There were also families (ichimon) next to gosanke and gosankyo, such as the Echizen Matsudaira family, the forefather Hideyasu YUKI, the second son of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA (Hidetada's older brothor), and the Aizu-Matsudaira family, the forefather Masayuki HOSHINA, the son of Hidetada TOKUGAWA (Iemitsu TOKUGAWA's younger paternal half-brother).
御三家・御三卿に次ぐ一門としては徳川家康の二男・（徳川秀忠の兄）結城秀康を祖とする越前松平家、徳川秀忠の子（徳川家光の異母弟）保科正之を祖とする会津松平家などがあった。