As her mother was nyobo (a court lady) Chujo no kimi (a niece of the wife of Hachi no Miya), she was not acknowledged by her father Hachi no Miya as his real daughter.
母はかつて八の宮に仕えていた女房・中将の君（八の宮の北の方の姪）で、このため父八の宮から娘と認知されなかった。