He married Bifukumonin, nyobo (a court lady), Kazusa, and his sotomago (a grandchild from a daughter married into another family), Yoshikane ASHIKAGA, became a Kurodo (Chamberlain) of Hachijo-in, a princess of Bifukumonin.
政治的には妻に美福門院女房上総を迎え、外孫の足利義兼が美福門院の皇女八条院の蔵人になっている