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| | Oda Nobuhide Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Though the head of the Oda clan, Nobuhide never fully united Owari province but was involved in open warfare as he was fronted to the north by Saito Dousan, daimyo of Mino province, and to the east by Imagawa Yoshimoto, the daimyo of Mikawa, Suruga, and Totomi provinces. |
 | | In 1549, Nobuhide made peace with Saito Dousan by arranging a political marriage between son Nobunaga and Saito's daughter. |
 | | Almost all support of Nobunaga that would have been had from Nobuhide's retainers went to younger brother Oda Nobuyuki, leaving Nobunaga with Hirate Masahide and his father-in-law Saito Dousan, whom he had never met before. |
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