Royal Consort Inmok Deok-Bi Explained

Virtuous Consort Inmok
인목덕비
Father:Gim Won-chung
Issue:An unnamed daughter[1]
Birth Date:?
Birth Place:Gyeongju, Goryeo
Death Date:1094
Death Place:Goryeo
Regnal Name:Princess Sunghwa (숭화궁주, 崇化宮主)
Posthumous Name:Inmok (인목, 仁穆; "Benevolent and Majestic")
House:Gyeongju Gim (by birth)
House of Wang (by marriage)
Religion:Buddhism

Royal Consort Inmok of the Gyeongju Gim clan (; ; d. 1094) or during her lifetime was called as Princess Sunghwa was the 5th wife of King Munjong of Goryeo.[2]

She was born in Gyeongju as the daughter of Gim Won-chung, son of Gim In-wi, while her older sister became Jeongjong of Goryeo's 4th wife. In 1049 (3rd year reign of Munjong of Goryeo), she was chosen to be his 5th wife and they get married not long after that, then received her royal title as Princess Sunghwa .[3] They initially had a daughter, but died too early after birth.[4] Meanwhile, she later died in 1094 (11th year of the reign of Seonjong of Goryeo) and received her posthumous name of Virtuous Consort Inmok .

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 문종 소생 공주. Goryeosa. January 6, 2022. ko.
  2. Web site: 문종 후비 인목덕비 김씨. Goryeosa. October 11, 2021. ko.
  3. Book: 1985. 韓國女性關係資料集: 中世篇(中). Collection of Korean Women's Relations: Middle Ages (Part 2). ko. 24. Ewha Womans University Women's Research Center. Ewha Womans University Press. 9788973000432.
  4. Web site: 보령궁주. Goryeosa. October 11, 2021. ko.