His legal wife was Princess Shige, the daughter of Tadayosi SAKAI (younger biological brother to Tadakatsu SAKAI [lord of the Obama Domain of Wakasa Province], paramount authority and chief minister in the shogun's cabinet).
正妻は酒井忠吉（幕閣の最高権力者大老酒井忠勝(若狭国小浜藩主)の実弟）の娘・茂姫。