Princess Jeongsin Explained

Princess Jeongsin
Succession:Princess of Goryeo
Reign:1390–1392
Coronation:1390
Predecessor:Princess Suknyeong[1]
Successor:Princess Gyeonghwa[2]
Regent:Wang Yo, King Gongyang
Reg-Type:Monarch
Father:Gongyang of Goryeo
Mother:Royal Consort Sun of the Gyoha No clan
Issue:Lady Woo
Birth Date:1366
Birth Place:Goryeo
Death Date:1421 (aged 55)
Death Place:Joseon
House:House of Wang (by birth)
Danyang Woo clan (by marriage)
Religion:Buddhism

Princess Jeongsin (; 1366 — 1421) was a Goryeo Royal Princess as the second daughter of King Gongyang and Royal Consort Sun.[3] [4]

Biography

On 17 April 1390, she was honoured as Princess Jeongsin along with her sisters,[5] then married with Woo Seong-beom whom later honoured as Prince Danyang .[6] [7] However, in July 1392, after Yi Seong-Gye's ascension to the throne and made the new dynasty, Woo was sentenced to death and was beheaded along with Gang Hoe-gye, her younger brother-in-law.

Woo Seong-beom came from the Danyang Woo clan who was the eldest son of Woo Hong-su [8] and the grandson of Woo Hyeon-bo . With Woo, she had one issue, a daughter.[9] While the Princess's father-in-law tried to conspired, it was failed and died after being executed by Taejo's royal troops in 23 August.

Family

Notes and References

  1. Full older sister.
  2. Full younger sister.
  3. Web site: 고려시대 史料 Database. db.history.go.kr. August 7, 2021. ko.
  4. Book: 1985. 韓國女性關係資料集: 中世篇(中). Collection of Korean Women's Relations: Middle Ages (Part 2). ko. 104. Ehwa Womans University Press. 9788973000432.
  5. Web site: 고려시대 史料 Database. db.history.go.kr. August 7, 2021. zh.
  6. Web site: 고려시대 史料 Database. db.history.go.kr. August 7, 2021. ko.
  7. Web site: 고려시대 史料 Database. db.history.go.kr. August 7, 2021. ko.
  8. Web site: 고려시대 史料 Database. db.history.go.kr. August 7, 2021. ko.
  9. Book: Kim Young-kon. 2016. 북타임스 고려왕비열전 58. 공양왕과 순비 노씨①. The Book Times – The Chronicles of the Goryeo Queen Consorts 58. King Gongyang and Consort Sun①. ko. Goldstar Publishing House. 9788907903198.