His legal wife was Aoi no ue, a daughter of Sadaijin (the Minister of the Left), whom he marries upon coming of age; and later, Onna San no Miya, a daughter of his older brother, Emperor Suzaku, becomes his legal wife.
正妻は最初元服と同時に結婚した左大臣の娘葵の上、後に兄朱雀帝の皇女・女三宮である。