Due to the death of Ietsugu, the family line of the second shogun Hidetada TOKUGAWA became extinct and Yoshimune TOKUGAWA from the Kishu Tokugawa Family was installed in the eighth shogun.
家継の死により、第2代将軍・徳川秀忠の系統は断絶し、第8代将軍には紀州徳川家より徳川吉宗が迎えられた。