Yoshihide Ashikaga

Background

Yoshihide Ashikaga was born in 1538.

Career

Shortly after having been proclaimed shōgun, Yoshihide died from a contagious disease. In the same month, Oda Nobunaga marched his armies into Kyoto. He seized control of the capital. Nobunaga installed Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the fifteenth shōgun.

Personality

When he became shōgun, he changed his name to Yoshinaga, but he is more conventionally recognized today by the name Yoshihide.

Connections

Father:

Ashikaga Yoshitsuna

Wife:

Yuki no Tsubone