Hatakeyama clan was a branch family of Ashikaga clan whose ancestor was MINAMOTO no Yoshikuni who was a child of MINAMOTO no Yoshiie, who was a Chinju-fu shogun (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense) and the head of Kawachi-Genji.
河内源氏の棟梁　鎮守府将軍源義家の子　源義国を祖とする足利氏の庶流　畠山氏。