He served Ieyasu TOKUGAWA with his father, Tadamasa, and on September 8, 1600, he joined the Mototada TORII corps in the Battle of Fushimi-jo Castle (the Battle of Sekigahara), was besieged in Fushimi-jo Castle, and died in and attack by the West squad.
父・忠政とともに徳川家康へ仕え、慶長5年8月1日(旧暦)（1600年9月8日）、伏見城の戦い（関ヶ原の戦い）で鳥居元忠隊に属し、伏見城へ篭城し、西軍側の攻撃を受けて討ち死に。