After the bakufu was overthrown and the Kenmu Restoration began, Tsuneyoshi/Tsunenaga was appointed to Crown Prince who was the oldest son among other Princes of Renshi ANO in 1334.
幕府が滅亡し建武の新政が始まると、阿野廉子が産んだ皇子の中で最年長であった恒良は建武元年（1334年）に皇太子に指名される。