Additionally, Imperial Princess Kazunomiya Chikako (Seikanin) was the seishitsu (legal wife) of the fourteenth Shogun, Iemochi TOKUGAWA, and was the aunt of the Emperor Meiji; because she was also once the fiancée of Prince Arisugawanomiya, the Tosei Dai Sotoku, she had connections to the Imperial Court (the new government side).
また明治天皇の叔母にあたる14代将軍徳川家茂正室の和宮親子内親王も東征大総督有栖川宮とかつて婚約者であった縁がある。