The Gosankyō (御三卿, "the Three Lords") were three branches of the
Tokugawa clan of
Japan.[1] They were descended from the eighth of the fifteen
Tokugawa shōguns,
Yoshimune (1684–1751). Yoshimune established the Gosankyo to augment (or perhaps to replace) the Gosanke, the heads of the powerful han (fiefs) of
Owari,
Kishū, and
Mito. Two of his sons, together with the second son of his successor Ieshige, established the Tayasu, Hitotsubashi, and Shimizu branches of the Tokugawa.[2] Unlike the Gosanke, they did not rule a han. Still, they remained prominent until the end of Tokugawa rule, and some later shōguns were chosen from the Hitotsubashi line.
Tokugawa Yoshiatsu, 10th daimyō of Mito (1832–1868)
Tokugawa Atsuyoshi, 12th Mito family head, 1st Marquess (1855–1898; 12th family head: 1883–1898; Marquess: 1884)
XII.
Tokugawa Muneyoshi, 12th Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head, 2nd Count (1897-1989; Hitotsubashi family head: 1934–1989; 2nd Count: 1934–1947)
XIII. Tokugawa Munenobu, 13th Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head (1929-1993; Hitotsubashi family head: 1989–1993)
XIV. Tokugawa Munechika, 14th Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head (born 1959; Hitotsubashi family head: 1993–present)
Munefumi (born 1986)
Munenari (born 1994)
IX.
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, 15th Tokugawa Shōgun, 9th Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head, 1st Head and 1st Prince of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu line (1837–1913; Hitotsubashi family head: 1847–1866; Shōgun: 1866–1867, 1st Head of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu line: 1868–1913, 1st Prince of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu line: 1902–1913)