On May 4, 1857, he took over as the head of the Matsudaira family in the Itoigawa Domain after Naoharu, his natural father, went into retirement (Around that time, he used the name Naokiyo).
安政4年（1857年）5月4日、実父直春の隠居により、糸魚川藩松平家の家督を相続する（この頃は直廉（なおきよ）と名乗る）。