Duke Changwon

Wang Ji (1197–1262[2]) was a Goryeo Royal Prince as the first and oldest son of King Huijong and Queen Seongpyeong[3] who got exiled to Inju following his father who forced to abdicated the throne by Choe Chung-heon, which he then famous for being The Deposed Crown Prince.

Wang Ji
Heir Successor (wonja) of Goryeo
Reignc.1200[1]–1204
MonarchKing Sinjong (grandfather)
Crown Prince of Goryeo
Reign1204–1211
Coronation1204
PredecessorCrown Prince Wang Yeong
SuccessorCrown Prince Wang Jin
MonarchKing Huijong (father)
Born1197
Gaegyeong, Kingdom of Goryeo
Died1262 (aged about 65/6)
Kingdom of Goryeo
Regnal name
  • The Deposed Crown Prince (폐태자, 廢太子)
  • Marquess Changwon (창원후, 昌原侯)
  • Duke Changwon (창원공, 昌原公)
HouseHouse of Wang
FatherHuijong of Goryeo
MotherQueen Seongpyeong
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationWang Ji
McCune–ReischauerWang Ch'i

Life

Wang Ji was born in 1197 as the first child and son of Wang Yeong, from his wife, Lady Im, making him became the eldest grandson to King Sinjong and Queen Seonjeong. He had four younger brothers[4] and five sisters,[5] which the first sister became the wife of the future King Gojong.[6]

When King Myeongjong exiled by the Goryeo military regime, Wang Tak, as his younger brother, succeeded the throne instead of his only son, Crown Prince Wang O.[7] However, Wang Tak suddenly died in 1204 and his eldest son, Wang Yeong succeeded the throne. As a monarch's eldest son, the Heir Successor (원자, 元子) Wang Ji became the crown prince at the age 8 in 1204[8] and did the Guan Li seven years later in 1211.[9]

However, the powerful Choe Chung-heon (최충헌) expelled King Huijong from the throne and sent him into exile at Ganghwa Island in the same year after Choe discovered that Huijong attempted to kill him in a conspiracy along with his eunuch, Wang Jun-myeong (왕준명) and others.[10] Thus, Wang Ji was exiled to Inju and the former-crown-prince Wang O ascended the throne as King Gangjong in 1212.[11]

After suffered throughout of his life and being pardoned, Wang Ji became Marquess Changwon (창원후, 昌原侯) and Duke Changwon (창원공, 昌原公) while later died unmarried at the age 66 in 1262 (3rd years reign of King Wonjong).[12] There was no records left about where is his death place or tomb location.

References
  1. According to many old monarch's throne succession custom, usually the oldest legitimate son would be his father/parent's primary heir (ex. if a father was the king/ruler, then his oldest legitimate son would becoming the crown prince, also the crown prince's oldest legitimate son would becoming the successor as well). Hence, from this point, although the year when Wang Ji formally became a wonja is unknown since no records left about that, but seeing that his father became his grandfather-King Sinjong's crown prince in 1200, so Wang Ji presumably became the crown prince's successor not long after that. Later on, following the death of King Sinjong in 1204, the crown prince became the king (known as King Huijong) and Wang Ji ascended to the crown prince's position as a result.
  2. In Lunar calendar, he died on 17th days 12th months 1262.
  3. Young-kyoo, Park (2000). 한권으로읽는고려왕조실록 [Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty in one volume] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Deullyeok. p. 367. ISBN 9788975271540.
  4. "고려사 > 권91 > 열전 권제4 > 종실(宗室) > 희종 소생 왕자". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  5. "고려사 > 권91 > 열전 권제4 > 공주(公主) > 희종 소생 공주 > 희종 소생 공주". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  6. "고려사 > 권88 > 열전 권제1 > 후비(后妃) > 고종 후비 안혜태후 유씨". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  7. "고려사 > 권20 > 세가 권제20 > 명종(明宗) 27년 > 9월 > 최충헌 형제가 왕을 유폐시키고 왕민을 새로 옹립하다". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  8. "고려사 > 권21 > 세가 권제21 > 희종(熙宗) 즉위년 > 11월 > 원자 지를 왕태자로 삼다". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  9. "고려사 > 권21 > 세가 권제21 > 희종(熙宗) 7년 > 4월 > 태자 지의 관례를 행하다". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  10. "고려사 > 권21 > 세가 권제21 > 희종(熙宗) 7년 > 12월 > 최충헌 암살 시도가 실패하다". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  11. Jae-ha, Yoo (2000). 高麗王朝史: 明宗 - 元宗 [Goryeo Dynasty History: Myeongjong - Wonjong] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Scholarship. p. 280. ISBN 9788946790797.
  12. "고려사 > 권25 > 세가 권제25 > 원종(元宗) 3년 > 12월 > 창원공 왕지가 죽다". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved April 17, 2022.
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