Queen Daemok Explained

Queen Daemok
대목왕후
Succession:Princess of Goryeo
Predecessor:Princess Heungbang
Successor:Queen Munhye
Regent:Wang Geon, King Taejo
Reg-Type:Monarch
Succession1:Queen consort of Goryeo
Reign1:?–?
Reign-Type1:Tenure
Predecessor1:Queen Munseong
Successor1:Queen Heonsuk
Father:Taejo of Goryeo
Mother:Queen Sinjeong of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan
Spouse:Gwangjong of Goryeo
Issue:Gyeongjong of Goryeo[1]
Prince Hyohwa
Lady Cheonchu
Lady Bohwa
Queen Mundeok
Birth Date:925
Birth Place:Hwangju County, North Hwanghae Province,
Death Place:Kaeseong, Kaesong Industrial Region
Regnal Name:Taemok (태목, 太穆; "Highest and Majestic")[2]
Posthumous Name:Queen Anjeong Seonmyeong Uijeong Singyeong Gongpyeong Jeongye Daemok
안정선명의정신경공평정예대목왕후
(安靜宣明懿正信敬恭平靜睿大穆王后)

Queen Daemok of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan (; 925–?), also known as Queen Taemok, was a Goryeo princess as the only daughter of King Taejo and Queen Sinjeong, also the younger sister of King Daejong[3] who became a queen consort through her marriage with her half older brother, King Gwangjong. She was also the mother of most his children and the first Goryeo queen to use her maternal surname, Hwangbo.

She was born in 925, while her marriage is believed to have taken place between 937 and 943. In 956, when Gwangjong proclaimed the law of slaves' emancipation, she strongly opposed it and begged him earnestly, but Gwangjong ignored and rejected her pleas.[4] Daemok's opposition to the law stemmed from the Hwangbo clan, whose interests she was trying to protect; however, in Gwangjong's eyes, her maternal family was only one of the noble families to be removed.

Her death is presumed to have occurred after 975 but before 1002, when King Mokjong (her only grandson) gave her a posthumous name. She was enshrined in Heolleung tomb along with her husband.

Posthumous names

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Family

In popular culture

Queen Daemok is often portrayed as an antagonist when the stories are based on Gwangjong's reign period.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 경종 총서. Goryeosa. June 14, 2021. ko.
  2. Book: 1997. 국역 동문선. ko. University of Michigan. National Culture Promotion Association, 민족 문화 추진회. 9788981331184. 194.
  3. Book: Jong-ki, Park. 1999. 5백년고려사. The 500 Years of Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty. ko. University of Michigan. Pureun History, 푸른역사. 9788987787176. 49, 56–57.
  4. Web site: 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa. June 14, 2021. ko.
  5. Web site: 고려시대 史料 Database . June 14, 2021 . db.history.go.kr . ko.
  6. Web site: 고려시대 史料 Database . June 14, 2021 . db.history.go.kr . zh.
  7. Web site: 대목왕후의 시호 . The Posthumous name of Queen Daemok . August 17, 2021 . CultureContent . ko.