His mother was the chancellor (chief advisor to the emperor) and the Grand Minister, Kaneka ICHIJO's daughter and a high-ranking lady in the court; an empress of Momozono, Kyoraimon in FUJIWARA no Tomiko.
母は関白太政大臣一条兼香（かねか）の娘で桃園女御の恭礼門院・藤原富子。