Queen Seonhui 선희왕후 | |
Grand Queen Mother Seonhui | |
Succession: | Crown Princess of Goryeo |
Reign: | ?–before 1083 |
Reign-Type: | Tenure |
Predecessor: | Crown Princess Im |
Successor: | Crown Princess Wang |
Father: | Gim Yang-geom |
Death Date: | 17 March 1126 |
Death Place: | Goryeo |
Burial Date: | 1130 |
Place Of Burial: | Seongneung Tomb, Gaeseong-si |
Regnal Name: | Princess Yeonbok (연복궁주, 延福宮主; given in 1126) |
Posthumous Name: | Queen Gongui Hwasun Seonhui |
House: | Gyeongju Gim (by birth) House of Wang (by marriage) |
Religion: | Buddhism |
Queen Seonhui of the Gyeongju Gim clan (d. 17 March 1126) was the second wife of King Sunjong of Goryeo and his primary wife when he was still a crown prince.[1]
She entered the palace as the crown princess consort to the Sunjong who was then still a crown prince and became his favourite since they were close to each other and had a good relationship. However, for some reason, she was hated badly by her father-in-law and eventually expelled from the palace by the King's order before her husband ascended the throne.[2] Since she lived in "Yeonbok Palace", she was then given a royal title of Princess Yeonbok in 1126.[3] On 17 March 1126, she died after about 43 years outlived than her late husband and received her posthumous name, also buried in Seongneung tomb along with him in 1130 under King Injong's command.