She was the second princess of Kinjo no Mikado, and her mother was Fujitsubo Princess (a daughter of Sadaijin (Minister of the Left), and she is a different woman from Fujitsubo, the Emperor Kiritsubo's second consort (the mother of Emperor Reizei) and Fujitsubo, a consort of the Emperor Suzaku (the mother of Onna Sannomiya)).
今上帝(源氏物語)の第二皇女で、母は藤壺女御（左大臣の姫。桐壺帝の藤壺（冷泉帝の母）や朱雀帝の藤壺女御（女三宮の母）とは別人）。