Royal Consort Gyeongmok Hyeon-Bi should not be confused with Queen Jeongsun (Wonjong).
Worthy Consort Gyeongmok 경목현비 | |
Succession: | Queen consort of Goryeo |
Reign: | 1031–1034 |
Reign-Type: | Tenure |
Coronation: | 1031 |
Predecessor: | Queen Wonseong |
Successor: | Queen Gyeongseong |
Father: | Wang Ga-do |
Mother: | Lady Gim, Princess Consort Gaeseong |
Issue: | Princess Sanghoe[1] [2] |
Birth Date: | 1016 |
Birth Place: | Goryeo |
Death Place: | Goryeo |
Posthumous Name: | Gyeongmok (경목, 敬穆; "Respectful and Majestic") |
House: | Cheongju Yi (by birth)House of Wang (by marriage) |
Royal Consort Gyeongmok of the Gaeseong Wang clan (; ; 1016–?) was a Goryeo queen consort as the first wife of King Deokjong and became the first Goryeo queen who didn't receive any posthumous name like Lady Yi.
She was born as the second daughter and third child of Yi Ja-rim and Princess Consort Gaeseong of the Gim clan into the Cheongju Yi clan.[3] She was the younger sister of Consort Wonjil, Hyeonjong of Goryeo's 9th wife.[4]
Yi Ja-rim made achievements such as suppressing the rebellion and building Naseong in Gaegyeong, which was destroyed during Goryeo–Khitan War by the Liao Dynasty, later was given surname "Wang" by King Hyeonjong with the name as "Ga-do" . However, in 1033 (the 2nd year of King Deokjong), when Ga-do's tough policy against the Khitan was rejected by other officials, Wang then retired from politics, and her position was shaken.[5]
In 1030, she bore him one daughter.[6] On 7 October 1031, she become Deokjong's queen consort[7] and was honored as Consort Hyeon . Although Wang was Deokjong's first wife and queen consort, in 1034 Deokjong lifted Hyeonjong of Goryeo's daughter, Queen Gyeongseong as his second wife and new queen consort. In that same year, Wang Ga-do died and Deokjong died not long after his death.