Su-bi Gwon 수비 권씨 | |
Royal consort of Goryeo | |
Death Date: | 29 April 1335 |
Death Place: | Goryeo |
Spouse: | Unnamed man Chungsuk of Goryeo |
Posthumous Name: | Consort Su (수비, 壽妃) |
House: | Andong Gwon (by birth)Kaeseong Wang (by marriage) |
Father: | Gwon Ryeom |
Mother: | Lady Jo of the Pyeongyang Jo clan |
Royal Consort Su of the Andong Gwon clan (; died 29 April 1340) was the fifth wife of King Chungsuk of Goryeo.
The future Royal Consort Su was born into the Andong Gwon clan as the eldest daughter and second child of Gwon Ryeom, Prince Hyeonbok and his wife who was from the Pyeongyang Jo clan. King Chunghye's third wife, Lady Hong was once Lady Gwon's cousin.
Her paternal great-grandfather was Gwon-Bo, Internal Prince Yeongga and her paternal grandfather was Gwon-Jun, Internal Prince Gilchang who kept his loyalty to King Chungsuk when other servants loyal on Wang Go. From Gwon-Jun's succession, the Andong Gwon clan became a prestigious family and had a lot of wealth. His manor was said to admired by the king when he visited.
Lady Gwon was firstly marry to Jeon-Sin 's son, but her father tried to divorced them due to the quality of the Jeon family clan . Then, in 1335 (4th years reign of King Chungsuk), the couple finally divorced under the pretext of an order from the king and Lady Gwon was honoured the Consort Su upon becoming the king's new consort.[1] [2]
In 1339, after King Chungsuk's death, Lady Gwon and his other wife–Princess Gyeonghwa was raped by his son and successor, King Chunghye.[3]
Lady Gwon died childless on 29 April 1340,[4] and her father, Gwon-Ryeom also died in the same year at 39 years old, so it was believed that she died at a young age (mid 20s) possibly by suicide after the shock of being raped.[5]