Taking Chikauji MATSUDAIRA as the first generation, Ieyasu emerges as the 9th Matsudaira generation (6th generation of the Yasuyoshi MATSUDAIRA family) who founded the Tokugawa shogun family dynasty (eldest son lineage of the Chikauji branch of the Matsudaira clan) who in turn formed the head family of the clan.
松平親氏を初代とする松平家九代（安祥松平家六代）の家康が起こした親氏流松平氏嫡流である徳川将軍家（徳川宗家）がある。