Niwa Nagashige
Niwa Nagashige was born on May 11, 1571. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Niwa Nagashige
Niwa Nagashige (丹羽 長重; May 11, 1571 – April 30, 1637) was a Japanese daimyō who served the Oda clan. Nagashige was the eldest son of Niwa Nagahide and married the 5th daughter of Oda Nobunaga. He took part in his first campaign in 1583, assisting his father in the Battle of Shizugatake against Shibata Katsuie. In 1584, the Battle of Nagakute, at the age of thirteen, Nagashige led a troop of the Niwa clan in place of his father, who was ill. In 1585, upon Nagahide's death, Nagashige received his father's fief of 1,230,000 koku (spanning Echizen, Wakasa, and parts of Kaga). During the Siege of…