His children born in the imperial prince's palace were treated in an excessively honorable way; they were proclaimed as imperial princes eligible to become the adopted children of Emperor Sanjo although they were actually the children of the retired emperor.
親王所生の子供達が三条天皇の猶子の資格として二世王でありながら親王宣下を受けるなど破格の待遇を受けた。