Due to the Jokyu Battle in 1221, after the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) getting rid of all the descendants of Emperor Gotoba, they forced Emperor Chukyo to abdicate and appointed Emperor Gohorikawa who was the grandchild of Emperor Takakura, and retired Emperor Antoku's brother's child, after the Genpei War; the Taira-Minamoto War; the Battle between the Minamoto and the Heike clans.
承久3年（1221年）、承久の乱により、鎌倉幕府は、後鳥羽天皇につながる血統をことごとく排除し、仲恭天皇を退位させ、源平合戦の後、隠居していた安徳天皇の弟の子で高倉天皇の孫である後堀河天皇を即位させた。