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Flourished c.1101 - c.1150 • Japan
House / Dynasty Taira family
Notable Family Members son Taira Tadamori
Taira Kiyomori
Taira Kiyomori
Japanese ruler
Taira Tadamori
Japanese warrior
Minamoto Yoshitomo
Japanese warrior
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
Japanese warrior
Yamaga Sokō
Japanese military strategist
Ashikaga Takauji
Ashikaga Takauji
Japanese shogun
Toyotomi Hideyori
Toyotomi Hideyori
Japanese ruler
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen
Japanese military leader
Uesugi Kenshin
Uesugi Kenshin
Japanese military leader
Nitta Yoshisada
Japanese military leader
Yamana Mochitoyo
Japanese feudal lord
Minamoto Yoshiie
Japanese warrior
Minamoto Tameyoshi
Japanese warrior
Minamoto Yoriyoshi
Japanese warrior
Minamoto Yorinobu
Japanese warrior
Pemulwuy
Australian Aboriginal warrior
Clovis I
Merovingian king
Mausoleum of Theodoric
Theodoric
king of Italy
Robert
duke of Apulia
Tecumseh
Tecumseh
Shawnee chief