She had three sons including Imperial Prince Tsunesada, but Imperial Prince Tsunesada abdicated later due to the Jowa Incident, and "Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku" (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts) described that she got really mad, cried, and held a grudge against her mother, Kachiko, the Grand Empress Dowager, who was behind the plot.
恒貞親王始め3人の皇子を産んだが、恒貞親王は後に承和の変で皇太子を廃され、この陰謀の影にいた母・嘉智子太皇太后を、正子内親王は激しく怒り泣いて恨んだと『日本三代実録』に伝えられる。