Tōdō Takayuki

1813–1895 (age 82)

Biography

Tōdō Takayuki (藤堂 高猷; March 11, 1813 – February 9, 1895) was the 11th daimyō of Tsu Domain under the late Edo period Tokugawa shogunate and the 19th hereditary chieftain of the Tōdō clan. Takayuki's sudden betrayal of the Tokugawa forces at the Battle of Toba–Fushimi during the Boshin War was one of the decisive factors which turned the battle in the imperial army's favor.