The Emperor Ninken chose her as his wife despite the fact that her father Emperor Yuryaku had murdered his father, supposedly in an attempt to enhance legitimacy of his emperorship by marrying an imperial princess who directly descended from the legitimate emperor, where he himself was a collateral descent.
父を殺された雄略天皇の皇女を皇后とした理由として、仁賢天皇自身が傍系の出身であるため、直系の皇女を皇后に迎え入れ正当性を強めたと考えられている。