When Taishi became Empress, it was Yorinaga, a younger half-brother of hers that she had taken under her protection, who was appointed to the position of Kogogu-daibu (Lord Steward to Her Majesty the Empress).
泰子立后の時、皇后宮大夫に任ぜられたのは泰子の異母弟であり、その庇護下に入っている頼長であった。