It is considered that a daughter of Shigefusa was Yoriuji's concubine, and he became the first family head of the Ashikaga clan whose mother was not from the Hojo clan since Yoshikane ASHIKAGA, a senior vassal of MINANOTO no Yoritomo.
重房娘は頼氏の側室であったと考えられ、源頼朝の重臣であった足利義兼以来の北条氏を母としない足利氏当主となった。