Queen Yongui Explained

Queen Yongui
용의왕후
Succession:Queen consort of Goryeo
Reign:1040–?
Reign-Type:Tenure
Coronation:1040
Predecessor:Queen Yongsin
Successor:Queen Yongmok
Father:Han-Jo (한조)
Issue:Wang Bang
Wang Gyeong
Wang Gae
Regnal Name:
  • Princess Hyeondeok (현덕궁주, 玄德宮主; from 1038)[1]
  • Beautiful Consort Han (여비 한씨, 麗妃 韓氏; Yeo-Bi; 1038–1040)
  • Princess Changseong (창성궁주, 昌盛宮主; 1038–1040)
Posthumous Name:Yongui (용의, 容懿; "Tolerant and Benign")
House:Danju Han (by birth)
House of Wang (by marriage)
Religion:Buddhism

Queen Yongui of the Danju Han clan was a Korean queen consort as the second wife of Jeongjong of Goryeo and his first wife's younger sister.

She was the daughter of Han-Jo .[2] Like her older sister, her marriage with Jeongjong just a noble and royal family, didn't have a blood-relationship. At first, she was a Palace Maid, but later honoured as Princess Hyeondeok and lived in Mallyeong Palace .[3]

Two years after her older sister died, on 1 April 1038, Jeongjong gave her a royal title as Beautiful Consort Han [4] and Princess Changseong .[5] Later, in February 1040 (6th year reign of Jeongjong), she formally became Queen Consort of Goryeo and bore him 3 sons,[6] but all of her son weren't ascended the throne.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa. July 10, 2021. ko.
  2. Web site: 용의왕후 의 자세한 의미. wordrow.kr. July 10, 2021. ko.
  3. [Goryeosa]
  4. [Goryeosa]
  5. Book: 1985. 韓國女性關係資料集: 中世篇(中). Collection of Korean Women's Relations: The Middle Ages (Part 2). ko. Ewha Womans University Women's Research Center. Ewha Womans University Press. 9788973000432.
  6. Book: 2004. 韓國史年表. The Korean History. 743. ko. University of Michigan. Dongbang Media. 9788984572973.