He was the twelfth family head of the Madenokoji family which was Tosho-ke (the hereditary lineage of court nobles occupying relatively high ranks), and the main branch of Kanroji of the Takafuji group of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan, an important noble family.
堂上家（名家(公家)、藤原北家高藤流甘露寺支流）である、万里小路家の12代目当主。