Princess Boryeong

Princess Boryeong (died 1113) was a Goryeo Royal Princess as the younger daughter of King Munjong and Queen Inye who survived infancy along with her elder sister, Princess Jeokgyeong.[2] She was also the youngest living sister to Sunjong, Seonjong, and Sukjong.[3]

Princess Boryeong
Princess of Goryeo
PredecessorPrincess Jeokgyeong[1]
MonarchWang Hwi, King Munjong
Died1113
Kingdom of Goryeo
Burial
Olleung tomb
Spouse
​
(before 1112)​
; first cousin
IssueWang Jeong
Wang Ji
Posthumous name
Gyeongsun (경순, 慶順; "Virtue and Obedience")
HouseHouse of Wang (by birth and marriage)
FatherMunjong of Goryeo
MotherQueen Inye of the Incheon Yi clan
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBoryeong-gungju
McCune–ReischauerPory'ŏng-gungju
Posthumous name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGyeongsun
McCune–ReischauerKyŏngsun

She was one of Yi Ja-yeon (이자연)'s maternal granddaughters thus making her the grandniece of Queen Wonseong and Queen Wonpyeong, who were also the older and younger sisters of her paternal grandmother. Her father's 3rd and 4th wife were initially her maternal aunts.[4] The princess later married her first cousin (her uncle's son), Wang Yeong (왕영) who became the Duke Nakrang upon their marriage.[5] Together, they had 2 sons: Wang Jeong (왕정, 王禎) who would marry King Sukjong's 2nd daughter, Princess Heungsu, and Wang Ji (왕지, 王禔) who held an official position during King Yejong's reign.[6][7]

Princess Boryeong later died a year after her husband in 1113 (8th year reign of her nephew, King Yejong) and was buried in Onreung tomb (온릉, 溫陵), and also received Gyeongsun (경순, 慶順) as her Posthumous name.[8]

Family
  • Father - Wang Hui, Munjong of Goryeo (문종 고려) (29 October 1019 - 2 September 1083)
  • Mother - Queen Inye of the Incheon Yi clan (인예왕후 이씨) (? - 5 October 1092)[10]
    • Grandfather - Yi Ja-yeon (이자연, 李子淵) (1003 - 1061)[11]
    • Grandmother - Grand Lady Gyerim of the Gyeongju Kim clan (계림국대부인 경주 김씨, 鷄林國大夫人 慶州 金氏);[12] daughter of Kim In-wui (김인위, 金因渭)
  • Siblings
    • Older brother - Wang Hun, Sunjong of Goryeo (순종 고려) (28 December 1047 - 5 December 1083)
    • Older brother - Wang Woon, Seonjong of Goryeo (선종 고려) (9 October 1049 - 17 June 1094)
    • Older brother - Wang Eung, Sukjong of Goryeo (숙종 고려) (2 September 1054 - 10 November 1105)
    • Older brother - Wang Hu or Uicheon (의천) (30 October 1055 - 28 October 1101)
    • Older brother - Wang Su, Duke Sangan (상안공 왕수) (? - 1095)
    • Older brother - Wang Taeng (도생승통 왕탱) (? - 1112)
    • Older brother - Wang Bi, Marquis Geumgwan (금관후 왕비) (? - 1092)
    • Older brother - Wang Eum, Marquis Byeonhan (변한후 왕음) (? - 1086)
    • Older brother - Wang Chim, Marquis Nakrang (낙랑후 왕침) (? - 1083)
    • Older brother - Wang Gyeong (총혜수좌 왕경)
    • Older sister - Princess Jeokgyeong (적경궁주)
      • Son-in-law - Wang Su, Duke Buyeo (부여공 왕수) (? - 1112)[13]
        • Grandson - Wang Myeon (왕면, 王沔)
  • Husband - Wang Yeong, Duke Nakrang (낙랑공 왕영) (1043 - 1112)
  • Issue
    • Son - Wang Jeong, Count Seunghwa (승화백 왕정) (? - 1130)
      • Daughter-in-law - Princess Heungsu of the Kaeseong Wang clan (흥수공주 왕씨) (? - 1123)
        • Grandson - Wang Jae (왕재, 王梓) (? - 1164)
        • Grandson - Wang Gi, Count Hannam (한남백 왕기, 漢南伯 王杞)
    • Son - Wang Ji (왕지, 王禔)

References
  1. Full older sister.
  2. "고려사 > 권91 > 열전 권제4 > 공주(公主) > 문종 소생 공주 > 문종 소생 공주". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  3. 이야기 고려왕조실록 (상) [Stories of Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty (Top)] (in Korean). Korean History Research Institute: Taoreum. 2009. ISBN 9788996200833.
  4. Han-soo, Lee (24 September 2019). "고려시대 최고 문벌 인주(인천) 이씨". Incheon People (in Korean). Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  5. "고려사 > 권10 > 세가 권제10 > 헌종(獻宗) 즉위년 > 6월 > 왕도 등을 관직에 임명하다". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  6. "고려사 > 권91 > 열전 권제4 > 공주(公主) > 숙종 소생 공주 > 흥수궁주". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  7. "고려사 > 권90 > 열전 권제3 > 종실(宗室) > 현종 왕자 평양공 왕기 > 왕지". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  8. 韓國女性關係資料集: 中世篇(中) [A Collection of Korean Women's Relationships: The Middle Ages (Part 2)] (in Korean). Ewha Womans University Women's Research Institute: Ewha Womans University Press. 1985. p. 97. ISBN 9788973000432.
  9. She is the daughter of Yi Heo-gyeom; the progenitor of the Incheon Yi clan
  10. Her nieces were Princess Wonshin, King Seonjong’s concubine; Queen Sasuk, King Seonjong’s first wife; and Princess Janggyeong, King Sunjong’s third wife. Princess Wonshin was the older cousin of Queen Sasuk and Princess Janggyeong. Royal Consort Jeongshin is her first cousin once removed who became the second wife of King Seonjong.
  11. Through his younger brother, Yi Ja-sang (이자상, 李子祥), his grandniece, Royal Consort Jeongshin, became the second Queen consort of King Seonjong. Thus making Queen Sasuk, Princess Wonshin, and Royal Consort Jeongshin from first cousins once removed to wives of the king.
  12. Her older sister, Royal Consort Wonsuk, became the senior concubine of King Hyeongjong. Through her younger brother, the Queen became the aunt of Grand Lady Nakrang of the Gyeongju Kim clan (낙랑국대부인 김씨, 樂浪國大夫人) who eventually became the mother of Queen Myeongui.
  13. The second son of Royal Consort Ingyeong with King Munjong. Queen Inye was the older sister of Royal Consort Ingyeong
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