In conclusion, we can affirm that the Hucpoldings were one of the principal kinship groups of marchisal rank of the Carolingian and post-Carolingian kingdom of Italy. The overall investigation dedicated to them has enabled a reconstruction of important elements of the political history of the kingdom and particularly of the history of aristocratic power development. Of all these groups, the Hucpoldings set themselves apart in at least three particular aspects: primarily, the exceptional biological longevity, which developed in a dimension of assiduous political relevance characterizes them amid the few lineages of marquis rank that are traceable with continuity from the ninth to the twelfth centuries. Second, the dynastic transmission of the official title emerged quite early in the Italian landscape, even though it was the title of count that was associated with the kindred, not the public function of a marquis actually performed. Finally, seignorial development was always sought outside the areas of official control, thus displaying an unusual and particular feature in contrast to the standard model for Italian aristocracies.

Their marked aptitude for official roles, but mainly oriented towards the kingdom's marches, was in fact always pursued by a number of individuals in the group even to the disadvantage of their own dynastic interests. Lordship, in contrast, was developed exclusively in the patrimonial areas which, in a single brief case, was matched with the territorial environs of the group's exercise of public power. For the Hucpoldings we cannot therefore observe that ambivalence between official function and seigneurial vocation central to the transformation of most of the post-Carolingian aristocracies in seigneurial dynasties. Indeed, it was such a clear demarcation between official roles and the interests of seigneurial development and the uncommon behaviour in dynastic transmission of the public title that led to a considerable consciousness of kinship rank (Wir-Gefühl) and a strong impulse for service to the kingdom.