In October of the same year, when Michitaka's eldest daughter, FUJIWARA no Teishi/Sadako, became an empress Michinaga was assigned as Chugu Daibu (Minister of the Palace of the Empress).
同年10月、摂政・道隆の女・藤原定子立后に際し道長は中宮大夫に任ぜられる。