His sons were Kakuchu Motozane KONOE (his mother Nobuko was a daughter of MINAMOTO no Kunizane, who had served as a Gon Chunagon), MATSUDONO no Motofusa (his mother Toshiko was a daughter of MINAMOTO no Kunizane), Kanezane KUJO (his mother Kaga was a daughter of FUJIWARA no Nakamitsu, who had served as a Taiko taigo miya taishin), FUJIWARA no Kanefusa (who was to become a Grand Minister, and whose mother was same as Kanezane's, Shinen, and Jien (their mother was also the same as Kanezane's).
覚忠・近衛基実（母は権中納言源国信女信子）・松殿基房（母は源国信女俊子）・九条兼実（母は太皇太后宮大進藤原仲光女加賀）・藤原兼房(太政大臣)（母は兼実に同じ）・信円・慈円（母は兼実に同じ）らの父。