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Yodo-dono

1569 - 1615

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Yodo-dono (淀殿) or Yodo-gimi (淀君; [jo.do(ꜜ).ɡʲi.mʲi, -ŋʲi.mʲi], 1569 – June 4, 1615), also known as Lady Chacha (茶々; [tɕaꜜ.tɕa]), was a Japanese historical figure in the late Sengoku period. She was the concubine and the second wife of Japanese ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi. As the mother of his son and successor Hideyori, she acted as Hideyori's guardian in the restoration of the Toyotomi clan after the fall of the Council of Five Elders, and alongside her son, led the last anti-Tokugawa shogunate resistance in the siege of Osaka. She was the daughter of Oichi and sister of Ohatsu and Oeyo. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yodo-dono is the 371st most popular nobleman (down from 338th in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from Japan (down from 400th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Yodo-dono ranks 371 out of 1,415. Before her are Princess Carolina of Parma, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Lanzelin of Klettgau, Princess Hélène of Orléans, Ingeborg of Norway, and William III, Landgrave of Thuringia. After her are Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, Neferirkare Kakai, and Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1569, Yodo-dono ranks 6. Before her are Jahangir, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases, Giambattista Marino, Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein. After her are Frans Pourbus the Younger, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, Friedrich Kettler, Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, and Heo Gyun. Among people deceased in 1615, Yodo-dono ranks 6. Before her are Margaret of Valois, Hans von Aachen, Toyotomi Hideyori, Giambattista della Porta, and Sanada Yukimura. After her are 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, Yodo-dono ranks 436 out of 6,245. Before her are Yumi Umeoka (1950), Shohei Imamura (1926), Toru Takemitsu (1930), Sawao Kato (1946), Nobuyuki Oishi (1939), and Emperor Yōzei (867). After her are Emperor Antoku (1178), Ihara Saikaku (1642), Isao Iwabuchi (1933), Emperor Juntoku (1197), Kenji Doihara (1883), and Jisaburō Ozawa (1886).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Japan

Among noblemen born in Japan, Yodo-dono ranks 4. Before her are Akihito (1933), Naruhito (1960), and Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965). After her are Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), Sayako Kuroda (1969), Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu (1911), Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (1955), and Princess Mako of Akishino (1991).

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