Oeyo

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Oeyo (於江与) or Satoko (達子) or Sūgen'in (崇源院: 1573 – September 15, 1626) was the wife of Tokugawa Hidetada (the second Tokugawa shogun of Japan) and the mother of his successor Iemitsu. Oeyo was the third and youngest daughter of the sengoku daimyo Azai Nagamasa. Her mother was Oichi, younger sister of Oda Nobunaga. Oeyo's oldest sister was Chacha, or Yodo dono, the second wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (and mother of Hideyoshi's heir Hideyori); between Chacha and Oeyo was Hatsu, wife of the sengoku daimyo Kyogoku Takatsugu.

Timeline

1573: Born
1595: Married Tokugawa Hidetada
1597: Gave birth to Sen-hime
1604: Gave birth to Iemitsu
1605: Hidetada becomes shogun
1606: Gave birth to Tadanaga
1607: Gave birth to Tokugawa Masako, who in 1620 married Emperor Go-Mizunoo (in 1629, Kazuko's daughter became Empress Meishō)
1623: Iemitsu becomes shogun
1626: Died while Hidetada and Iemitsu were in Kyoto
1626: Received the court rank of Juichii (posthumously)

The grave of Sūgen'in has been discovered at Zojoji in the Shiba neighborhood of Tokyo.