Suk-bi Choe 숙비 최씨 | |
Succession: | Dowager consort of Goryeo |
Reign: | 1129–1184? |
Reign-Type: | Tenure |
Coronation: | 1129 |
Regent: | King Injong (stepson) King Myeongjong (step-grandson) |
Reg-Type: | Monarch |
Father: | Choe Yong |
Mother: | Lady Gim |
Issue: | Wang Gak-gwan |
Death Date: | 1184 |
Death Place: | Goryeo |
House: | Haeju Choe (by birth) House of Wang (by marriage) |
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Royal Consort Suk of the Haeju Choe clan (; ; d. 1184), also known as Princess Jangsin was a Korean royal consort as the fourth wife of King Yejong of Goryeo.
Lady Choe was born as the third daughter of Choe Yong and Lady Kim,[1] into the Haeju Choe clan . Her father was a great-grandson of Choe Chung . She had eight brothers and four sisters.
In 1121, King Yejong decided to make Lady Choe his concubine[2] and she entered the palace not long after that.[3] She then given the royal title of Princess Jangsin and gave birth to a son, Wang Gak-gwan.
On 1129, she was honoured as Suk-bi (; "Pure Consort")[4] by King Injong, her husband's only son by his second wife. In 1144 (22nd year reign of King Injong), Lady Suk-bi's father was granted the title Susagong .[5]
The widowed consort died in 1184, during the 14th year of King Myeongjong's reign.[6] The location of her tomb is unknown.