotomi Hideyori is most famous for being the son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was a major figure in the unification of Japan. Hideyori was a child when his father died, and he was too young to rule. The Tokugawa shogunate took control of Japan and Hideyori became a figurehead. He was eventually deposed by the Tokugawa shogunate and committed suicide.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Toyotomi Hideyori ranks 241 out of 2,058. Before him are Franz Stangl, Pausanias, Benedict Arnold, Sun Jian, Hans von Seeckt, and Lysander. After him are Maximilian von Weichs, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Wu Sangui, Slobodan Praljak, Bai Qi, and Jack Phillips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, Toyotomi Hideyori ranks 5. Before him are Mumtaz Mahal, Artemisia Gentileschi, Georges de La Tour, and Jacob Jordaens. After him are George I Rákóczi, Nicolaes Tulp, Matthäus Merian, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Balthasar van der Ast, Anthony van Diemen, and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1615, Toyotomi Hideyori ranks 3. Before him are Margaret of Valois, and Hans von Aachen. After him are Giambattista della Porta, Sanada Yukimura, Yodo-dono, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Heo Jun, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Claudio Acquaviva, Dom Justo Takayama, and Virginia de' Medici.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Toyotomi Hideyori ranks 83 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Shirō Ishii (1892), Sei Shōnagon (966), Emperor Momozono (1741), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), and Yoichiro Nambu (1921). After him are Uesugi Kenshin (1530), Naoto Kan (1946), Empress Michiko (1934), Kōbō Abe (1924), Tsutomu Yamaguchi (1916), and Liv Ullmann (1938).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Toyotomi Hideyori ranks 12. Before him are Saigō Takamori (1828), Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), and Ishida Mitsunari (1559). After him are Date Masamune (1567), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Tōgō Heihachirō (1848), Shunroku Hata (1879), and Okita Sōji (1842).

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