His uncle was Yoshitsuna ASHIKAGA, who was the Awa Kubo and also an adopted son of the 10th shogun Yoshitane ASHIKAGA, and his cousin Yoshihide ASHIKAGA, the 14th shogun, was a son of Yoshitsuna.
なお、第10代将軍足利義稙の養子となった阿波公方足利義維は叔父で、その子である第14代将軍・足利義栄は従兄弟にあたる。