In 1851 she was engaged to the eldest son of the Arisugawanomiya Imperial Prince Takahito, Prince Taruhito, however the engagement was cancelled due to the union of the Imperial Court and the Shogunate promoted by Tomomi IWAKURA.
嘉永4年（1851年）、有栖川宮幟仁親王の長男・有栖川宮熾仁親王と婚約したが、岩倉具視らが推進する公武合体のため婚約破棄。