He deeply loved wife, Tama (baptismal name "Gracia"), and managed to avoid having to cut his connection with her after her father Mitsuhide AKECHI instigated the Honnoji Incident by imprisoning her.
正室の玉（洗礼名ガラシャ）への愛情は深く、その父・明智光秀が本能寺の変を起こしたときも離縁せずに、幽閉して累の及ぶのを避けている。