Queen Wonseong 원성왕후 | |
Grand Queen Mother Wonseong | |
Succession: | Queen consort of Goryeo |
Reign: | 1022 – 15 August 1028 |
Reign-Type: | Tenure |
Coronation: | 1022 |
Predecessor: | Queen Wonhwa |
Successor: | Royal Consort Gyeongmok |
Father: | Kim Un-bu |
Mother: | Lady Yi, of the Gyeongwon Yi clan |
Issue: | Deokjong of Goryeo Jeongjong of Goryeo Queen Inpyeong Princess Gyeongsuk |
Birth Date: | 995 |
Birth Place: | Jangsang-dong, Sangrok-gu, Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, Goryeo |
Death Date: | 15 August 1028 (aged 33)[1] |
Death Place: | Goryeo |
Burial Place: | Myeongneung tomb |
Regnal Name: |
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Posthumous Name: | Grand Queen Mother Wonseong Yongui Gonghye Yeongmok Yangdeok Sinjeol Sunseong Jaseong Gwangseon 원성용의공혜영목양덕신절순성자성광선왕태후 (元成容懿恭惠英穆良德信節順聖慈聖廣宣王太后) |
House: | Ansan Kim clan |
Religion: | Buddhism |
Queen Wonseong of the Ansan Kim clan (; 995 — 15 August 1028[2]) or formally called as Grand Queen Mother Wonseong was a Korean queen consort as the 3rd wife of King Hyeonjong of Goryeo who became the mother of his successors, Deokjong and Jeongjong.
She was born into the Ansan Kim clan as the eldest daughter of Kim Unbu and Lady Yi, daughter of Yi Hogyom from the Gyeongwon Yi clan. Kim Unbu was an influential royal court favorite and official.[3] In 1010, King Hyeonjong who had fled to Naju, Jeolla Province due to the Khitan's invasion, stayed overnight in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province at Kim Unbu's house and Kim welcomed him with made his eldest daughter serve Hyeonjong comfortably. It was said too that Lady Kim made and dedicated clothes to Hyeonjong own. After this, Unbu's two other daughters also married to Hyeonjong.
According to Goryeosa, she firstly entered the palace in 1011 and was honoured as Primary Lady Yeongyeong not long after bearing her eldest son, Wang Heum in 1016. Then, she was given the "Yeongyeong Palace" and became Princess Yeongyeong after bearing her second son, Wang Hyeong in 1018. Beside Heum and Hyeong, she also had two other daughters from Hyeonjong. In 1022, she formally became a Queen consort and in 1027 stayed in "Janggyeong Palace" . However, she eventually died a year later and was buried in Myeongneung tomb ; she was later enshrined in her husband's shrine.