Tokugawa Ieshige
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Tokugawa Ieshige (徳川 家重 Tokugawa Ieshige, 1712–1761) was the ninth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. The first son of Tokugawa Yoshimune, he took office in 1745 on the retirement of his father, and held office beyond his father's 1751 death to 1760. In that year he retired, taking the title Ōgosho; his first son Tokugawa Ieharu took the office of shogun. Ieshige's second son became the founder of the Shimizu Tokugawa clan, which together with the Tayasu and Hitotsubashi (established by Ieshige's younger brothers) became the gosankyō, the three cadet branches from which future shoguns might be selected if the main line were to die out.
| Preceded by: Tokugawa Yoshimune | Tokugawa Shogun 1745-1760 | Succeeded by: Tokugawa Ieharu de:Tokugawa Ieshige fr:Ieshige Tokugawa ko:도쿠가와 이에시게 ja:徳川家重 |