After he was conferred a peerage in 1829, he was quickly promoted as a member of the Sanjo family of the Seiga family (the second highest family status for court nobles), and was raised to Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) in 1841and was ranked with Kugyo (court noble).
文政12年（1829年）に叙爵してから、清華家三条家の出身として速いスピードで昇進し、天保12年（1841年）には従三位となり、公卿に列する。