Background
His father was Horio Yoshiharu.
堀尾 忠氏
His father was Horio Yoshiharu.
In 1600 at the Battle of Sekigahara, acting as a substitute for Yoshiharu who had been injured in the runup to the battle, Tadauji took part in Tokugawa Ieyasu"s force. After the battle, Ieyasu praise Tadauji for his cr and add his domain to 240,000 koku at Izumo Province. In 1604, Tadauji died from a disease before Yoshiharu.