Ashikaga Yoshikatsu

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child shogun who died at the age of nine

1434 – 1443 · 9 years · Kyoto · Asia

Reign: 1442 – 1443 (Japan: shoguns & emperors)

Son of the murdered Yoshinori, proclaimed shogun in 1442 at the age of eight while the deputy Hosokawa Mochiyuki governed for him. He died the following year, reputedly after a fall from his horse.

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