Tokugawa Ietsugu was born in 1709 in Edo, being the eldest son of Shogun Tokugawa Ienobu and concubine, Gekkōin.
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Nonetheless, there were still collateral lineal branches descended from Ieyasu through one of his many children, and the new shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune, was chosen from one of these lineal Tokugawa branches.
Tokugawa shogunate | Tokugawa clan | Tokugawa Ieyasu | Tokugawa Shogunate | Tokugawa Yoshimune | Tokugawa | Tokugawa Ienobu | Tokugawa Yoshinobu | Tokugawa Tsunayoshi | Tokugawa Nariaki | Tokugawa Mitsukuni | Tokugawa Narimasa | Tokugawa Iesada | Tokugawa Ieharu | Tokugawa Fūunroku Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune |