It is unknown that which feudal domain he supposed to have received; however, considering his career that he used to be a lord of Sawayama-jo Castle while he served for the Rokkaku clan, Nobunaga might have planned to consolidate power by appointing Suketada as the lord of Sawayama-jo Castle.
どこに領地を賜る予定だったのかは分かっていないが、小川氏が六角氏の家臣時代佐和山城主であった経歴を考慮すると、信長には祐忠を同城主へ入れてこの要地を固める心算があったのではないだろうか。