Queen Anhye Explained

Queen Anhye
안혜왕후
Grand Queen Mother Anhye
Succession:Princess of Goryeo
Reign:?–1218
Successor:Princess Yeongchang
Regent:Wang Yeong, King Huijong
Reg-Type:Monarch
Succession1:Queen consort of Goryeo
Reign1:1218–1232
Reign-Type1:Tenure
Coronation1:1218
Predecessor1:Queen Wondeok
Successor1:Princess Gyeongchang
Father:Huijong of Goryeo
Mother:Queen Seongpyeong
Issue:Princess Suheung
Lady Wang
Wonjong of Goryeo
Yeongjong of Goryeo
Birth Date:1195
Birth Place:Goryeo
Death Date:1 June 1232 (aged 36–37)
Death Place:Goryeo
Regnal Name:Princess Seungbok (승복궁주, 承福宮主; 1211 – 14 April 1218)
Posthumous Name:Janghye (장혜, 莊惠; "Solemn and Kind") later
Anhye (안혜, 安惠; "Calm and Kind")

Queen Anhye of the Yu clan (; 1195 – 1 June 1232) or formally called as Grand Queen Mother Anhye was a Goryeo princess as the first and oldest daughter of King Huijong and Queen Seongpyeong who became a queen consort through her marriage with her second cousin, King Gojong as his first and primary wife.

Biography

The future Queen Anhye was born as the first daughter (Royal Princess) of Huijong of Goryeo and Queen Seongpyeong. She later married her second cousin, Gojong of Goryeo and changed her clan into Yu . Her mother-in-law, Queen Wondeok was initially her aunt and the daughter of Princess Changrak who also changed her clan to Yu.

In 1211, she honoured as Princess Seungbok not long after her marriage with Gojong and lived in "Seungbok Palace" . She then formally became a Queen Consort followed her husband's ascension to the throne in 1218. They had two daughters born in 1213 and 1215, and two sons in 1219 and 1223.

However, she died on June 1, 1232 (19th year reign of her husband) and her husband wore mourning clothes for three days and grieved over her death. The then-military ruler Ch'oe U gave her a coffin made of gold and silver. At the time she died, her parents were still alive and were said to be sad when they heard the news.

After her death, Gojong didn't remarry again, so it was presumed that they had a good relationship both as cousins and spouse. She then received her Posthumous name and honoured as Queen Mother after their oldest son ascended the throne as King Wonjong in 1260.

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