Of these, the only lineage to produce famous samurai families was the Kanmu-Heishi lineage, which included the following branches: the Ise-Heishi, from which the Heike (the family of TAIRA no Kiyomori that established the Taira clan government) was descended; and the Bando-Heishi, from which the Hojo clan (which became regents of the Kamakura bakufu, a Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) was descended.
武家平氏として子孫の活躍が知られるのは平氏政権を作った平家（平清盛の家）を出した伊勢平氏や、鎌倉幕府の執権北条氏を出した坂東平氏などの桓武平氏のみである。