Date Terumune

Date Terumune
伊達輝宗
Head of Date clan
In office
1578–1584
Preceded byDate Harumune
Succeeded byDate Masamune
Personal details
Born1544
DiedNovember 29, 1585(1585-11-29) (aged 40–41)
Resting placeYonezawa, Yamagata
SpouseYoshihime
ChildrenDate Masamune
Date Masamichi
Date Hideo
Chiko-hime
Parents
RelativesOnamihime (sister)
Rusu Masakage (brother)
Ishikawa Akimitsu (brother)
Kokubu Morishige (brother)
Mogami Yoshiaki (brother-in-law)
Military service
Allegiance Date clan
Oda clan
RankDaimyo
CommandsYonezawa Castle
Battles/warsSiege of Nihonmatsu (1568)

Date Terumune (伊達 輝宗, 1544 – November 29, 1585) was a Japanese samurai clan leader of the Sengoku period.[1] He had close relationship with Oda Nobunaga, one of the leading figures of the period. Terumune was the father of Date Masamune,[1][2] who succeeded him as clan leader in 1584.[3]

  1. ^ a b Turnbull, Stephen. (2012). Samurai Commanders: 1577–1638, Vol, 2, p. 52.
  2. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. p. 236. ISBN 9781854095237.
  3. ^ Meriwether, Colyer (1893). "Life of Date Masamune". Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. XXI: 8.

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