The former 11 houses of Miyake originated from Fushiminomiya family, the children of the nineteenth Fushiminomiya Imperial Prince Sadayoshi and the twentieth Imperial Prince Kuniie, left the Fushiminomiya family and made branch families during the period before and after the Meiji Restoration.
旧宮家11家は、いずれも明治維新前後の時期、伏見宮第19代伏見宮貞敬親王・第20代伏見宮邦家親王の子どもたちが分家して多くの宮家を興したことに起源を有する。