Queen Wonhwa 원화왕후 | |
Succession: | Princess of Goryeo |
Predecessor: | Queen Wonjeong |
Regent: | Wang Chi, King Seongjong |
Reg-Type: | Monarch |
Succession1: | Queen consort of Goryeo |
Reign1: | ?–? |
Reign-Type1: | Tenure |
Predecessor1: | Queen Wonjeong |
Successor1: | Queen Wonseong |
Father: | Seongjong of Goryeo |
Mother: | Lady Yeonchang of the Gyeongju Choe clan |
Spouse: | Hyeonjong of Goryeo (m.1011) |
Issue: | Wang Su Princess Hyojeong[1] Princess Cheonsu[2] |
Birth Date: | 996 |
Birth Place: | Goryeo |
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Posthumous Name: | Wonhwa (원화, 元和; "Primary and Harmonious") |
Queen Wonhwa of the Gyeongju Choe clan (; 996–?) was a Goryeo princess as the younger daughter and child of King Seongjong with Lady Yeonchang.[3] She became a queen consort through her marriage with her half first cousin once removed, King Hyeonjong, as his second wife. From this marriage, Queen Wonhwa became the eighth reigned Goryeo queen who followed her maternal clan after Queen Wonjeong, her half-sister.
Upon her marriage in 1011, she was titled as Princess Consort Hangchun and later honored as Princess Consort Sangchun ; following her residence after marrying which was "Hangchun Hall" before the name changed to "Sangchun Hall" .[4] She was also known as Queen Daemyeong while she lived in the "Daemyeong Palace" .[5] She also bore Hyeonjong a son and two daughters. In 1010, when the Khitans invaded, she and Hyeonjong went to Naju, South Jeolla Province[6] and after retreated, they returned to Gaegyeong.
In 1017 (8th year reign of King Hyeonjong), her maternal families were given royal titles and ranks, such as her maternal grandfather, Choe Haeng-eon, was granted a royal position, Sangseojwabokya ;[7] her maternal grandmother, Lady Gim, was given the royal title, "Grand Lady of Pungsan County" ; while her mother, Lady Yeonchang was honoured as "Grand Lady of the Nakrang County" .[8] Her death date is unknown, but she later received Wonhwa as her posthumous name.