Queen Sunjeong
Queen Sunjeong of the Goksan Han clan (Korean: 순정왕후 한씨; Hanja: 順靜王后 韓氏)[2] was the second wife of King Gongmin of Goryeo who later became a queen consort after declared to be the legitimate mother of his illegitimate son, King U.[3] She was called before as Palace Lady Han (Korean: 궁인 한씨; Hanja: 宮人 韓氏).[4]
| Queen Sunjeong | |||||
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| Queen consort of Goryeo (posthumously) | |||||
| Burial | 1376 Uireung Tomb[1] | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | U of Goryeo (legal adoptive) | ||||
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| House | Goksan Han (by birth) House of Wang (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Han Jun (한준) | ||||
| Mother | Lady Han (한씨) | ||||
| Religion | Buddhism | ||||
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| Hanja | |||||
| Revised Romanization | Sunjeong-wanghu | ||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Sunch'ŏng-wanghu | ||||
Biography
Ancestry
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Life
In 1357 (6th year reign of Gongmin of Goryeo), she was chosen as the concubine of him and in the 1371, she was declared as the legal mother of Monino, the only son of King Gongmin. However, in 1374, it was falsely referred as the rebirth of the Han clan. Later, on November in the same year, she was posthumously honoured as Queen Sunjeong (순정왕후, 順靜王后; "the Serene and Silent Queen") and received her full Posthumous name along with her orientation in Hyemyeong Hall (혜명전, 惠明殿).
In September 1376 (2nd year reign of King U of Goryeo), she was buried in Uireung Tomb (의릉, 懿陵), Jeongneung-dong, Yeoreung-ri, Jungseo-myeon, Gaepung-gun, foot of Bongmyeong Mountain, west of Gaeseong[5] which the location is corresponds to the west of Hyeolleung (현릉, 玄陵; King Gongmin's tomb) and Jeongneung (정릉, 正陵; Queen Indeok's tomb).[6] However, in December 1389 (1st year reign of Gongyang of Goryeo), the tomb was abolished.
References
- 京畿道史資料集: 고려 편 III-IV [Gyeonggi Province's Data Collection: The Goryeo Letters III-IV] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Gyeonggi Province. 1998. p. 644.
- "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- "고려 31대 공민왕왕후 - 순정왕후 한씨(順靜王后 韓氏)". Naver Blog (in Korean). Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- Quan Jin (1997). 陽村集: 國譯 [Yangcun Collection: The National Translation] (in Korean). University of Wisconsin–Madison: 솔. p. 84. ISBN 9788981332396.
- "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- "의릉 Uireung, 懿陵". Encyclopedia of Korean National Culture (in Korean). Retrieved September 18, 2021.