Lady Gyeonghwa Explained

Lady Gyeonghwa
경화궁부인
Succession:Princess of Goryeo
Successor:Princess Jeongheon[1]
Regent:Wang Mu, King Hyejong
Reg-Type:Monarch
Father:Hyejong of Goryeo
Mother:Queen Uihwa of the Jincheon Im clan
Spouse:Gwangjong of Goryeo[2]
Religion:Buddhism

Lady Gyeonghwa of the Jincheon Im clan (;) was a Goryeo Royal Princess as the first and oldest daughter of King Hyejong and Queen Uihwa[3] who became the second wife of her half uncle, King Gwangjong,[4] which she then followed her maternal clan.[5] As a Princess, she therefore was called as Princess Gyeonghwa or Grand Princess Gyeonghwa .

When Wang Gyu accused the King's half-brothers, Yo and So were plotted treason, the King then gave his eldest daughter to So as his 2nd wife and it was believed that they were married in 944. Meanwhile, her father's effort to safe his own life from the political treatment made she must married her uncle who had already secured his position in the royal family through his first marriage. Gyeonghwa's marriage with So was purely political marriage. However, due to her father's condition, despite she once held position as a Royal Princess, she did better known Gwangjong's "Madam" rather than "Queen consort" like Daemok, his first wife (formerly half younger sister).

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  1. Only full younger sister.
  2. Book: Yeong-gyu, Park. 2000. 한권으로읽는고려왕조실록. Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty in one volume. ko. 117, 134–136. June 14, 2021. University of Michigan, United States. Deullyeok, 들녘. 9788975271540.
  3. Web site: 고려시대 史料 Database. db.history.go.kr. Kŏryŏ Sidae – Database. June 14, 2021. zh.
  4. Web site: 고려04대 광종후궁 - 경화궁부인 임씨(慶和宮夫人 林氏) - 혜종자식. Seolhwa. Hebe. October 7, 2014. m.blog.naver.com. Naver. June 14, 2021.
  5. Web site: 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa. June 14, 2021. zh.