In the end, Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA, who was the seventh son of Nariaki TOKUGAWA, the ninth lord of the Mito Domain, was the first member of the Mito-Tokugawa family to become shogun after Mitsukuni the second lord.
結局、2代目藩主・光圀以降、9代藩主・徳川斉昭の七男・徳川慶喜が将軍職に就くまで、水戸徳川家からは将軍職に就く者はいなかった。