Azai of Note
- Azai Sukemasa - established Odani Castle in 1516
- Azai Hisamasa - son of Sukemasa, was defeated by the Sasaki clan
- Azai Nagamasa - son of Hisamasa, came into conflict with Oda Nobunaga and opposed him, entering an alliance with the Asakura clan and the monks of Mt. Hiei; he was defeated and forced to suicide by Nobunaga in 1573. He was married to Nobunaga's sister O-ichi. His daughters included Yodo-Dono (second wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and mother of Toyotomi Hideyori) and Oeyo (wife of Tokugawa Hidetada and mother of the third Tokugawa shogun Iemitsu).
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