As a replacement, Yasumasa WAKIZAKA, who was the second son of Masamori HOTTA, Yasutoshi's older brother, and also the lord of the Kawagoe Domain in Musashi Province, and who was therefore Yasutoshi's nephew, was adopted and became Yasumoto's legitimate son.
代わって、武蔵国川越藩主である兄・堀田正盛の次男で甥にあたる脇坂安政が養子となり嫡子に迎えられた。