Duke Angyeong Explained

Yeongjong of Goryeo
Korean: 고려 영종
Korean: 高麗 英宗
Succession:Marquess of Angyeong
(안경후, 安慶侯)
Reign:?–1269
Succession1:Duke of Angyeong
(안경공, 安慶公)
Reign1:1253–1269
Coronation1:1253
Succession2:King of Goryeo (disputed)
Reign2:1269–1269
Coronation2:1269
Predecessor2:Wonjong of Goryeo
Successor2:Wonjong of Goryeo
Regent2:Im Yŏn
Spouse:Deposed Queen, of the Andong Gwon clan[1]
Issue:Wang Hyeon, Marquess Hanyang
Wang Cheong, Prince Ikyang
Temple Name:Yeongjong (영종, 英宗)
House:Wang
Dynasty:Goryeo
Father:Gojong of Goryeo
Mother:Queen Anhye
Birth Name:Wang Gan
Birth Date:August 1223
Birth Place:Gaegyeong, Goryeo
Death Date:October ?
Death Place:Ganghwa-do, Ganghwa-hyeon, Goryeo
Religion:Buddhism
Module:
Child:yes
Hangul:영종
Rr:Yeongjong
Mr:Yŏngjong
Hangulborn:왕간, later 왕창
Hanjaborn:, later
Rrborn:Wang Gan, later Wang Chang
Mrborn:Wang Kan, later Wang Ch'ang

Duke of Angyeong (August 1223 – October ?), personal name Wang Ch'ang, also known by his temple name as King Yeongjong of Goryeo, was briefly king of the Korean Goryeo dynasty in 1269 installed by the Goryeo military regime. He was the second son of King Gojong and the only full younger brother of King Wonjong. He was known before his reign as the Marquess of Angyeong and Duke of Angyeong. Although he was given the temple name of Yeongjong by the Goryeo court, his reign's legitimacy is not widely recognized by modern-day scholars.

In 1253, 1259, 1265 and 1266, he visited the Yuan dynasty as an envoy when Goryeo dispatched a negotiating envoy.[2] In 1269, he ascended the throne with the help of the government official Im Yŏn.[3] Not a year after, he was deposed under Yuan's pressure. King Gongyang tried to made a burial at his grave, but canceled due to the opposition from his ministers.

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  1. Daughter of Gwon Tak (권탁, 權倬).
  2. Web site: 고려후기 제23대 고종의 둘째 아들인 왕자. . . 31 January 2024.
  3. Web site: 고려후기 제23대 고종의 둘째 아들인 왕자. . . 31 January 2024.