Its fifth lord Yoshimune and thirteenth lord Yoshitomi became the eighth Seiitaishogun (the formal title name of the Shogun, which originally means the commander in chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians), Yoshimune TOKUGAWA, and the fourteenth Seiitaishogun, Iemochi TOKUGAWA, respectively.
第5代藩主吉宗と第13代藩主慶福が、それぞれ第8代征夷大将軍徳川吉宗、第14代将軍徳川家茂となっている。