Around that time on, Prince Takechi was regarded as the third among the princes of Emperor Tenmu (He followed Prince Kusakabe and Prince Otsu whose mother were Imperial princesses In the ranking by the status of mother, he was the eighth out of ten).
この頃から高市皇子は天武天皇の皇子の中で3番目とされるようになった（皇女を母にもつ草壁皇子、大津皇子に次ぐ。母親の身分による序列では10人中8番目）。