Her mother Princess Kishi died soon after she was born and her father, Emperor Suzaku, also died young in 952 at the age of 30 while being anxious about his only daughter's future.
母煕子女王は生後間もなく死没、父朱雀上皇も一人娘昌子内親王の行く末を案じつつ、同6年（952年）に30の若さで崩御する。